On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Jeff Spaleta wrote: > On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 10:12 PM, Mike McGrath <mmcgrath@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Do we want to include something else with this? I only ask because if in > > the future we decide we want something else, it'll be another checkbox or > > re-wording and asking everyone to re-check it. For example, does time > > zone or locale fall in the same category as geo data? > > Can we use a blanket opt-in checkbox so we can aggregate any and all > account information? or is there information we would never ever want > the ability to aggregate? Do we need a checkbox per field? So as we > add fields people get a new opt-in checkbox? > We could... but not even I would check it. > If I were going to do one checkbox it would read sort of like this: > I am allowing the Fedora project to publish details of my account as > part of aggregate data summaries. > > So we would be able to use an accounts ip address, geo data, locale, > or even name, such as part of counting or trending statistics. For > example what if we wanted to know how many contributors had a last > names starting with M or S? By ticking this box we could include your > personal information in that aggregate count. Obviously that sort of > alphabetic breakdown would unlikely to be needed. But it serves as an > example of a way to take obviously personal identifying information > and aggregating it. > AFAIK, we can use IP address now. Though we don't link it to a username. -Mike _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
