User:Phantomsteve/ACC thoughts

My thoughts on ACC and privacy
Firstly, as an active editor at ACC, I think that all the data is required to make an informed decision.

However, recently there have been discussions about privacy issues - so here are some of my thoughts on the issue - I do not think that we need to change anything, so this is more of a thought-experiment.

On the main screen, IP addresses and email addresses are not needed, it could look like this:

Once the request is being handled, the handler (no one else) can see the email address (and see the notes below on how we might not need to see the IP details). Please note that I say that the handler needs to be able to see the email address, as this may indicate that the username is a violation (e.g. if the email is from fred@fred-windows.co.uk and the requested name is Fred Windows, it is likely to be a role account, if the email for the same request is fred.windows.junior@gmail.co.uk, it is less likely to be so!)

Here is what I think a handler needs to be able to see for each of the checks (please note that I am not a developer, so I don't know how feasible these are) - but they would all involve getting the data as the handler would now, and then removing IP details, etc:

If there are more than one request from the IP, a list of the dates created and names can still be given - this won't reveal the IP used.

The only privacy issue remaining is the email address, but I feel that this is required to be seen by the request handler, as mentioned above.

--  Phantom Steve / talk &#124; contribs \ 11:20, 27 May 2010 (UTC)