Forum:Privacy policy

I have been asked to provide a privacy policy for the Psychology wiki. Does Wikia have one. I am not sure what records are kept, logfiles etc. Are cookies sent out? Can users get themselves taken completely off the system etc. I would be grateful for any help. Do any of the other wikis have a policy we could tailor to our needs?Dr Joe Kiff - User:Lifeartist (talk ) 14:05, 19 August 2006 (UTC)


 * The closest thing Wikia has to one is: Privacy_policy. Wikipedia has a more detailed one: at Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Privacy_policy, but it is not totally applicable. More information is collected on wikia.com due to the advertisement targeting, so a privacy policy would involve whatever advertisement services are active at the time. See also: [] which might apply in regards to AdSense. I'll drop this on a mailing list and maybe get some clarity. --Splarka (talk) 21:48, 19 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for this Sparkla. I have integrated the information into a policy at Psychology_Wiki:Privacy_policy Could people check it out for factual accuracy and make whatever ammendments are appropriate. I think it is good practice to have these statements on all wikis so users are clear what is involved. I would be particularly interested in information handling related to the adverts. Does anyone know what the exact practices of Adsense and AdBrite are? Dr Joe Kiff - User:Lifeartist (talk ) 09:38, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

The central wikia doesn't has a "real" privacy policy, is inaccurate and incomplete. There are lots of tracking systems loaded in the JavaScript code of the page. Fore example, clicks on the footer of the page are tracked. I want to know who makes use of this information, what methods are used to track this information and what information tracks this site about me and my navigation preferences, and it must be publicly available --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -WikiDex 17:49, 21 December 2007 (UTC)