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)