Thanks for the productive discussion - some of those privacy policies seem to be website specific ( rather than for an organization as a whole ).
We just are rebooting the webcom so the timing is good for a privacy discussion. It may be easier to start here and then branch out to project / committee email lists and a foundation wide policy. We have a different understanding of foss4g Maxi. On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 4:08 AM Massimiliano Cannata < massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote: > Dear Gert, deal all, > after a few days of discussion I would like to sum up some considerations > to re-focus to subject of my first e-mail and that in my opinion should led > OSGeo foundation to at least one or two argument for discussion. > > 1- Some FOSS4G events made use of "aggressive" marketing strategies using > mailing lists where the users didn't explicitly agree in being notified. > > 2- There are laws on privacy protection which are different for different > countries/region (this is explained for example at this resource, but I'm > not a loyer: http://www.lsoft.com/resources/optinlaws.asp ) > > 3- OSGeo act globally and should be respectful as much as possible of all > the existing rules > > 4- FOSS4G is the OSGeo's label of their Free and Open Source Software For > Geospatial conferences > > > Said that each person or organization is responsible for its acts (and is > free to behave as he/she/it prefer), I would like that OSGeo - and FOSS4G > that is with no doubt recognized as an OSGeo event - act in respect of a > well defined privacy protection policy with is > as much protective of privacy as possible. > > Example of Privacy Policy can be found for example in: > - Apache foundation ( > http://www.apache.org/foundation/policies/privacy.html) > - Eclipse foundation (https://eclipse.org/legal/privacy.php) > - Debian (http://www.debianit.com/privacy-policy/) > - Software Freedom Conservancy (https://sfconservancy.org/privacy-policy/) > - OpenStack (https://www.openstack.org/privacy/) > > > From a short reading all of them seems state that they do not pass > information to third parties and do not use these information for sending > newsletter unless explicitly agreed. > > > > So, if I raised you attention to this hot topic and in the future people > will be more sensitive and respectful of privacy when they act in the name > of FOSS4G or OSGeo I'm 1000% happy and accept any blame on me. > > > Best regard, > Maxi > > > > > > > > > 2015-12-15 23:38 GMT+01:00 Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl < > gert-...@osgeo.nl>: > >> First: I took the opportunity to change the subject of this thread to a >> less shouting version (CAPS LOCK and spam live side-by-side on my >> email-irritation-scale) >> >> >> >> >> >> Second: Funny to see how the use of two different channels (mailing list >> vs. MailChimp) kind of reflect the different approaches to reach the -more >> of less- same goal. >> >> Any expanding organisation / movement / community comes to a point where >> the classical channels (like a mailing list) reach their limits, >> >> and "new" marketing (yuch! marketing==ugly & bad!) channels & methods may >> help to stretch beyond borders. Which comes at a cost (as Maxi tries to >> tell, I guess). >> >> >> >> Food for thought for the Board face2face meeting in January (and for the >> entire community) to determine >> >> - what our goals are >> >> - what our values are >> >> - and how these two compare to each other. >> >> >> >> >> >> Kind regards, >> >> >> >> Gert-Jan >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *Van:* Discuss [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] *Namens *Rob >> Emanuele >> *Verzonden:* dinsdag 15 december 2015 21:51 >> *Aan:* David Bianco >> *CC:* OSGeo Discussions >> *Onderwerp:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4GNA - SOMEONE IS WATCHING YOU :-o >> >> >> >> Hey David, >> >> >> >> The emails on the mailing list were cultivated by past FOSS4G NA >> attendees, people opting in in other ways, and from lists that were given >> by members of this and last year's committee. If we're spamming people who >> didn't opt in, it is not intentional and apologies for the spam (the world >> certainly doesn't need more spam). We'll take a look at the list moving >> forward to try to prevent from sending emails to anyone who didn't opt in. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Rob >> >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 2:48 PM, David Bianco <m...@davidbianco.net> wrote: >> >> I believe MailChimp has policies against adding emails to your list >> without a user's authorization. >> >> >> >> http://mailchimp.com/legal/acceptable_use/ >> >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015, at 10:16, Rob Emanuele wrote: >> >> Thanks for pointing out that it wasn't yet posted to OSGeo-Discuss, I >> just posted it. >> >> There's a one-click unsubscribe button from that mailing list, sorry for >> the spam! >> >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Massimiliano Cannata < >> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote: >> >> Just a funny note... >> >> >> >> Nice to see that LocationTech has a FOSS4G email (!!!! WOW!!!!!) >> >> >> >> and..... >> >> that all the link on the received e-mail are connected with my user_id (I >> have one????? Yes) >> >> >> >> and.... >> >> that they are tracked (!!! without inform me !!!) >> >> >> >> and... >> >> that I have been added to a list that i'm not subscribed.... ( >> http://mailchimp.com/about/mcsv/) >> >> >> >> >> >> But... >> >> Where did they get my e-mail from? >> >> why thy didn't simply post the news to the discussion-osgeo list? >> >> what do they want to track? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *If you want to see the FOSS4G-NA without been traced here is the >> link https://2016.foss4g-na.org/ <https://2016.foss4g-na.org/>* >> >> >> >> >> >> #SPAM #NOT-SO-FAIR #LIKE-MICROSOFT-THAT-SPY-ME #SCARY >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> Maxi >> >> >> >> -- >> >> *Massimiliano Cannata* >> >> Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica >> >> Responsabile settore Geomatica >> >> >> >> Istituto scienze della Terra >> >> >> >> Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design >> >> Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana >> >> Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio >> >> >> >> Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14 >> >> Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09 >> >> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch >> >> *www.supsi.ch/ist <http://www.supsi.ch/ist>* >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Discuss mailing list >> >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> *_______________________________________________* >> >> Discuss mailing list >> >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> >> > > > > -- > *Massimiliano Cannata* > > Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica > > Responsabile settore Geomatica > > > Istituto scienze della Terra > > Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design > > Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana > > Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio > > Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14 > > Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09 > > massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch > > *www.supsi.ch/ist <http://www.supsi.ch/ist>* > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- -- Jody Garnett
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