On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Prateek Saxena <psax...@wikimedia.org>wrote:
> On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 12:56 AM, Russell Nelson <russnel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I just read the whole Nearby card. Why is "OSM privacy situation is a > bit of > > a mess?" > > I don't know about legal stuff, CC'd Luis to clarify. > Specifically, they have no privacy policy for the OSM tileserver and geocoding server, and they have no legal resources to improve things at this time. Real improvements to the level we expect would probably also require engineering resources, which are also scarce resources at this point. Under normal circumstances we'd engage with them to improve their terms- we're required to negotiate with third-party providers by our new privacy policy! But given the short timeline on our side and the scarce resources on their side, and given that this is just a limited-deployment beta which will run off our own servers when it is deployed at scale, it probably just makes more sense to inform beta testers of the problem. Hope that clarifies- Luis -- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 NOTICE: *This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity.*
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