Re: [activities] Re: [SLUG] New Membership Benefit
On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 12:29 pm, Jan Schmidt wrote: SLUG's been in need of a privacy policy for ages: there is none at present. Yup. We're still looking for someone that knows the appropriate jargon to write it up correctly. My summation of my stance is: SLUG takes the privacy of its members and mailing list subscribers very seriously. Personal details are only collected to meet legal requirements and allow correct notifications of AGM and SGM or other official SLUG business. At no stage will SLUG be selling or making available the details of members without their permission. Details of the mailing list subcriptions are available to the volunteer list administrators, chosen by the SLUG committee, and email addresses can obviously be collected by anyone subscribed. Subscribers concerned about this are probably best off using ficticious details when subscribing to the list. Have you asked the Privacy Commissioner for a model policy? http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/pc.nsf/pages/index -- Richard Hayes Nada Marketing 2/713 Pacific Hwy Gordon Australia 2072 Phone:+(61-2) 9418 4545 Fax:+(61-2) 9418 4348 Mob:+(61) 0414 618 425 www.nada.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [activities] Re: [SLUG] New Membership Benefit
quote who=Mary Gardiner On Thu, Apr 01, 2004, Peter Chubb wrote: Please note the date on the header. It's April 1. Good grief. However that does bring up another point. What is SLUG's privacy policy? *Can* the committee sell the membership lists to earn some lucre? SLUG's been in need of a privacy policy for ages: there is none at present. Yup. We're still looking for someone that knows the appropriate jargon to write it up correctly. My summation of my stance is: SLUG takes the privacy of its members and mailing list subscribers very seriously. Personal details are only collected to meet legal requirements and allow correct notifications of AGM and SGM or other official SLUG business. At no stage will SLUG be selling or making available the details of members without their permission. Details of the mailing list subcriptions are available to the volunteer list administrators, chosen by the SLUG committee, and email addresses can obviously be collected by anyone subscribed. Subscribers concerned about this are probably best off using ficticious details when subscribing to the list. J. -- Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't Panic -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
