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== Private logging == | == Private logging == | ||
Every time you visit a web page, you send a lot of information to the web server. Most web servers routinely maintain access logs with a portion of this information, which can be used to get an overall picture of what pages are popular, what other sites link to this one, and what web browsers people are using. It is not the intention of the Wiki to use this information to keep track of legitimate users. | Every time you visit a web page, you send a lot of information to the web server. Most web servers routinely maintain access logs with a portion of this information, which can be used to get an overall picture of what pages are popular, what other sites link to this one, and what web browsers people are using. It is not the intention of the Wiki to use this information to keep track of legitimate users. | ||
Log data may be examined by developers in the course of solving technical problems, in tracking down badly-behaved web spiders that overwhelm the site, or very rarely to correlate usernames and network addresses of edits in investigating abuse of the Wiki. | Log data may be examined by developers in the course of solving technical problems, in tracking down badly-behaved web spiders that overwhelm the site, or very rarely to correlate usernames and network addresses of edits in investigating abuse of the Wiki. | ||
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It is the policy of the Super Mario Wiki that personally identifiable data collected in the server logs will not be released by the developers who have access to it, except as follows: | It is the policy of the Super Mario Wiki that personally identifiable data collected in the server logs will not be released by the developers who have access to it, except as follows: | ||
# In response to a valid subpoena or other compulsory request from law enforcement | # In response to a valid subpoena or other compulsory request from law enforcement. | ||
# With permission of the affected user | # With permission of the affected user. | ||
# Where the information pertains to page views generated by a spider or bot and its dissemination is necessary to illustrate or resolve technical issues. | # Where the information pertains to page views generated by a spider or bot and its dissemination is necessary to illustrate or resolve technical issues. | ||
# Where the user has been vandalizing articles or persistently behaving in a disruptive way, data may be released to assist in the targeting of IP blocks, or to assist in the formulation of a complaint to relevant Internet Service Providers | # Where the user has been vandalizing articles or persistently behaving in a disruptive way, data may be released to assist in the targeting of IP blocks, or to assist in the formulation of a complaint to relevant Internet Service Providers. | ||
# Where it is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of the Wiki, its users or the public. | # Where it is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of the Wiki, its users or the public. | ||