WikiQueer:Access to nonpublic data policy

The intent of this policy is to ensure that volunteers who have access to nonpublic data covered by The Aequalitas Project privacy policy are personally and legally accountable.

1. Only persons whose identity is known to The Aequalitas Project shall be permitted to have access to any nonpublic data or other nonpublic information produced, collected, or otherwise held by The Aequalitas Project, where that data or other information is restricted from public disclosure by the WikiQueer Privacy Policy.

2. Any volunteer who is chosen by any community process to be granted access rights to restricted data shall not be granted that access until that volunteer has satisfactorily identified himself or herself to The Aequalitas Project, which may include proof that such user is at least 18 and explicitly over the age at which they are capable to act without the consent of their parent in the jurisdiction in which they reside - or that they have permission of their parent to participate on WikiQueer as a volunteer leader.

3. Any volunteer who holds such access rights at the time of the adoption of this resolution must satisfactorily identify himself or herself to The Aequalitas Project within 60 days of the adoption of this resolution, or have any and all such access rights revoked. Volunteers otherwise in good standing whose access is revoked for failure to identify may have those access rights restored after providing identification, at the discretion of The Aequalitas Project.

4. Volunteer positions covered by this resolution include, without limitation, all stewards, all holders of the "checkuser" and "oversight" rights, and all developers with access to any electronic records which contains nonpublic information (such as the IP addresses of readers or contributors).

5. The access policies for e-mail queues or other communication systems of WikiQueer are defined by The Aequalitas Project designated personnel in accordance with the intent of this policy.

6. Access to deleted revisions on a publicly editable project, such as that held by administrators, is not sufficient to require identification under this policy.

7. Identifying information disclosed to The Aequalitas Project by a volunteer in compliance with this policy shall be treated as confidential, nonpublic information and shall not be released except consistent with the WikiQueer Privacy Policy.

8. Exceptions to this policy may be made only by resolution of The Aequalitas Project Board of Directors.