Loomio
Sat 27 Sep 2014 11:20PM

Transparency vs. Privacy

G GP Public Seen by 10

Hello everyone, I have found a very important dilemma, so it'd be a good opportunity to use this Loomio platform again.

I've been experimenting with an open-source tracking system called Piwik. It works wonders. With just a tiny simple code in the forum's template, we can get rich information about visitors' location, operating system, visited pages, Web browser, visit time, etc. Even the ISP! It's the best statistics platform I've ever used.

Now, there we come with the problem. There are actually three options here:

  1. To not use Piwik.
  2. To use Piwik, but give access only to the admins.
  3. To use Piwik and make the insights public.

Option 1 would be preferred if we're not comfortable with the idea of our information being collected for a statistical purpose, or if we simply don't find the need to use the platform.

Option 2 would be preferred if we are interested in using the platform to improve the forums, but don't really like the idea of having our info accessible to everyone in the world.

Option 3 would be preferred if we want to be as transparent as possible and believe in the need to self-reflect on our usage trends in order to have a better glimpse of the future.

So, what do you think?

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Byte2222 Sun 28 Sep 2014 8:14PM

Thanks for clarifying GP. My stance hasn't changed but I can see the potential use of the data and would be willing to talk about it some more.

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GP Sun 28 Sep 2014 10:53PM

No problem! Don't hesitate to ask any question about anything you don't feel too sure about (I wonder if I phrased that sentence correctly...)