Manual:Extension/BlueSpicePrivacy

What is BlueSpicePrivacy?

BlueSpicePrivacy enabled every user on the wiki is an extension that enables users to control the way their data is collected and used by the wiki

Usage

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Cookie consent

Cookie consent policy

Upon first visiting When anonymous or registered users visit the wiki , every user, anonymous or registered will be for the first time, they are presented with a promt prompt to accept the cookies that the wiki collects. User is given a quick Users have the option to accept all cookies , or to manage each group of cookies separately. This can be is done by opening "Cookie consent settings" by and then clicking on the button in the prompt. There are several groups of cookies, based on the function they perform:

• Necessary cookies - cookies : Cookies that are needed for the user to be able to use the wiki (cookies for keeping session information, user ID data ...), and so on).
• Convenience cookies - cookies that enable : Cookies that provide a more comfortable wiki experience (saving the state of components of the interface, some user preferences..., and more)

Accepting (at least the necessary) cookies is mandatory before entering using the wiki for the first time.

Cookie settings can be changed afterwards at any point , by clicking on "Change cookie consent" in the wiki footer links or on the page Special:PrivacyCenter.

Privacy Center

Privacy center

Privacy The privacy center is the hub for a user's privacy settings. It is located in user personal the profile menu (clicking on user image in the top right corner) or by navigating to Special:PrivacyCenter.

This special page consist of a number of "modules", each performing certain . Each module performs a privacy-related function.

Anonymization

In this section, users can anonymize their account on the wiki. This means that users can change their username on the wiki, and the . The new username will appear everywhere where their appears wherever the username is used on the wiki, including comments, page histories , and logs. .. All of the traces of previous user information including profile information , and profile data , etc. will be is removed or renamed. In order to

To anonymize their account, user should users pick the new username (a random anonymized username is offered by default) and click "Anonymize my account". After confirmation, the process of anonymization will start starts and the user will receive receives a notification when its completedupon completion.

Delete your account

Users can delete all traces of their account from the wiki , by clicking the "Delete your account" button. After confirmation, the user account will be is deleted. In case there is an error in the process, user users will be notified of the failed deletion process. By deleting their account, users will remove all of the mentions of references to their user account anywhere on the wiki, with all their contributions being .All of the user's contributions is then attributed to "Deleted user", which will appear instead of the original username.

Transparency

Viewing data wiki collected on the user

This module allows users to view and export all data the wiki has on collected about them. To only view the data, without exporting it, a user can click on the button "Show all data" which will open . This opens a dialog containing all of the data wiki has collected on the user. Data will be grouped into following groupsuser's data. The data is grouped by:

• Mentions in content - snippents : Snippets of the page content where the user's name is mentioned.
• Working data - data : Data from the extensions - reminders that user have, page assignments, etc...
• Personal data - profile : Profile data, personal information and the user's status on the wiki.
• Action data - log : Log data for users actions - edits, page deletions, page moves , and administrative actions...

To export the data, user can select groups (from groups mentioned above) the userselects the groups to export and select the export format (HTML or CSV). After selecting desired options, click on clicking "Export data" to , the user can download the compiled file.

Privacy policy consent

In this section, users can change their consents to the wiki's privacy policy (further . Further options may appear based on a specific wiki configuration) and change . Users can also change their consent to cookies (as described above).

Requesting actions

Privacy center with requests enabled

Wiki The wiki can be configured in a way, so that users are not allowed to directly execute certain actions, but that they privacy-related actions. They need to request that operation first.

Requesting actions applies to:

• Anonymization
• "Delete your account"

Requests can be enabled for the wiki by settings setting $bsgPrivacyEnableRequests = true; in LocalSettings.php

Once enabled, users will be presented with , in sections for Anonymization and account deletion, with a request form . There in the affected sections. In this form, users can click "Request anonymization" and "Request account deletion" respectively. For account deletion, users can enter an optional comment explaining the reason for the request.

All the requests submitted will be presented submitted requests are sent to wiki admins to for review.

Once users submit After submitting the request, every time they visit the Privacy Center (until the request is resolved) will see a user sees a "Request pending" notice in the Privacy Center. If the request is denied, users will be notified and will be presented with a notice of request denied with a the user is notified with a comment from the wiki administrator. If the user's request is approved, they will be notified about this actionthe user also receives a notification.

Reviewing user requests

Privacy admin

Wiki admins (users with "admin" role assigned) can access the Privacy Admin page located in left navigation, under tab "Global actions ", under "Management" section > Management or by navigating to Special:PrivacyAdmin. There, wiki admins can view the requests submitted by users and review them, approving or denying them. Those actions can be taken by clicking on "check" or "block" icons in each request row, for approving and denying, respectively. Also, on this page, wiki admins can see

This pages lists the submitted requests. The administrator can review and approve or deny them.

In addition, administrators can see the status of Privacy policy consent for every user on the wiki on this page.

See also

Reference page for this extension.