Redaction of private information on Freosan Studios sites
Freosan Studios is commited to keeping user privacy. If we are made aware of personal information that has been unintentionally or maliciously revealed, we will remove it as soon as possible.
What counts as personal information?
The basics of what counts as personal information is gone over in our Privacy Policy. To reiterate, here is what we consider personal information.
- Sensitive information is defined in the Privacy Act to include information or opinion about such things as an individual's racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association, religious or philosophical beliefs, membership of a trade union or other professional body, criminal record or health information.
Here is a non-exhaustive list:
- Personal information of an individual
- Real name
- Gender
- Date of birth
- Home address
- Occupation
- Personal information of equipment
- Serial numbers
- Account passwords
What do I do if my personal information has been disclosed against my wishes
You must inform us immediately. The quicker we are notified, the quicker we can remove personal information from the public, and prevent any malicious actors from abusing it.
To inform Freosan Studios of leaked personal information, contact us by clicking this link. Select "I need help removing personal information" under the dropdown field, so that it can be correctly triaged. Freosan staff will assess your request, and if it is determined that:
- Personal information is disclosed, and
- Such information was disclosed against the wishes of the owner (e.g. by accidental disclosure, malicious disclosure by a third party, or request to no longer keep personal information public),
then it will be removed.
Technological measures available to Freosan Studios to redact personal information
- Deletion: Normally, content can be removed from Freosan Studios sites; it will be securely destroyed, or otherwise made impossible for the public or users to access.
- Suppression: MediaWiki supports a feature named suppression. This allows certain parts of edits to be hidden from all public view, including administration staff of a wiki who would normally be able to view deleted content. For reference, the software you are reading this article on is MediaWiki.