On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 13:25, Alan D. Cabrera wrote: > > On Jan 20, 2010, at 2:23 AM, Bernd Fondermann wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:56, Emmanuel Lecharny >> wrote: >>> >>> Bernd Fondermann a écrit : >>>> >>>> AFAIR, using Google Analytics has been discouraged by the ASF board. >>>> >>> >>> Ok, found the thread (and I confirm that thunderbird is a POS when t >>> comes >>> to search, compared to gmail). >>> >>> I would not say that the ASF board discouraged the usage of GA, there >>> were >>> some mails echanged about the legal implication on the usage of GA : >>> >>> "the Google >>> Terms and Conditions (Paragraph 7 on >>> http://www.google.com/analytics/tos.html) require all sites using Google >>> Analytics to post a privacy policy: >>> >>> --- cut --- >>> You will have and abide by an appropriate privacy policy and will comply >>> with all applicable laws relating to the collection of information from >>> visitors to Your websites. You must post a privacy policy and that >>> policy must provide notice of your use of a cookie that collects >>> anonymous traffic data. >>> --- cut --- >>> >>> " >>> >>> So the bare minimum for us would be to post this policy on our web site. >>> >>> Now, if the board say "don't use it", we will remove it, of course. >>> >>> Bernd, do you have any other mail I may have missed, suggesting that they >>> prefer us not to use GA? (forward them to me privately, to preserve their >>> privacy). >>> >>> Thanks ! >> >> Ah, right. Now I remember fully. You phrased this correctly, project's >> are advised to let their user's know. >> >> Thank you for RTFBR, I should have checked the facts myself beforehand, > > Where do we publish our reports? Publicly, here http://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/ as soon as they are approved by the board. ASF members can enjoy them in full detail at the private svn repo shortly after the meeting - think "EAP", but the lag is no longer as big as it used to be. Bernd > > > Regards, > Alan > >