[Opensim-dev] Changes to users table used by the UserServer

Nebadon Izumi nebadon2025 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 24 21:49:52 UTC 2007


Thanks for everyones input all concerns are being address, No changes to the
user database will be made from this point forward and Address collection
will be made optional I will send out a notice to everyone when the changes
are available on sourceforge.

Nebadon

On 10/24/07, Aldon Hynes <Aldon.Hynes at orient-lodge.com> wrote:
>
>  On the otherhand, I think it may be useful to have those as optional
> fields available to grid operators.   If I'm running a small private grid in
> the United States, I can easily see wanting that information without getting
> into issues with EU directives.
>
> My two cents.
>
> Aldon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de [mailto:
> opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de]*On Behalf Of *Michael Wright
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 24, 2007 5:20 AM
> *To:* opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
> *Subject:* Re: [Opensim-dev] Changes to users table used by the UserServer
>
> I agree with Tleiades, adding such fields (and storing the data in them)
> would be a complex thing due to data protection/privacy laws (like:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive_95/46/EC_on_the_protection_of_personal_data
> ).
>
>
>
> *Tleiades Hax <tleiades at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
> Are we ready to store this information in  our user database?
>
> This information links a user to real life person, and as such starts to
> interract with the various data protection acts across the globe. Especially
> EU is a messy tangle I think.
>
> /tleiades
>
>
> > The eight fields defined in an 'update_users.sql' are :
> >
> > realname1
> > realname2
> > address1
> > zip1
> > city1
> > country1
> > emailaddress
> > active
> >
> >
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