MNHQ what is your data protection policy?

[TheDevilWearsPrimark]

I am just wondering, what records you hold of us?

Be it links we've clicked on from here, details of CAT's , our IP's, surveys you've asked us to fill out, etc.

And if so, in what circumstances do you use it.

(sorry I am freaked out after a conversation this weekend about google and facebook and such and the mind boggling data they are holding without prior permission)

[JustineMumsnet]

Hiya,
Am not actually sure what, if anything, is actually stored in the shed and what is put out for the bin men (will ask tech) but don't worry we don't use it for anything or pass it on to anyone and it is explicitly against our privacy policy (bottom of this page) to do so. Hope that helps assuage your concerns.

[GeekBoy]

I suspect mumsnet don't run on huge clouds though... ...with 700,000+ servers (apparently) Google can afford to store details of absolutely everything action (clicks, searches, transactions) users complete on their sites..

[southeastastra]

frightening stuff if you think about it

[JustineMumsnet]

No we have one and are saving up for a second

[GeekBoy]

I think you're telling big pork pies Justine! - and is Tech a Gooner (or is that one of the other MN Towers crew?)

[JustineMumsnet]

Not me - I'm a Liverpool fan and Tech has no interest in footie... he's far too modern man.

[GeekBoy]

just wondered why the CNAME (DNS record) for www.mumsnet.com is arsenal.dsc.net!

[AbbyMumsnet]

did anyone mention that Arsenal are top of the league, by any chance?

[GeekBoy]

arrggghhh a Gooner!!(Abby?)

[VVVQVJournalist]

Is there an option to "opt out" of having your words quoted from MN?

[JustineMumsnet]

No am afraid not VVVQ - we did offer that last time for the books and it was extraordiarily time-consuming - plus we lived in terror that we'd mislaid an email and included someone's posts that we shouldn't have. Afterwards quite a few who'd changed their names wished they hadn't too.

[VVVQVJournalist]

Will mail you justine.

[Tech]

mumsnet is arsenal.dsc.net cos arsenal is my nearest tube station. Just a name really.

[AbbyMumsnet]

I think you'll find it is far more than just a name.

[DualCycloneCod]

can i ask

is there any kind of big rumblign tehcy machines oy need to haev to have huge website?

[SoupDragon]

Did any one mention that when you wash your face you wash your arsenal?

[DualCycloneCod]

another day for justine

and tech why only 18 msg shoing up on " threads i am on"

and justine
are you aware of the site challenge