Access to nonpublic personal data policy/MassMessages/Initial email notice to volunteers

Subject: Please sign new Wikimedia confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information by 15 December

Message available online in other languages: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_to_nonpublic_information_policy/MassMessages/Initial_notice_to_volunteers

Dear $USERNAME,

As you may know, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees approved a new "Access to nonpublic information policy"[1] on 25 April 2014 after a community consultation. The former policy has remained in place until the new policy could be implemented. That implementation work is now being done, and we are beginning the transition to the new policy.

An important part of that transition is helping volunteers like you sign the required confidentiality agreement.[2] All Wikimedia volunteers with access to nonpublic information are required to sign this new agreement, and we have prepared some documentation to help you do so.

The Wikimedia Foundation is requiring that anyone with access to nonpublic information sign the new confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015 to retain their access. You are receiving this email because you have access to nonpublic information and are required to sign the confidentiality agreement under the new policy. If you do not sign the new confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015, you will lose your access to nonpublic information.

Signing the confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information is conducted and tracked using Legalpad on Phabricator. We have prepared a guide to help you create your Phabricator account and sign the new agreement: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Confidentiality_agreement_for_nonpublic_information/How_to_sign

If you have any questions or experience any problems while signing the new agreement, please let me know. Again, please sign this confidentiality agreement by 15 December 2015 to retain your access to nonpublic information. If you do not wish to retain this access, please let me know and we will forward your request to the appropriate individuals.

Thank you,
Gregory Varnum (User:GVarnum-WMF)
Wikimedia Foundation
gvarnum at wikimedia.org

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_to_nonpublic_information_policy
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Confidentiality_agreement_for_nonpublic_information