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--047d7b5d4840732d2904fcc0465f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 hi folks, To anyone with interest in eBird, under-the-hood, they just announced some changes to user preferences. Below is a note from Cornell. cheers, James. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Christopher Wood <chris.wood@cornell.edu> Date: Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 2:06 PM Subject: [ebirdtechtalk] Some changes to eBird Privacy To: eBird Regional Editors <ebird-regional-editors@googlegroups.com>, eBird TechTalk <ebirdtechtalk@googlegroups.com> Hi everyone, We've made some changes to eBird's preferences that provide more flexibility and allow people to opt out of certain types of output. The next time you sign into eBird, you will see a notice of these changes. Many of you were very helpful in providing advise and we greatly appreciate your input. 1) The eBird Preferences page now has an option to opt out of Alerts, Recent Visits, and Top100 2) All eBirders now have the option to use their correct name in their account (that will be seen by reviewers), but to have their name displayed as "Anonymous eBirder" within eBird output. 3) All eBirders will now see a popup the next time they hit a new page in eBird that informs them of the privacy options and that some of their data are appearing in real time. People subscribing for new accounts will also see this. 4) A revised Privacy Page discusses one's options: http://help.ebird.org/customer/portal/articles/1006833-data-privacy 5) The Location Explorer now has a one-hour delay built in. So from this point on, submitted checklists won't appear instantly and instead will be delayed one hour from the time of submission. If you wish for a longer delay, please do delay your submission time accordingly and/or opt out of the "Recent Visits". Our hope s that these changes will balance the very legitimate concerns that you all raised along with the timeliness of eBird that keeps it relevant and useful for birders for real-time birding info. See: http://ebird.org/ebird/prefs Please do let us know your thoughts. We do hope to add additional options pertaining to privacy (e.g., ability to hide or "blur" a location and a better way to deal with sensitive species). However, for now, we hope this addresses the most pressing personal privacy concerns. Thanks, Chris, Marshall, Brian and Team eBird Chris Wood eBird & Neotropical Birds Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eBird TechTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ebirdtechtalk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ebirdtechtalk@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ebirdtechtalk. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- James Churchill Kentville, Nova Scotia jameslchurchill@gmail.com (902) 681-2374 --047d7b5d4840732d2904fcc0465f Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">hi folks,=A0<div>To anyone with interest in eBird, under-t= he-hood, they just announced some changes to user preferences. Below is a n= ote from Cornell.</div><div><br></div><div>cheers,</div><div>James.<br><br>= <div class=3D"gmail_quote"> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class=3D"gmail_senderna= me">Christopher Wood</b> <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:chris.wood= @cornell.edu">chris.wood@cornell.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Jun 26, 2= 014 at 2:06 PM<br> Subject: [ebirdtechtalk] Some changes to eBird Privacy<br>To: eBird Regiona= l Editors <<a href=3D"mailto:ebird-regional-editors@googlegroups.com">eb= ird-regional-editors@googlegroups.com</a>>, eBird TechTalk <<a href= =3D"mailto:ebirdtechtalk@googlegroups.com">ebirdtechtalk@googlegroups.com</= a>><br> <br><br><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;fo= nt-size:12.727272033691406px">Hi everyone,</div><div style=3D"font-family:a= rial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><br></div><div style=3D"fon= t-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"> We've made some changes to eBird's preferences that provide more fl= exibility and allow people to opt out of certain types of output. The next = time you sign into eBird, you will see a notice of these changes. Many of y= ou were very helpful in providing advise and we greatly appreciate your inp= ut.=A0</div> <div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">= <br></div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033= 691406px">1) The eBird Preferences page now has an option to opt out of Ale= rts, Recent Visits, and Top100</div> <div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">= <br></div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033= 691406px">2) All eBirders now have the option to use their correct name in = their account (that will be seen by reviewers), but to have their name disp= layed as "Anonymous eBirder" within eBird output.</div> <div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">= <br></div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033= 691406px">3) All eBirders will now see a popup the next time they hit a new= page in eBird that informs them of the privacy options and that some of th= eir data are appearing in real time. People subscribing for new accounts wi= ll also see this.=A0</div> <div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">= <br></div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033= 691406px">4) A revised Privacy Page discusses one's options:=A0<a href= =3D"http://help.ebird.org/customer/portal/articles/1006833-data-privacy" ta= rget=3D"_blank">http://help.ebird.org/customer/portal/articles/1006833-data= -privacy</a></div> <div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">= <br></div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033= 691406px">5) The Location Explorer now has a one-hour delay built in. So fr= om this point on, submitted checklists won't appear instantly and inste= ad will be delayed one hour from the time of submission. If you wish for a = longer delay, please do delay your submission time accordingly and/or opt o= ut of the "Recent Visits".</div> <div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">= <br></div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033= 691406px">Our hope s that these changes will balance the very legitimate co= ncerns that you all raised along with the timeliness of eBird that keeps it= relevant and useful for birders for real-time birding info.</div> <div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">= <br></div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033= 691406px">See:=A0<a href=3D"http://ebird.org/ebird/prefs" target=3D"_blank"= >http://ebird.org/ebird/prefs</a></div> <div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">= <br></div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033= 691406px">Please do let us know your thoughts. We do hope to add additional= options pertaining to privacy (e.g., ability to hide or "blur" a= location and a better way to deal with sensitive species). However, for no= w, we hope this addresses the most pressing personal privacy concerns.</div= > <div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">= <br></div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033= 691406px">Thanks,</div></div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;fon= t-size:12.727272033691406px"> Chris, Marshall, Brian and Team eBird</div><br clear=3D"all"><div>Chris Woo= d<br><br>eBird & Neotropical Birds Project Leader<br>Cornell Lab of Orn= ithology, Ithaca, New York<br><a href=3D"http://ebird.org" target=3D"_blank= ">http://ebird.org</a><br> <a href=3D"http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu" target=3D"_blank">http://n= eotropical.birds.cornell.edu</a></div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D= "#888888"> </font></span></div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"> <p></p> -- <br> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &= quot;eBird TechTalk" group.<br> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to <a href=3D"mailto:ebirdtechtalk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com" targe= t=3D"_blank">ebirdtechtalk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</a>.<br> To post to this group, send email to <a href=3D"mailto:ebirdtechtalk@google= groups.com" target=3D"_blank">ebirdtechtalk@googlegroups.com</a>.<br> Visit this group at <a href=3D"http://groups.google.com/group/ebirdtechtalk= " target=3D"_blank">http://groups.google.com/group/ebirdtechtalk</a>.<br> For more options, visit <a href=3D"https://groups.google.com/d/optout" targ= et=3D"_blank">https://groups.google.com/d/optout</a>.<br> </font></span></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D= "ltr">James Churchill<br>Kentville, Nova Scotia<br><a href=3D"mailto:jamesl= churchill@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">jameslchurchill@gmail.com</a><br>(90= 2) 681-2374<br> <br><br><br></div> </div></div> --047d7b5d4840732d2904fcc0465f--
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