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The Web Team has asked the Communications Committee to develop and institute three policy/guidelines:
* The website needs Usage Guidelines, informal policies that can be as simple as "be nice!" and which can be based on the Wiki Guidelines created by the Existing Website Improvement Team. The Comms Committee should task one or more members with drafting these guidelines for committee approval.
* The website (and mailing list archives) should have a formal privacy policy officially informing users that content they publish is available for public consumption, including search engine indexing. In addition, it should dictate usage of any personally identifiable information collected. The Comms Committee should task one or more members with drafting this policy for committee and/or Governance Committee approval.
* The website (and mailing list archives) should have a formal intellectual property policy informing users that they are agreeing to license any content they post or publish under an open license, such as Creative Commons 0. The Comms Committee should task one or more members with drafting this policy for committee and/or Governance Committee approval.
This page contains samples and examples of similar policies collected from around the web for use by the Communications Committee.