Collecting information with care
summary
Advice: stop splitting names and store a full-name plus greeting so legal and preferred names coexist; migrate databases to utf8mb4 migration and update connection/options so emoji and non‑Latin characters survive; validate emails lightly (has @, can be sent from your SMTP, check MX) rather than enforcing odd RFC edge cases; treat gender as non‑binary—offer free text, a “prefer not to say”, and record pronouns separately (pronouns stored separately); use immutable user IDs not usernames, secure email-change flows, and make deletion straightforward.
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chapters (4)
- 0:00Start
- 26:19giving people the opportunity to self-identify
- 35:09removing gender entirely from the passport
- 44:45cover security privacy using hashing functions
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