# Moderators Viewing Email Addresses **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Created:** [24.Июль.2017 17:28:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-viewing-email-addresses/66731 "2017-07-24T17:28:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Martin\_Cash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/martin_cash/32/73218_2.png) [@Martin\_Cash](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Martin_Cash)\ **Post date:** [24.Июль.2017 17:28:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-viewing-email-addresses/66731/1 "2017-07-24T17:28:49Z")
Just FYI, I know this has already been discussed a few times. Not to beat a dead horse, but my use case is… I have to be PCI compliant and giving non-employees the ability to view/export email addresses is a security problem that restricts me from adding moderators. I’d like to use this feature so mods can see reports and such, but viewing email addresses is a no-go for me for me. > [@Remove moderator ability to view users email addresses](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-moderator-ability-to-view-users-email-addresses/30261): > > There were some excellent changes to mod permissions as per this topic [Permission Changes (moderators have less)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permission-changes-moderators-have-less/12522). I feel removing the ability for mods to view email addresses should be considered too. There are several reasons for this: Data Protection - In the UK there are laws governing digital personal data and I feel that there isn’t sufficient reason to let moderators (who are usually unpaid volunteers) view people’s personal email addresses (somebody in the thread mentioned it helps with… > [@Moderators can view emails and export user lists](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-can-view-emails-and-export-user-lists/55114): > > This is… insane. In any forum, moderators can see the emails of users and even less the possibility of exporting them and downloading them to a csv file. This is a huge security hole. While promoting someone as a moderator means that you have confidence in that person, but it is crazy to think that that person can have access to a list of users with data and even that you can download them. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-viewing-email-addresses/66731)._