# Privacy questions about administrator / moderator abilities **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [May 17, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/privacy-questions-about-administrator-moderator-abilities/87749 "2018-05-17T15:21:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Joseph\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/joseph_tucker/32/119545_2.png) [@Joseph\_Tucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joseph_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/privacy-questions-about-administrator-moderator-abilities/87749/1 "2018-05-17T15:21:05Z")
Hi! I have some questions related to privacy and data security compliance. I hope the answers will be useful to other users requiring compliance. 1. Who can administer Permissions in the admin user profile? e.g. /admin/users/12345/jamessmith 2. Where can I see a list of administrators? 3. Do moderators have access to (a) email addresses, (b) real first and last names or other PII? ---
**Author:** ![itsbhanusharma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/itsbhanusharma/32/180717_2.png) [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/privacy-questions-about-administrator-moderator-abilities/87749/2 "2018-05-17T15:25:13Z")
> [@Joseph\_Tucker](#): > > Who can administer Permissions in the admin user profile? Forum administrators > [@Joseph\_Tucker](#): > > Where can I see a list of administrators? `your.discourse.url/about` > [@Joseph\_Tucker](#): > > Do moderators have access to (a) email addresses, (b) real first and last names or other PII? Depending upon settings, Moderators will have access to email address but will not see any name if name is disabled in settings. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/joseph_tucker/32/119545_2.png) [@Joseph\_Tucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joseph_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/privacy-questions-about-administrator-moderator-abilities/87749/3 "2018-05-17T16:15:02Z")
Thanks so much for your reply. > [@itsbhanusharma](#): > > Depending upon settings, Moderators will have access to email address but will not see any name if name is disabled in settings. Where are these settings? ---
**Author:** ![itsbhanusharma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/itsbhanusharma/32/180717_2.png) [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/privacy-questions-about-administrator-moderator-abilities/87749/4 "2018-05-17T16:24:09Z")
In the settings tab on admin page. I don’t remember them on the top of my head but it should be very descriptive i.e. enable\_names and full\_name\_required ---
**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/privacy-questions-about-administrator-moderator-abilities/87749/5 "2018-05-21T20:27:13Z")
> [@Joseph\_Tucker](#): > > Do moderators have access to … (b) real first and last names or other PII? The forum only stores the name that users provide and performs no “legitimacy checking” on that name whatsoever. Moderators (and admins) don’t get any more access to the “full name” field than any other member of the forum unless you disable display of it in the UI. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 5:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/privacy-questions-about-administrator-moderator-abilities/87749/6 "2020-11-09T05:32:23Z")