# Privacy questions about administrator / moderator abilities

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/privacy-questions-about-administrator-moderator-abilities/87749>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [5월 17, 2018, 3:21오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/privacy-questions-about-administrator-moderator-abilities/87749 "2018-05-17T15:21:05Z")\
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**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:** [5월 21, 2018, 8:27오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/privacy-questions-about-administrator-moderator-abilities/87749/5 "2018-05-21T20:27:13Z")

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> [@Joseph\_Tucker](#):
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> 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.

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