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This looks very strange: "Automattic will have full audit rights." "WordPress.org and Automattic will have full audit rights, including access to employee rec
by markx2 2y ago
This looks very strange:
"Automattic will have full audit rights."
"WordPress.org and Automattic will have full audit rights, including access to employee records and time-tracking."
- metalforever 2y agoAgree with this. Is this correct?
- markx2 2y agoIt's there in the Fee section..... I get that regulatory bodies should have access under certain conditions, but letting a competitor do this? Makes zero sense.
- mjburgess 2y agoWell it's basically saying, just give us the money. The "audit rights" only apply if they're donating time, so they want that to be the most difficult and intrusive option -- ie., its only there for PR. The choice is, "some money and we'll look the other way; or open all your books, and donate 8% of your workforce to wordpress"
- riffraff 2y agoisn't that necessary given the request of a revenue percentage? Could automattic know the exact numbers in a different way, since WPEngine is not a public company?
- threeseed 2y agoSurely this would be a violation of HIPAA, Privacy and any number of state laws. You can't just give out confidential employee records to third parties.
- ceejayoz 2y agoNone of these parties are subject to HIPAA.
- threeseed 2y agoEmployee health records are often stored in third party systems that are subject to HIPAA. Point is that Automattic would have full access to this as well.
- ceejayoz 2y agoThose providers may be subject to it. Attempts to go fishing in such records would be pretty unlikely to succeed; it'd be an uneforcable request contrary to public policy, with no relevance to such an audit. It would be correctly and easily fought.