What is this page?
This is the Kaiser Permanente Review Site Notices page.
To navigate, use the blue buttons at the top of each page. The list may be different from page to page. There are also links in the text.
1. Privacy Policy.
This site uses standard httpd output to collect information of most of the types that a web browser typically broadcasts.
This site doesn't presently use cookies. However, note that sites which are linked to may use cookies.
Data is retained for such periods, and is used for such purposes, as are deemed appropriate by site administrators.
Security is one context. For example, logs are used to identify and block malware bots.
CCPA and/or similar laws related to large commercial organizations don't apply to this site.
2. Statements of Fact.
Statements are based on belief and best understanding of facts and are not necessarily statements of fact except where this is explicitly stated.
People with knowledge of facts that may be relevant to content are invited to suggest corrections or additions.
The Kaiser Papers, in particular, are presented as a record of past
work in the public interest
by others and not statements by the host of fact.
3. COPPA Notice.
COPPA, a law which limits the use of children's information in
commercial or similar contexts, doesn't apply to this site.
4. Contact information:
Vickie Travis has retired though she has provided content and offered advice. The current host is The Old Coder aka OldCoder aka Robert Kiraly.
OldCoder's former Twitter handle was BoldCoder. However, his social media site is now Coder Dansu at:
One email address that should usually work for the Old Coder is:
me@kaiser.ink
Important: There is no guarantee that email will be received. However, more contact information may be added at a later date.
People or attorneys should identify themselves fully when writing to the website editor. If possible, the first letter should indicate first name, last name, a business street address, and the County of residence.
If you know IRC, you can text chat live with OldCoder without an appointment. The connection information is:
Host: irc.oldcoder.org
Port: 6667 (legacy) or 6697 (secure)
Office hours: Late evenings and often all day on weekends
To ping OldCoder, use: /query OldCoder
5. Biographical sketch:
Robert Kiraly, OldCoder, is in his 60s. He's been a code and data architect since 1978. That was 3 years before graduation from U.C. Berkeley.
OldCoder was High Honors in Mathematics and Honors in C.S. from U.C. Berkeley.
OldCoder was 50% of the U.S. Vote one year, software development side, nobody else. He's done work for the DTIC, the CIA, UK-NCIS after 9/11, and the U.S. military through the MILES project at Northrop-Grumman.
OldCoder has had approx. 6 gag order attempts filed against him since 2012. He's never lost a case. He's never even signed a Court settlement. There was one non-Court agreement that he tore up after the other side violated it. It's a colorful story for later.
OldCoder adds that past parties have spent approx. $500,000 total trying to get gag orders and have gotten bupkus for their efforts. OldCoder likes to remind the other sides of the $500,000.
More in due course. Probably on a separate Biography page.
6. License information.
Except where otherwise noted, original content on this site is licensed as follows:
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International
also known as: Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 4.0 International. For more information, click here.
The CC license does NOT apply to content for which other existing and enforceable licenses exist.
7. ACAP note to attorneys:
Before you comment on IP issues, kindly familiarize yourself with the details of ACPA.
8. Site technical notes.
8.1. This site uses responsive code. This means that it should work on your phone.
Presently, JavaScript isn't required or used. Everything is done using HTML 5 and CSS 3. The responsive features rely heavily on CSS 3 media queries.
8.2. https, i.e., SSL, support is provided by Let's Encrypt.
8.3. The theme is based on Haggis Hell by OldCoder.