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description: This article describe how and when to contact an administrator of the PowerShell Gallery
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title: Contact Gallery administrators
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# Contact Gallery administrators
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You should contact gallery administrators when:
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1. You need to delete a package that you published.
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1. You need help with your account.
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1. You want to report an issue in the packages in the gallery.
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1. You have package name dispute with other users and you are not able to resolve it by contacting
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the users.
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1. You were contacted by Gallery Administrators, regarding your packages in the gallery and you want
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to respond.
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- You need to delete a package that you published.
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- You need help with your account.
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- You want to report an issue in the packages in the gallery.
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- You have a package name dispute and you aren't able to resolve it by contacting the other owners.
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## How to Contact Gallery Administrators
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1. Send us an email: psgadmin@microsoft.com.
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1. If you are reporting abuse of a package, you can find Report Abuse link below the package
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1. Send us an email: [cgadmin@microsoft.com][02].
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1. If you are reporting abuse of a package, select the **Report Abuse** link below the package
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information on the left panel.
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1. For any other general questions regarding the Gallery, please submit your question to the
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[PowerShell Gallery Issues](https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShellGallery/issues)
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page on GitHub.
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[PowerShell Gallery Issues][01] page on GitHub.
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[01]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShellGallery/issues
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[02]: mailto:cgadmin@microsoft.com
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description: This article outlines the process for resolving disputes between community members and other PowerShell Gallery publishers.
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title: Dispute resolution
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# Dispute resolution
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1. Contact the owners of the package you have the dispute with using the **Contact Owners** link on
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the package details page. Explain your issue in a kind and direct manner.
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1. Send a copy of your message to [psgadmin@microsoft.com](mailto:psgadmin@microsoft.com) so that
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PowerShell Gallery Administrators are aware of your dispute.
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1. Wait a maximum of 30 days and if you don't have resolution notify
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[psgadmin@microsoft.com](mailto:psgadmin@microsoft.com) again.
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1. Send a copy of your message to [cgadmin@microsoft.com][01] so that PowerShell Gallery
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Administrators are aware of your dispute.
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1. Wait a maximum of 30 days. If you don't have resolution, notify [cgadmin@microsoft.com][01]
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The PowerShellGallery.com support team will get involved and try to work this out.
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The PowerShell Gallery support team will work with both parties to help resolve the dispute.
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## Prohibited Use
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The following things are not allowed on the public PowerShell Gallery and will be immediately
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removed without discussion. Package owners will be notified if their package is removed.
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The following things aren't allowed on the public PowerShell Gallery and will be immediately removed
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without discussion. Package owners are notified if their package is removed.
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- Malware, adware, or any kind of spyware
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- Packages that are designed to harm the user systems;
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- Copyright infringement or license violation;
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- Illegal content;
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- "Squatting" on package names that you plan to use but are not actually using. This also includes
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- Packages that are designed to harm the user systems
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- Copyright infringement or license violation
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- Illegal content
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- "Squatting" on package names that you plan to use but aren't actually using. This also includes
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publishing packages that have zero productive content. Either publish code and get going or
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concede the name to someone who actually has a product to ship; and
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- Attempting to make the gallery do something that it is not explicitly designed to do.
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concede the name to someone who actually has a product to ship.
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- Attempting to make the gallery do something that it isn't explicitly designed to do.
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If you find a package that is in violation of any of these items, click the 'Report Abuse' link on
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If you find a package that's in violation of any of these items, select the **Report Abuse** link on
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**This policy is subject to change at the discretion of the PowerShell Gallery.**
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description: This article explains how to delete personal data from the PowerShell Gallery and can be used to support your obligations under the GDPR.
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title: PowerShell Gallery GDPR compliance
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# PowerShell Gallery GDPR compliance
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> [!NOTE]
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> This article provides steps for how to delete personal data from the PowerShell Gallery and can be
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> used to support your obligations under the GDPR. If you're looking for general info about GDPR,
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> see the
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> [GDPR section of the Service Trust portal](https://servicetrust.microsoft.com/ViewPage/GDPRGetStarted).
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> see the [GDPR section of the Service Trust portal][01].
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## Personally identifiable data
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Most users do not create a PowerShell Gallery account. An account is not required unless you are
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Most users don't create a PowerShell Gallery account. An account isn't required unless you are
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going to publish a package or use the "Contact Owner" feature in the PowerShell Gallery. Other than
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email correspondence initiated by the user, the PowerShell Gallery does not store personally
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identifiable data for users who have not created an account.
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email correspondence initiated by the user, the PowerShell Gallery doesn't store personally
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identifiable data for users who haven't created an account.
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Users who create a PowerShell Gallery account can publish packages to the PowerShell Gallery. Those
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## DSR Export of PowerShell Gallery Data
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- Email sent by anyone to the PowerShell Gallery team using the email address in the **Contact Us**
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page [cgadmin@microsoft.com][03]
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You may request copies of all emails sent to or from your email address and the PowerShell Gallery
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[cgadmin@microsoft.com][03], with the title: `DSR Request for emails relating to this account`. In
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the body of the message, state what information you are requesting (for example: Please send all
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emails sent to or received from this email address.) Within 7 business days, you should receive a
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To facilitate exporting packages published to the PowerShell Gallery, we have published the script
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