FARI · Public field archive Feline Autonomy Research Institute
Issue 14 · Vol. 5 Established 2021 Updated 2 March 2026 Editor: M. Voronova
Editorial notes

How private reports become public summaries.

FARI edits submissions for privacy and clarity before publication. The point of editing is to keep the report useful while making it hard to identify the household, the workplace, or the people in the room.

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Recent examples

FARI-RED-014  Original: the observer named a workplace, a meeting title, and a device account. Public summary: desk occupation during a recurring video meeting.

FARI-RED-019  Original: a voice-assistant export included account identifiers and one unrelated voice command. Public summary: timer activity near a repeated kitchen routine.

FARI-RED-021  Original: a photograph showed a window view that placed the apartment on a specific block. Public summary: laptop rest site in a home office, region withheld.

FARI-RED-024  Original: an audio note included a child’s name. Public summary: routine cue response on a recurring weekday evening; the audio note itself was returned to the observer.

Standard redactions
RemovedReasonReplacement
Names and account handlesPersonal privacyObserver, household member, device account
Exact addresses and window viewsLocation privacyRegion or room type
Workplace identifiersEmployer privacy“A workplace meeting”
Private messages and call contentUnrelated personal dataDescription of device state
Faces and visible identifiersBystander privacyReturned to the sender
Device serial numbersCross-reference riskDevice class only
When we say “no”

About a tenth of submissions are returned without review. The most common reasons:

Hidden recordingReports that depended on covert audio or video of household members or guests.
DistressMaterial showing an animal in pain or fear. We reply with veterinary referrals.
Identifying detail in every frameIf we cannot tell the report from the household, the archive is the wrong home for it.
Corrections. If a published entry still contains identifying detail, write to the intake desk. We act on these within twenty-four hours and add a dated correction line to the entry.