@Quickseller,
I don't understand why you think collecting data about earned merit, trust settings, edited posts, support/opposition of trust flags... is acceptable, but a list of URLs found in users' signatures is not.
I think it's about building a database and searching for plagiarism and alt accounts, not about signatures.
If you are concerned about privacy why aren't you complaining about LoyceV's trust setting viewer, or trust flag support/opposition pages? That seems like a much more a breach of individual privacy.
I like to think of it as adding missing forum features. In an ideal world, the forum itself would offer a Trust and Flag viewer.
You can argue about storing Trust lists (weekly) and Flag supporters (daily) to be checked months later, but I prefer nutildah's interpretation:
You've single-handedly managed to create a new level of transparency for the forum and its activities by keeping all this stuff documented and well-formatted.
Disclaimer: I'm not complaining about LoyceV's trust pages. I find them very useful, and don't believe they are a breach of privacy. All the information is publicly available, LoyceV just makes it more easily accessible.
Just for the record: I've shared
my view on data collection in another topic.