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On 14:12 Fri 01 Aug , Ferris McCormick wrote: |
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> Required ethical disclaimer: I provide this only for information. It |
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> is not a legal opinion, nor am I qualified to give a legal opinion on |
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> international privacy laws. I will go so far as to say that the |
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> Freenode privacy statement looks as if it was drafted by a lawyer to |
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> ensure Freenode's users that (to quote): |
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> "PDPC will not publish that information or provide it to any other third |
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> party without your explicit permission, except as required by law or as |
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> appropriate in the course of an investigation of criminal wrongdoing. |
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> PDPC will make a good faith effort to maintain the privacy of your |
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> personal information." |
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> Thus they are exposed to a law suit if they provide the information I |
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> think you are asking for. |
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> (Privacy policy at: http://freenode.net/group_privacy.shtml ) |
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The only thing I have to add to this is the missing context. This policy |
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applies only to contact information: |
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"PDPC may provide your personal or group contact information to its |
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volunteers, employees or contractors, solely to allow them to contact |
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you on its behalf or to verify the accuracy of the group or personal |
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information you provide. PDPC will not publish that information or |
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provide it to any other third party without your explicit permission, |
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except as required by law or as appropriate in the course of an |
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investigation of criminal wrongdoing. PDPC will make a good faith effort |
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to maintain the privacy of your personal information. " |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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Donnie Berkholz |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux |
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Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com |
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