2008-05-28 14:56:37 -04:00
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This document outlines this service's respect for your personal
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privacy as a user of the service.
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- Almost all the text and files that users upload to this site is
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available under the site license (see the license block at the bottom
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of this page). Users agree to the license when they register to use
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the site for the first time. Typically that means that the data can
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be copied far and wide, for commercial and non-commercial purposes,
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and in modified or unmodified form. If you're not OK with that,
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don't use the service.
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- The following data items are considered *private data* that won't be
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shared with other users, business partners, or the public at large:
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* your password
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* your email address
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* your IM address (AIM, Jabber, or other instant messaging address)
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* your phone number
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2008-09-23 14:30:35 -04:00
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* your "private messages"
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* your login credentials (username and password) for other services (Twitter, Facebook, etc.)
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- Some private data may be published in aggregate, e.g. "30% of our
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users are registered with Hotmail addresses."
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- Your notices (including files) can be downloaded and re-used by
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other services, either one-by-one or in bulk as
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[RSS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS) files.
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- Your profile information (including subscriptions and avatars) can be
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downloaded and re-used by other services, either scraped from the HTML
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interface or in bulk as [FOAF](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOAF) files.
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- Your notices will be forwarded to users who subscribe to them,
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including users on another microblogging service.
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- Your profile information will be sent to microblogging services for
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users who subscribe to you or to whom you subscribe.
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- Based on your email preferences, you may receive automated email
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messages for important system events, such as when others subscribe
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to your notices.
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- Based on your email preferences, you may receive an email
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newsletter. You can opt out of the newsletter if you don't want to
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receive it.
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- In urgent situations, administrators may send you email directly to
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your registered email address, even if you've requested no notices
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or newsletter. *Administrators will use digitally-signed email.*
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- This service will comply with court orders to turn over your private
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information.
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