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