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diff --git a/doc/privacy b/doc/privacy new file mode 100644 index 000000000..90c7b3c7f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/privacy @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +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. + + + + |