[Juser] proposed changes to jabber.org service policy
Peter Saint-Andre
stpeter at stpeter.im
Tue Aug 21 14:29:18 UTC 2012
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On 8/21/12 3:05 AM, ubsy at riseup.net wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
>> I have not dealt with such a request so am speaking from a
>> position of some ignorance, but I suspect that the requesting
>> entities would, at least in some cases, require that those users
>> whose data are being requested not be told in advance.
>
> Yeah Kevin, when you put it that way it sounds awfully reasonable.
>
> Well: What about another proposition:
>
> Even though we are legally obligated to disclose information about
> our users when specifically requested to do so under court order we
> may only disclose such information which we have in the first
> place. These are:
>
> 1. IP addresses, dates, and times associated with authentication
> attempts 2. Roster contacts (that is ISP contacts?)
Not ISP contacts (I don't know what that would be), but JabberIDs in
the buddy list that you store on the server.
I agree that it would be good to make it clear what information we do
and do not share when we receive a court order.
> We do not save XMPP stanzas passing through the service, payment
> information, or email addresses or attachments of our users.
Among other things, yes. Some of the court orders I have received for
jabber.org requested some strange things (which would be normal for an
ISP or email service but simply don't apply to an IM service).
Peter
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Peter Saint-Andre
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