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