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