From: Jason Burton <webmaster@starloop.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 13:46:07 +0800
To: Bill Stewart <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: Re: Privacy and the internet
In-Reply-To: <199811140949.BAA21751@toad.com>
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Something I can tell you about this..

My name is Jason Burton; and this is the URL :
http://exchange.worldaccessnet.com/dmca/narc.html 
that is posting the information..

Now, if that were you, what would you do?

Thanks

I'd appreciate any help...
Jason Burton - webmaster@starloop.com
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At 02:57 PM 11/15/98 -0800, you wrote:
>At 04:46 AM 11/14/98 -0500, Jason Burton wrote:
>>Does anyone know what I should do if someone was posting sensitive
>>information on a website?
>>And what if the webmaster of the domain doesnt respond to the request for
>>removal of information.
>>IS there something that say's what is and isn't able to be published
>>"personal information" on the internet.
>>If someone can reply I'd appreciate it.
>>Seeking council.
>
>They don't call this The Net Of A Million Lies for nothing :-)
>
>Depends substantially on what kind of information it is,
>what jurisdictions you, the web site, and the poster are in,
>and whether you're interested in seeking legal counsel
>as well as just hacker advice.  IANAL, but there are a range
>of torts from libel or slander to invasion of privacy to
>emotional distress that sometimes apply, if you're into
>that sort of approach; if the person the information is about
>is a public figure, this seldom works, and if the information
>is true, you've also got a much more limited case.
>
>Alternatively, there's the Big Gun Flame War approach of 
>making sure everyone knows what an unresponsive loser the 
>web site providers are, though that does lose the opportunity to quietly 
>get the information to go away, even if it hasn't already been
>sucked down by Altavista, Yahoo, Hotbot, and DejaNews.
>
>Most web sites are either on big commercial hosting sites with
>relatively responsive abuse@wherever contacts, or else they're
>smaller sites which get connectivity and/or hosting service
>from larger providers.  So find out who their upstream providers are,
>and talk with them about their customer.  
>				Thanks! 
>					Bill
>Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com
>PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF  3C85 B884 0ABE 4639
>