[ale] OT: eBay sez: "No subpoena needed!"

[Mike Lockhart]

wonderful. next thing you know you'll find out that M$'s EULA allows
them to access all data on your desktop if the police ask them to.

- mike

On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 19:34, Jim wrote:
> Silicon Valley, by way of Ha'aretz reported this little gem today.  Joseph 
> Sullivan, eBay's director of "law enforcement and compliance," recently made 
> a speech in Israel, where he made the following statements:
> 
> "When someone uses our site and clicks on the 'I Agree' button, it is as if he 
> agrees to let us submit all of his data to the legal authorities. Which means 
> that if you are a law-enforcement officer, all you have to do is send us a 
> fax with a request for information, and ask about the person behind the 
> seller's identity number, and we will provide you with his name, address, 
> sales history and other details - all without having to produce a court 
> order. We want law enforcement people to spend time on our site." 
> 
> This means any law enforcement officer can request all of your personal 
> information from eBay, for any reason, and they will cheerfully comply. Just 
> goes to show you what can be lurking behind those "I Agree" buttons.
> 
> http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/gmsv/5233146.htm
> 
> http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=264863&contrassID=2&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
> 
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