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Congratulations! You've Been Subpoenaed

Posted by timothy on from the wait-for-the-eyescan dept.

Edmond Spidre writes: "The Washington Post has an interesting article about an organization called CyberSLAPP, which is apparently urging ISPs to provide notification when their customer details are being subpoenaed. Its interesting to note that according to the article AOL appears to have a decent policy already in place."

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  1. so? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    are we notified when slashdot editors look at our IPs to see what troll accounts go with what legitimate ones? This is posted AC, but the editors know my account. Am I notified if they look at it?

  2. Yahoo! by www.sorehands.com · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Yahoo has a decent policy too.

    They will provide 15 days notice to the user. If the user does not files a motion to quash during that period, Yahoo will provide the information. Of course, in that way, Yahoo usually does not have appear. This way, you don't need to file an emergency motion as Yahoo will await the outcome of the outstanding order.

    But, with the data Yahoo, you will have to locate the ISP and subpeona them in many cases as Yahoo may not have valid information.

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