I also find this odd since ALL vb admins have this ability and it's not in the default privacy statement

[QUOTE]Originally posted by JTMON
I also find this odd since ALL vb admins have this ability and it's not in the default privacy statement

JTMON, consult a lawyer.

Well that helps:rolleyes:

Did you happen to ask your lawyer the laws regarding this if the server isn't in the US, if I'm not in the US, etc etc....

All known ISPs include the following notice in their terms of service.

Not only don't you have a notice like that on your website, but you now take it a step further and make it readily available to one or more admins to access and read a user's private communication without as much as asking a user's permission or even notifying him.

That is cause for lawsuit.

My source? this used to be my line of work :)

Again I must say that unless just about every vb owner HAS this altered Privacy Statement currently, regardless of if this hack has been installed, then they are ALREADY would be in violation of the law since they ALREADY have this ability WITHOUT this hack.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by JTMON
Well that helps:rolleyes:

Did you happen to ask your lawyer the laws regarding this if the server isn't in the US, if I'm not in the US, etc etc....

[QUOTE]Originally posted by bira


If the service you provide is offered in the USA, even if the server or your company are not in the USA, then you can be charged in the USA as well -- same goes for COPPA if you didn't know.

Furthermore, the Privacy Act is also enforced by the EU (European Union), so if at least 5% of your traffic come from the USA or the EU, you face liability in the USA and any EU member country.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by JTMON
Again I must say that unless just about every vb owner HAS this altered Privacy Statement currently, regardless of if this hack has been installed, then they are ALREADY would be in violation of the law since they ALREADY have this ability WITHOUT this hack.

Actually COPPA is also for general audience websites which may include kids, that collects information. In any event, that is not the point. The point was that even though COPPA is a USA act you as a service provider (assuming you fit the description of the law) are liable in the USA even if your company and server are outside the USA.