Someone wants to sue me

[Ninth Dimension]

Originally Posted by MarcoH64

He has a screenshot of your moderator sitting behind his PC typing the IP address?

He says he has a screenshot of the page with his IP address on..

BUT

He's just come back to me saying that he in fact does NOT have a screenshot, therefore, has no proof that this site had anything to do with it.

I've not currently got a privicy policy on my site, but I'll soon be adding one stating that IP addresses are not classed as private.. that should hopefully put an end to the matter.

OK, here is the message I've sent to him.. hopefully it'll be the end of it.

OK, here is the situation as I understand it at the moment... An accusation has been made against one of the volunteers on this site regarding an IP address being given out.



I've asked the person in question and they know nothing about it, and they say they do not. I've also checked my logs to see if this information has been accessed by any of the volunteers on the site, but can find no evidence pointing towards this. You have no proof that this site, or the person in question, had anything to do with your IP being given out.



So as it stands at the moment, it's your word against theirs, and while I'm not inclined to take sides (in fact, I want to distance myself from this as much as I can), at this point I'm happy to give benefit of the doubt to the person your accusing.



This is mainly because she's been helping out on the site for a while now, has been very professional in the way she works. It is also because I've seen the types of comments you've been making on the site, and would assume that you've signed up using an anon account because you didn't want to be caught.



When the original request was made to me for some information about yourself, the person requesting the information said that he had a good idea who you was, he was just looking for some backup info. I was unable to provide this, so I can assume that he must have used another method to find out who you are.



I've also done some research into this, and so far as I can tell, there are no laws against giving IP addresses out to people as they're not classed as private/personal identifying information. This site currently does not have a privacy policy, and as such, when you signed up, you did so at your own risk. I am now however in the process of setting up a privacy policy, which will include the fact that IP addresses are not considered to be private. This is not me being spiteful, but rather the way that most sites on the internet work.



Now I can understand that you're worried about the hacking attempts made against you, but anyone that knows anything about the internet will know it's very easy to find someone's IP address, and if you want to be safe and secure, you'll need to have a good firewall, this is common sense.



Sorry that I can't be of any further assistance. If you have any more questions of comments, please feel free to ask, in the meantime I should ask you to be kind enough not to try and put down the good name of this site as I'm confident that it had nothing to do with the problems you've experiencing.