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Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 18:51:42 +0000
Subject: Re: Anonymous e-cash server built on e-gold -- NOT!
From: Somebody
To: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
R. A. Hettinga e-said that Tim May e-said:
> For example, online services like AOL maintain special liason offices in
> their Northern Virginia headquarters for quickly facillitating customer
> account inquiries. No warrants are even needed in most cases.
[AOL said] it would not release the subscriber information until the court
order had been served to its U.S. headquarters in Virginia. But company
officials said they routinely divulged subscribers personal data in cases
where they receive a valid court order. "If we're served with a valid
subpoena, we will respond," said AOL company spokeswoman Tricia Primrose.
"But to the extent allowed by the court order, we will provide notice to the
member that their information has been subpoenaed." This extra time allows
subscribers time to appeal the subpoena in court, possibly giving them a
chance to protect their privacy, Primrose said.
Borland, J. Online Anonymity No Protection In Court located at CMP
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19980713S0020>
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The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/>
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[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
