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Meta: Conspicuous Privacy Policy

posted by on Sunday February 23 2020, @03:20PM   Printer-friendly
from the anything-not-illegal-is-compulsory dept.

The Mighty Buzzard writes:

Bleh. Apparently not caring what you do on other sites or even requiring any personal information isn't good enough for the state of Confusion^WCalifornia, so we have a shiny, new, temporary Privacy Policy posted on every page and linked at the top of the nav bar.

If you feel like prettying the language, layout, or whatever up before I get around to it, feel free to do so and submit a pull request.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday February 24 2020, @01:39AM (1 child)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday February 24 2020, @01:39AM (#961650) Homepage Journal

    We actually do qualify because we take subscriptions from California residents and handle personal information (email addresses) regarding at least 50k consumers, households, or devices. Now I'm pretty sure we could get any legal action thrown out because California is not entitled to legislate for any consumers, households, or devices outside California and we do not do business with enough Californians. But it would be a pain.

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  • (Score: 2) by martyb on Friday March 06 2020, @12:10AM

    by martyb (76) on Friday March 06 2020, @12:10AM (#967170) Journal

    We actually do qualify because we take subscriptions from California residents and handle personal information (email addresses) regarding at least 50k consumers, households, or devices. Now I'm pretty sure we could get any legal action thrown out because California is not entitled to legislate for any consumers, households, or devices outside California and we do not do business with enough Californians. But it would be a pain.

    As of my writing this, we have a total of 9,673 registered nicknames for the site. That is well below he 50K threshold... even tallying up separate devices or households, I could argue that we are currently under the limit. That said, there is the matter that if ever were taken to court, unless we could find pro bono representation, any such activity would likely quickly drain our coffers. It behooves us to avoid, therefore, even the appearance of impropriety.

    AFAIK, IANAL, YMMV, EIEIO! =)

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