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Privacy policy clause is not justification for revealing anonymous poster's identity, US court rules

By Pinset Masons

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An anonymous web user who posted a comment under an online newspaper story cannot be un-masked, a US Court has ruled. It found that the person did not waive his rights to anonymity despite the contents of the site's privacy policy.

Full post as published by OUT-LAW.com on December 17, 2009 (boomark / email).

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