PRIVACY POLICY

1) VISITS ~ For security reasons, a log of all visitors to this Web site is maintained just t is with at all Web sites of any importance. It tracks all page visits and downloads. Normally, such records cannot be used to identify a specific visitor's identity, but there can be exceptions, even where the visitor has taken steps to thwart identification. In point of fact, no fewer than fourteen federal 'terminals' located within high-security facilities have been identified despite an undoubtedly high confidence by the user in their stealthiness. This collected information can normally be accessed only by H. Michael Sweeney (hereinafter referred to as "the Author') and the ISP hosting professionals at Macconnections as part of their normal efforts to deter/detect/defeat hacking attempts and to calculate site traffic statistics. I have never betrayed identity information gained, but reserve the right to identify opponents, where appropriate.

CAUTION ~ Advanced government and hacker methods are known to be able to bypass normal PC-based ISP security and thus able to snoop such log files. This is not considered possible at this site because it is a Mac-based ISP selected for that very reason - the same reason that even CIA switched to Macintosh per my advice. However, anyone concerned over this possibility should also understand that the same sources that have any such hacking capability would also have the capability to simply monitor your every Web transaction DIRECTLY. For information on a means for possible detection/deterrence to such abuse of your right to privacy, read about VISUAL ROUTE Software for PC users here: <http://home.earthlink.net/~leslemke/kgb1.htm>, or contact me for similar Macintosh software.

2) EMAIL ~ The Author is the only person to access email sent to the addresses available at his contact page. The same general hacking/snooping concerns expressed in (1) above apply - especially with the advent of FBI's Carnivore snooping software. The Author urges you to NEVER send sensitive information to him via email, and make no attempt to do so by mail or other means without prior discussion on methodology and your specific need and reason. As a general rule , it should be unnecessary in the first place!  For information on how to improve email security, please read the Getting Help section of this page.

3) CONFIDENTIALITY ~ All communications and information relayed to the Author by any means is held in the strictest of confidence. As an author and investigative writer, the Author will not and cannot be forced, even under the law, to reveal any information relayed in confidence. Not even a court order will result in betrayal of any such confidence. Even casual contact falls under the umbrella of 'research' for the purpose, so nothing about your situation or existence will be mentioned to any other person, group, or agency, except as possible generic reference to the nature of a given generic problem experienced by a generic person and any possible generic solution as recommended ~ without any mention of you by name or by circumstance which might betray your identity. Where referral or forwarding of information to other parties may be appropriate, referrals will be only by permission of the other party, or by permission to pass your contact information along to the other party. Outbound email to multiple parties will NEVER include cc or other readable coaddressee information, deferring instead to blind cc methods, unless those persons are already known to each other as part of an agreed upon discussion group which normally freely communicates with each other openly, or if responding to a contact with multiple addressees using REPLY TO ALL.

EXCEPTIONS ~ The Author reserves the right to privately or publicly reveal information about any person to the public or to any person(s) or authority where such information might prevent or report a crime or a breach of National Security. The Author maintains back-channel and front-door contact with various law enforcement, FBI, Secret Service, NSA, CIA, and Military Intelligence for the purpose. The Author also reserves the right to reveal in any way deemed appropriate any information or source of information (or disinformation) which represents an attack on his person, reputation, credibility, or the credibility of any topic or material he might choose to offer in public, or which may similarly defend any person, group, or cause for whom the Author has elected to provide help or aid.

4) MARKETING INFORMATION ~ NO ONE OUTSIDE OF THE AUTHOR WILL BE GIVEN YOUR PERSONAL CONTACT INFO OR NAME FOR MARKETING PURPOSES (or otherwise) WITHOUT YOUR EXPRESS PERMISSION. Marketing to persons directly or indirectly contacting The Professional Paranoid Web site is seldom undertaken. If used at all, it will be used ONLY by the Author in promoting his books, services, or the books and services of Feral House (publisher of The Professional Paranoid) or other publishers or business partners of the Author. However, any such joint use will NOT be done in a way which allows these partners to have access to your name, contact information, or specifics about you except where prior permission is obtained. All such promotion will otherwise be generated and managed directly by the Author, only, who prefers to reserve application for core interesteds, only. See Your Rights , below. 

EXCEPTIONS ~ Like many Web sites this site has some limited advertising buttons/banners/links, which are to preferred vendors of security/privacy software, products, or services. Ironic though it is, these vendors do employ traditional use of cookies and Web bugs for marketing purposes. This is no different than any other Web site where you find such buttons/banners/links, and the use or misuse of such information is dependent chiefly on the privacy policy of the vendor. A more reputable vendor, and one dealing in privacy issues, tends to run a tighter ship. However, if you wish to STOP vendors from accessing such information about you entirely, you need to consider installing software which defeats Web bugs and cookies. Many browsers such as Netscape and Explorer have built-in features which can be enabled to do this.

5) STORAGE ~ Files regarding email and other contact with The Professional Paranoid Web site and the Author are maintained on his computer for weeks or months at a time. These are frequently backed up to CD and placed in a safe deposit box for long term reference, and the original files are purged from the computer once their age would dictate them less useful. There is a special set of back up hard drives and CDs distributed around the world in a very secure manner which can be counted upon in case of severe harm to myself, my family, my computer, Web site etc.  A mechanism for decoding and distributing files contained on these broadly to appropriate international parties and agencies is in place.  This protects all concerned in the event of foul play, and is a part of my personal insurance policy. 

6) YOUR RIGHTS ~ You at anytime may feel free to place restrictions on how information about you is kept and/or used by the Author. Every attempt will be made to obey your wishes and to follow the law with respect to such rights. Requests may be by email or in writing (PO 1941, Clackamas, OR 97015). Written confirmation may be required and requested in certain cases where the possibility exists for fraudulent representation in an attempt to sabotage an existing relationship or to prevent helps from being offered to a victim.
 

 

 

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