(2003-02-18) E Bay Legal

Ernest Miller on EBay/PayPal's overly cop-friendly policies. "We do not require a subpoena except for very limited circumstances... So, that really opens the door for us. That means that what our policy is that if you are law enforcement agency you can fax us on your letterhead to request information: who is that beyond the seller ID, who is beyond this user ID. We give you their name, their address, their e-mail address and we can give you their sales history without a subpoena."