The key thing is that i register these “company” accounts, using my COMPANY EMAIL ID only.. so even if i leave the company and none of them remember that the details to these accounts are in their mailboxes… if they contact twitter, they arn’t going to get any of my personal details.

problem solved.

Skype clearly didn’t know Stephanie owned it – like she said, they’re on friendly terms – and Twitter told them who owned it.

I think the interesting key point not here yet is whether or not the domain name on the email address was skype.com or not. If Skype called, and Twitter’s looking at the registered email address, and it’s a skype email address, well, then, did they really do anything wrong? But if she registered at, say, her gmail address, it definitely should have been protected.

They had to pass a law to prevent cybersquatting of trademarks, but that law only applies to domain names, not Twitter IDs.

Now, if that violates some part of twitter’s TOS, that’s different, but it does not make it a crime. Plus, I would like to know if the user in question was actually tweeting under the name or whether it was just out there not being used. If it was just out there, then Twitter really looks the jackass with that email they sent.

Regardless, Twitter handled this situation badly.

a) the presumption of innocence can be found in the Constitution, although not those precise words. Look to the provisions which talk about due process and the cases interpreting same. Think about it in the negative. Would removing the presumption of innocence violate the constitution? If the answer is yes (and it is), that means the right is in the Constitution.

b) As far as individuals, it’s true I don’t have to give anyone the presumption of innocence, but I would argue that it is a part of our culture, at least among mature adults, that we do offer the presumption of innocence to each other. This is both from American ideals of liberty and biblical principles as well.

c) I really don’t think a rebuttal to this is required.

In filling out your Twitter profile you put in your Name (can be anything you want, but shows up in your profile) and Email address. The only other “contact information” is your website link and timezone (both are which also shown by default.

The ONLY thing that’s not shown publicly are your DMs (which everyone knows to not tell too much private info over to begin with), and your email address.

So basically Skype got in touch with Twitter and said, “Hey we can’t get in touch with Stephanie, she used to work with us, but we don’t have a current valid email address. She has our Skype account. We’d prefer that you not just nuke the account, but that you help us get in touch with her.” and then the guy told them her email address. I’m sure it seemed innocent enough at the time.

Twitter does NOT have:
-phone
-Credit card info
-SSN/EIN
-DoB
-birthplace
-mailing/billing address
-etc

Kinda overblown. I get the *privacy* issue, but it was a major company asking for a former employee’s email address. Yes, I realize how this could be abused, but seriously…? Is email address PII to most people?

She was in violation of Trademark by keeping that name/asset after leaving the company AND against Twitter’s TOS for squatting.