[webdesigner93]

Hey i am currently about finished with a dating site/social site, should be done this week but i have a question, say a member reports a user for a death threat or anything illegal really, am i required to log any reported messages and keep on file even if the user removes there account, and if the threat is bad enough or illegal activity is happening, is it the best to go ahead and report such things to local law enforcement providing them with the messages/user ip etc.. or wait till an actual crime occurs ? how does these things work on social sites thanks in advance.

This post has been edited by webdesigner93: 19 January 2012 - 05:19 PM

[hodephdesign]

webdesigner93, on 19 January 2012 - 05:18 PM, said:

Hey i am currently about finished with a dating site/social site, should be done this week but i have a question, say a member reports a user for a death threat or anything illegal really, am i required to log any reported messages and keep on file even if the user removes there account, and if the threat is bad enough or illegal activity is happening, is it the best to go ahead and report such things to local law enforcement providing them with the messages/user ip etc.. or wait till an actual crime occurs ? how does these things work on social sites thanks in advance.

I'd say logging it and reporting it would be a must! Don't want these things coming back on you. On a signup page you need to include a stipulation outlining the logging and sending of these kinds of messages within some kind of TOS.

[webdesigner93]

hodephdesign, on 19 January 2012 - 05:30 PM, said:

I'd say logging it and reporting it would be a must! Don't want these things coming back on you. On a signup page you need to include a stipulation outlining the logging and sending of these kinds of messages within some kind of TOS.

Thanks for the advice, i figured as much, is it ok to just have all this in a seperate privacy policy or should it be actually listed on the sign up page?

[Sogo7]

Quote

The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated - Mark Twain

Never close down or delete completely a user account just because somebody else says so, more often than not such an action will bite you on the backside.

Instead send an email to the address registered with you, downgrade the membership level and remove the PayPal or credit card auto billing. If they are alive they'll be in touch.

As people spend increasingly more of thier lives online access codes, usernames and passwords are becoming freaquent additions to many Last Will & Testaments. If they really are dead then either
a: a close friend or relative will notify you through the email account the deceased registered with.
b: they won't ever log in again and the credit card number will be declined

This post has been edited by Sogo7: 19 January 2012 - 08:01 PM