Can/Are PMs be monitored by the Moderators?

[coronax2]

Originally Posted by TOS

You acknowledge that CollegeConfidential.com reserves the right to monitor any and all information transmitted or received through CollegeConfidential.com which may be examined, recorded, copied, and used in accordance with our Privacy Statement. Use of CollegeConfidential.com constitutes consent to such activity by CollegeConfidential.com, Inc..

I don't think I've noticed this statement in the TOS before, and it might be that I've overlooked it, but I am curious if that means the moderators have the ability to read private messages. If they do, is there anyway for us to know that they've been read by anyone other than the intended recipient?
Thanks.

[Roger_Dooley]

Mods can't and don't read PMs. Sometimes members will forward offensive or problematic messages they received to a mod, but that's a different circumstance.

[DukeEgr93]

I suppose to go further - are PMs stored in such a way as to be accessible by anyone other than the sender and receiver? If so, what explicitly is the CC policy regarding such communication? That is to say, perhaps, given

You acknowledge that CollegeConfidential.com reserves the right to monitor any and all information transmitted or received through CollegeConfidential.com which may be examined, recorded, copied, and used in accordance with our Privacy Statement. Use of CollegeConfidential.com constitutes consent to such activity by CollegeConfidential.com, Inc.

Who constitutes CollegeConfidential.com?

With respect to the privacy statement, it's:

We believe in a simple, plain language privacy policy. Most of our resources are accessible without furnishing any data at all. Some resources and services may require our providing an e-mail address or other information. We won't spam you - every mailing we send has opt-out information right in the message. We won't furnish your e-mail address or name to third parties without your specific permission.

which is blessedly simply but does not really address wither private messages are...private

Sorry if I am asking questions that have already been answered. I'm just trying to make sure my secret cocktail recipe is secure for future generations.

[Roger_Dooley]

Private messages are private and are removed from the system when they are deleted. Data backups are kept, of course, and rotated over time. They should be free from prying, but I would entrust, say, the password to my Swiss bank account, to any publicly accessible computer system. And if Homeland Security shows up with the right court orders, they could probably read your stuff.

Now if only I actually had a Swiss bank account...

[DukeEgr93]

Makes sense wrt removal of data. And if the Feds decide they want to know what offline chats I am having I'd like to think it means the world is in a *really* good place, because if that's the important think...nothing else must be going on

Is there an available listing of the officers of the incorporated entity known as CollegeConfidential?