“We may access, preserve, and disclose any information we store if we, in good faith, believe doing so is required or appropriate to: (i) comply with law enforcement, regulatory, or national security requests...”
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The good-faith belief standard means Bluesky can act on a broad range of government or regulatory requests without a user's knowledge or consent, covering all stored information.
Interpretive note: The excerpt lists further grounds for disclosure under (i) and likely additional sub-items; only the primary ground is stated in the canonical claim. The other grounds are noted in omitted_material.
Any information Bluesky stores about you may be accessed, preserved, and disclosed to law enforcement, regulatory, or national security authorities based on Bluesky's good-faith belief that such disclosure is required or appropriate.
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"We may access, preserve, and disclose any information we store if we, in good faith, believe doing so is required or appropriate to: (i) comply with law enforcement, regulatory, or national security requests...Excerpt from Bluesky's Privacy Policy
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The good-faith belief standard means Bluesky can act on a broad range of government or regulatory requests without a user's knowledge or consent, covering all stored information.
Any information Bluesky stores about you may be accessed, preserved, and disclosed to law enforcement, regulatory, or national security authorities based on Bluesky's good-faith belief that such disclosure is required or appropriate.
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