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The claim establishes that disclosure to law enforcement, government bodies, and private parties is governed by PlanetScale's own good-faith belief of necessity or appropriateness, not a formal legal order or external threshold.
Interpretive note: The phrase 'compliance and protection purposes described above' refers to definitions elsewhere in the policy not quoted here, so the full scope of permissible disclosure purposes cannot be determined from this excerpt alone.
Your personal information may be shared with law enforcement, government authorities, or private parties whenever PlanetScale believes in good faith that such sharing is necessary or appropriate for compliance and protection purposes.
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we may use, retain or share information with law enforcement or others in circumstances where a person's vital interests require protection, such as in the case of emergencies.
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Any such de-identified genetic information and phenotypic information we share with third parties for research purposes is done in accordance with Part 46 (beginning with Section 46.101) of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
"Law enforcement, government authorities and private parties, as we believe in good faith to be necessary or appropriate for the compliance and protection purposes described above.Excerpt from PlanetScale's Privacy Policy
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The claim establishes that disclosure to law enforcement, government bodies, and private parties is governed by PlanetScale's own good-faith belief of necessity or appropriateness, not a formal legal order or external threshold.
Your personal information may be shared with law enforcement, government authorities, or private parties whenever PlanetScale believes in good faith that such sharing is necessary or appropriate for compliance and protection purposes.
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