Policy on Contacting ISP's or other agencies

If it is necessary to contact an ISP or another agency concerning a users behavior on ChatNet, this action should be taken by one person. If more than one person is making the contact, messages can be confused and positive results and responses do not always occur. The individual making the contact should be an admin or an Oper, and preferably someone who was involved in the incident, either directly or indirectly.

It is necessary to have all necessary logs and other necessary information ready for disclosure in such cases. Proof of the abuse is necessary. Not all sources of logs received are reliable as logs can be falsified. If contact of federal agencies like the FBI occur, it should be brought to the attention of others via the admins so that there will be knowledge of the contact.

The details need not be gone into in making such knowledge known. It is necessary to let others know when making contact so multiple contacts do not occur. Proof is not always easy to produce on IRC, so caution is recommended in making contacts. #help.