Law-Enforcement & Legal Request Guidelines

Last updated — May 24, 2025

These guidelines explain how Axis 80 Interactive Communications, Inc. ("Operator," "we," "our") processes requests from government agencies and litigants for user data related to the Orbyt platform. They supplement our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

1. Contact Information

2. Accepted Legal Process

• Subpoenas issued by a U.S. court or grand jury
• Court orders and search warrants issued under applicable U.S. law
• Preservation requests under 18 U.S.C. §2703(f)
• Civil discovery (requires valid subpoena and relevance showing)
• Emergency disclosure requests (see Section 5)

We do not respond to informal requests, foreign court orders, or law enforcement outside U.S. jurisdiction unless served via a U.S. Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) process or letters rogatory.

3. Data We May Provide

• Basic subscriber records (username, email, signup IP, timestamps)
• Session IP logs and device/user-agent strings
• User-generated content (posts, comments, messages)
• Account action logs (warnings, bans, deletions)

Password hashes and payment data (if any) are not disclosed. Content deleted by the user may be unavailable if past the 30-day retention period.

4. Notice to Users

Unless legally prohibited or presenting a clear risk to safety, Operator will notify the affected user at least 7 days before producing data, allowing time to seek legal counsel. Emergency requests and sealed orders are excepted.

5. Emergency Requests

Under 18 U.S.C. §2702(b)(8) we may disclose limited information without legal process when we have a good-faith belief that doing so is necessary to prevent an imminent threat to life or serious bodily harm. Requests must:

• Come from a law-enforcement official's email domain
• State the nature of the emergency and specific threat
• Identify the user or content at issue
• Specify the information needed and why it will assist

6. Preservation Requests

We will preserve a snapshot of available account data for 90 days and extend once upon formal request. Preservation does not release data; proper legal process is required for disclosure.

7. Cost Reimbursement

We may seek reimbursement for costs reasonably necessary to comply with requests, consistent with 18 U.S.C. §2706.

8. Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT)

Non-U.S. authorities must submit requests via the appropriate MLAT or letters-rogatory process to the U.S. Department of Justice. We do not provide data directly to foreign governments outside this framework.

9. Policy Updates

We may update these guidelines. Material changes will be posted here with a new "Last updated" date.