is it legal for my ISP to look at the files and documents on my computer and shut down internet for having them?
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is it legal for my ISP to look at the files and documents on my computer and shut down internet for having them?
Our internet was shut down for downloading music, we deleted the software and now they are shutting down internet for songs we downloaded on a different computer years ago and transferred over to the newer ones
Asked on August 24, 2012 under General Practice, Virginia
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
It depends on the terms of your service agreement with the ISP, which will delineate what they can and cannot review or access, and how they have accessed it. The short answer is, they almost certainly have the right to view anything sent over their system--that's very common, if not universal. So if you transferred the songs over the internet from one computer to another, they could likely view them; or if your computer automatically backs up to cloud, they can probably view the songs, too. As a genaral rule, applicable to just about any internet or intranet service provide (including your job--always be careful about what you do or view on a work system), they retain the right to review anything sent over their system in any way.
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