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Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy
You are also missing the other point, which is, why does Epoch have special privileges that are not even provided to the FBI or other law enforcement agencies? How can Epoch just shoot me an email and demand those IDs, when a government agency can not?
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You are missing my point.
If you want to do business with EPOCH, or anyone, you comply to their terms. Doing business with that business, and their contract and terms of service supersede the laws.
Same as a mainstream webhost does not allow adult sites, and will kill your account. Adult sites are not illegal in the U.S., or most of the world, but their TOS supersede them. Same as PayPal will freeze your account, or seize your funds for processing adult virtual transactions. They are not illegal, per se, but they are against their TOS and will close your account.
The point is. If you want to do business with them, and you agree to their T.O.S., you follow their rules period. It is not a 2257 issue, as being broadly painted. It is a compliance issue.
EPOCH supposedly get a complaint. They want to verify, as any processor would, that the models in the complaint are legal before their merchant bank or VISA get involved and start fining them, or drop them.
EPOCH has to think about more than just one DWB, and about all their clients they process for when it comes to compliance, and their merchant bank.