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Sorry if my comment sounded rude. I'm actually a big fan of what you guys are doing! I went through more pains than I care to describe in an HN post making PCBs at home or trying to piggyback on companies I was working with for my side-projects. I'd be a much smarter man now if something like CH had existed fifteen years ago when I first spent weeks gathering the materials with which I eventually ruined my parents' kitchen table trying to make a PCB at home instead of, say, tending to my equally important studies. And if I ever find time for the gazillion open-source hardware ideas I have, CH will definitely be my first stop!

As for the privacy policy though, first it says that the following is part of the information CircuitHub collects:

> Files. We collect and store the information you upload, download, or access with the CircuitHub Service (“Files”). If you add a file to CircuitHub that has been previously uploaded by you or another user, we may associate all or a portion of the previous file with your account rather than storing a duplicate.

And then, for example, it says this:

> Business Transfers. If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction, but we will notify you (for example, via email and/or a prominent notice on our website) of any change in control or use of your Personal Information or Files, or if either become subject to a different Privacy Policy. We will also notify you of choices you may have regarding the information.

I'm not a lawyer (my diploma says EE which is why I'm not writing this from Belize or something :-) ) but this sounds like anyone who buys CH can end up with access to designs and the user may or may not have a choice about it (i.e. the "choices he may have regarding the information" don't necessarily include "remove it").