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Adding new handbook page for Law Enforcement Guidelines

Bronwyn Barnett requested to merge BronwynBarnett-master-patch-20826 into master

Why is this change being made?

On the advice of outside counsel the Privacy Team has created Guidelines for Law Enforcement Request outlining the various scenarios and available user data for use by law enforcement agencies as well as for the benefit of GitLab customers. A public facing handbook page will improve the efficiency and accuracy of both Privacy and SIRT team members engaged for action related to law enforcement requests and will serve as a reference source which we will be able to direct to law enforcement agents who reach out with requests.

The Guidelines will also serve as a resource in responding to customer inquiries related to how GitLab handles requests from law enforcement or government agencies.

Author Checklist

  • Provided a concise title for this Merge Request (MR)
  • Added a description to this MR explaining the reasons for the proposed change, per say why, not just what
    • Copy/paste the Slack conversation to document it for later, or upload screenshots. Verify that no confidential data is added, and the content is SAFE
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    • If your manager does not have merge rights, please ask someone to merge it AFTER it has been approved by your manager in #mr-buddies
    • The when to get approval handbook section explains the workflow in more detail
  • If the changes affect team members, or warrant an announcement in another way, please consider posting an update in #whats-happening-at-gitlab linking to this MR
    • If this is a change that directly impacts the majority of global team members, it should be a candidate for #company-fyi. Please work with internal communications and check the handbook for examples.

Edited by Bronwyn Barnett

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