[Xitami] Is this list finished?

Brian {Hamilton Kelly} xitami@lists.xitami.org
Sun, 2 Nov 2003 02:02:49 +0000 (GMT)


In message <3FA338C3.3050503@arbor-freight.com> John Jonas writes:

> I've seen a couple of  comments here concerning a potential problem with 
> email addresses in the archive.  But no one has mentioned the 
> registration requirements for forums.  In the case of the InReview site, 
> reading their "Privacy Policy", shows you have no privacy from them or 
> anyone else they want to give your information to.  Considering all of 
> the pop-up ads they have, I'm sure my already over-burdened spam filter 
> would be getting an additional workout, if I was foolish enough to 
> register with them.  The ads are bad enough, but I understand that 
> something has to pay their bills, but a blatant we can do anything we 
> want with your information is totally unacceptable.

It's also totally illegal if the "subscriber" resides within an EU state;
moreover, the forum's owner would be violating a law for which
extradition may exist, and is punishable by a fine of up to half-a-
million euro (that's well over USD600k) and/or five years' imprisonment.

SFAICS, we're FAR better off with the present arrangement of this mailing
list...

-- 
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}                                          bhk@dsl.co.uk
    "We can no longer stand apart from Europe if we would.  Yet we are
    untrained to mix with our neighbours, or even talk to them".
                                              George Macaulay Trevelyan, 1919