[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