Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/07

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Perhaps more reason to avoid ebay
From: Allen Graves <ahgraves@prodigy.net>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 18:26:52 -0500
References: <BCEKKGNGDPMOIPMEJONBEENECEAA.phong@doan-ltd.com>

I think that the biggest problem that this sort of privacy policy 
would cause most LUG members would occur when they started allowing 
wives (or spouses/significant others) to find how much was really 
paid for all those funny little lens shades.<grin>.

Allen






>The impression I got from the article is that the
>privacy policy statement is anything but clear
>(to quote the article, it's "hard to find").  I for one
>did not know about this (yeah, yeah, I do not
>always read the EULAs or manuals). 
>
>More worrisome is how an ebay senior counsel could
>think so little of end users' privacy.  But such are
>these times.
>
>- Phong
>
>
>
>Chandos Michael Brown wrote
>>  Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 4:20 PM
>>  To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>>  Subject: RE: [Leica] Perhaps more reason to avoid ebay
>>
>>
>>  I wish I could get worked up over this, but eBay clearly states *every*
>>  practice outlined in the Nation piece in its "privacy policy," which one
>>  presumably reads prior to registering for the service. 
>>
>>  I didn't especially care for it, but I certainly *knew* about it, and as
>>  ever, I can vote with my feet
>>
>>  C
>>
>>  Chandos Michael Brown
>>  History and American Studies
>>  College of William and Mary
>>  www.wm.edu/cas/asp/faculty/brown
>
>
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