I'm just finishing the book "Mastering J2EE 2nd Edition", which i've downloaded as pdf (free) from TheServerSide. I came here to discuss some points (although i dislike all thos kiddy-forums, which do not support nntp-access via newsclient).
Anyway, what I wanted to say is:
I am shocked!
IP is kept and compared - and this feauture was introduced _without_ _any_ prior announcement.
And finally: the privacy policy did not clarify explicitly the usage of the IP's.
I doubt that all this is legal. I am highly disappointed about this community (cause most of this community has accepted this behaviour from the management)!!!
_This_ is possibly illegal:
http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=25972#122550
Having a few pseudo-accounts is simply stupid (or funny):
[seems that this was the reason, to introduce the 'feature' without any anouncement:]
http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=26234
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Really disapointing.
Is there any other J2EE community, which is a little more serious?
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IP loggiing / comparison - privacy policy - illegality (1 messages)
- Posted by: Ilias Lazaridis
- Posted on: September 15 2004 08:29 EDT
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- IP loggiing / comparison - privacy policy - illegality by Ilias Lazaridis on September 20 2004 04:03 EDT
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IP loggiing / comparison - privacy policy - illegality[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Ilias Lazaridis
- Posted on: September 20 2004 04:03 EDT
- in response to Ilias Lazaridis
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IP Information
When visiting TheServerSide.com, we reserve the right to store and use the IP address.
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http://www.theserverside.com/common/privacyPolicy.tss
- TheServerSide.com does not protect my privacy (e.g.: my location, which I possibly do not want to hand out, can be detected and publicized by the Discussions-Group functionality).
- TheServerSide.com does not clearly state the usage of the IP address (and the effects to my privacy)
- TheServerSide.com does not react to user complaints about it's privacy policy
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