Re: [Hampshire] stuart biggs added you as a business connect…

Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:50:55 +0000
> LinuxLearner <passiveprofits@???> wrote:
>
> Hello LinuxLearner,

Hi Brad,

>> Which in my view is most probably a breach of Data Protection Act
>
> FB et al don't store the info, so the DPA doesn't apply.

Too late at night to check, but I think you'd find that USE of data is
covered by the Data Protection Act. Don't quote me! ;) But this is not
relevant anyway; see rest, below.

>> provisions. e.g. I get regular 'invites' from Facebook, though I have
>> never given Facebook consent to email me (nor ever given anyone I know
>
> FB are just a tool, it's not them, but a *user* of that tool.

If I fence stolen property, I'm guilty of a crime. It is a crime to
fence stolen property because without fences [sorry, criminal law
terminology which I'm not 100% sure is common linguistic currency ...
fence = person who sells stolen property [knowingly]] stolen property
would be of little (economic, as opposed to personal) value. A fence
aides and abets (though not necessarily counsels nor procures) criminal
behaviour(s). ... Why is facilitating data-rape not a crime? Without
services facilitating data-rape, data rape would not be so prevalent.

Get my drift (even if you disagree with it)?

>> consent to give Facebook my email). This infuriates me, no end: it's
>
> You misunderstand, possibly;
>
> Somebody, somewhere (doesn't matter who, or how they got the address),
> has your email addy stored at (say) GMail. That person decides to use
> the FB option to mail all their friends invites. You get one. FB don't
> send you a message then store the info and keep sending you stuff.

Oh yes oh yes they do ... I have had quite a number of people 'invite'
me to join facebook over the years ... I've never accepted any of those
offers ... Yet once a month/quarter/bi-annually {whatever}, I get
invites i.e. repeatedly (mentioning those persons) from FB, direct.

I don't know, and don't care to know/care, HOW, exactly, FB got my email
(whether by direct input from a known party or via said known party(ies)
allowing FB to access e.g. their web-based address books ... I just
don't want SPAM, and FB *is* SPAMMING me, without comeback.

Disgraceful conduct, which needs to be stopped, *immediately*.

Also,
> some FB invites aren't via FB at all but really are phishing attempts
> from bogus sites.

These are all from FB; I know how to check. ;)

>> SPAM, plain and simple, which *big* business gets away with.
>
> Have you actually contacted FB and asked them to add your email address
> to a (for want of a better word) blacklist of un-interested people? TBH,
> I don't even know whether they operate such a scheme.

What, and confirm to a SPAMMER that they have a real address that is
being checked ... *and* that they have my real name!!!!

I don't see why I should play nice with a SPAMMER, and confirm my
details with them - no way! You seem to be indicative of the problem
I'm enunciating; *big* business has different rules, why?

Put another way ... If I received a SPAM email asking me to buy pen*s
enhancement cream would you suggest I write them and politely ask them
to not send me more email?

{And just before some wit pipes up, no, I don't need any! ROTF!! <g>}

You know there's a name for big businesses having different rules than
small businesses; it's called fascism; National Socialism, etc. This
*is* relevant, when one notes just who is so joyful at all this data
being collected, rather conveniently, all in one (or five) places.

Best,

LL