No. It makes it quite clear that the data will appear on other websites and in search engines and that it may be viewed and collected by others. You believe everything that a one-sided article or summary says when the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy contradict it, then you're the idiot.
Face it - you were too lazy to actually do any research, so you didn't bother to read the TOS and Privacy Policy, and now you can't admit you are wrong. Teach you not to be so lazy next time.
Electric self-driving cars, along with the ability to pool rides by picking up others who are along the way, will cut down on noise, pollution, and road congestion. When cities are buying electric buses because they are cost-effective, the age of oil is coming to an end. And they'll be even more cost-effective when they don't need a driver, so you can either deploy more or make the rides cheaper, or optimize for both.
And whose problem is that? Nobody is obliged to give you everything you want, the way you want it. Don't like it, go somewhere else. Can't get it somewhere else? Too bad.
As per the terms I quoted, you are fully aware that the data may appear on other websites or in search results. No login to OKCupid to use either other sites or Google, Bing, etc. So much for needing to be logged in. Also, OKCupid, in their TOS, specifically disavows that they will do what they can to protect your data.
Also, users are clearly aware, as per the terms I quoted previously, this is all related to voluntary disclosures that they clearly say will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others. When YOU disclose YOUR personal information publicly and knowingly, it's no longer private, same as if YOU posted YOUR tax returns on a billboard.
That's the reality. Didn't read the TOS and Privacy Policy? Tough shit that's on you.
Read the Privacy Policy before continuing to blather...
Information you provide about yourself while using our service
We provide areas on our websites where you can post information about yourself and others and communicate with others or upload content such as photographs. Such postings are governed by our Terms & Conditions. In addition, such postings may appear on other websites or when searches are executed on the subject of your posting. Also, whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information on publicly-viewable web pages, that information will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others.
No need to be logged in to use a search engine. No need to be logged in to find it on other sites. You have already agreed to this, as well as that the information will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others.
So, the USER has voluntarily made it PUBLIC, same as if you post your tax records on a billboard. The tax man can't do it, but you sure as hell can. It's clearly spelled out, and it's not in disagreement with privacy law anywhere in the world, because you can make your personal info public any time, any way. It is, after all, your information.
What is depressing is that so many people are commenting without reading the actual contract between the user and the company, which specifically allows for personal information to be made public, and this is done with the user's knowledge and permission as explained above.
There is NO legal prohibition anywhere of someone making their own personal data public, and that's what the users did. It's the same situation as someone making their tax records public - the tax man can't but the tax payer sure as hell can.
The users agreed as per the TOS and the Privacy Policy, and that's the end of it. Same as, to use your example, you CAN allow the landlord in before the 24 hour notice if you choose to. Any provision in the lease is void, but that in no way means that if you WANT them to come in earlier that you can't. "Oh sorry my toilet is backing up but I can't let you in until tomorrow to fix it because some asswipe on slashdot says so/" Use some common sense.
Maybe we need a start screen on every web browser that says "WARNING: NOTHING ON THE WEB IS GUARANTEED TO BE PRIVATE. LOSE ALL HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE."
What a shitty world to live in. We can do better than that.
You have a statutory right to make your private data public. It's YOUR data, after all. Even the US has this concept. Just look at politicians publishing their tax returns.
The Privacy Policy makes it clear that there is no expectation of privacy
Information you provide about yourself while using our service
We provide areas on our websites where you can post information about yourself and others and communicate with others or upload content such as photographs. Such postings are governed by our Terms & Conditions. In addition, such postings may appear on other websitesor when searches are executed on the subject of your posting. Also, whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information on publicly-viewable web pages, that information will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others
There's no way that you can argue that you expected the information to be private, since YOU agreed to the terms, and then YOU posted the data knowing full well that it wasn't private..
There is no law that says you cannot voluntarily make your private information public, and that's exactly what this is.
So just read the TOS and the Privacy Policy. And no, the privacy policy makes it clear that the stuff you post may appear on other websites, so much for requiring a login to OKCupid,
TOS
Privacy
You should appreciate that all information submitted on the Website might potentially be publicly accessible.
Privacy Policy
Information you provide about yourself while using our service
We provide areas on our websites where you can post information about yourself and others and communicate with others or upload content such as photographs. Such postings are governed by our Terms & Conditions. In addition,such postings may appear on other websites or when searches are executed on the subject of your posting. Also, whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information on publicly-viewable web pages, that information will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others.
See - they are publicly available, and may appear on other websites.
Where's your expectation of privacy? Where's your login requirement?
Why not just read the OKCupid TOS and Privacy Policy, which most people appear not to have done.
From the TOS
Privacy
You should appreciate that all information submitted on the Website might potentially be publicly accessible.
From the privacy policy:
We provide areas on our websites where you can post information about yourself and others and communicate with others or upload content such as photographs. Such postings are governed by our Terms & Conditions. In addition, such postings may appear on other websites or when searches are executed on the subject of your posting. Also, whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information on publicly-viewable web pages, that information will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others.
As a user, you understood all this. There is zero expectation of privacy. This is the governing contract between the parties. Have fun proving you didn't know that your information wasn't going to be kept private..
You're free to use a paid email service from a service provider. Of course, if the recipient uses one of the free email services, you're still going to have your email scanned when they receive it.
Google's description of educational services clearly states that emails are scanned to "improve product experience". There is a FAQ question/answer which addresses this.
Product improvement is not advertising.
Sure it is - the product here is the students. Remember, if it's free, YOU are the product.
The damages per person would be de minimus. Trying to get around having to go the class action route by filing all these separate cases in one file may not fly.
Maybe we need a start screen on every web browser that says "WARNING: NOTHING ON THE WEB IS GUARANTEED TO BE PRIVATE. LOSE ALL HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE."
The real question is whether computers running 7, 8, and 8.1 can be downgraded to XP in a dual-boot or virtual machine scenario with another OS that doesn't try to p0wn your computer.
Read the TOS and the separate privacy agreement.
From the separate privacy agreement that is integrated into the TOS and that you agreed to:
Also, whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information on publicly-viewable web pages, that information will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others.
Also, you were warned in advance in the main TOS that there is no guarantee whatsoever of keeping anything private, and you as a user accepted that. It might be your information, but you already agreed to make it publicly available. How are you going to bring a privacy claim when you agreed to make it publicly available?
No, they didn't. They made it very clear that there was no expectation that their data would be private right in their TOS.
Privacy
You should appreciate that all information submitted on the Website might potentially be publicly accessible.
Pretty straight forward, but it gets even better in the separate Privacy Policy:
Also, whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information on publicly-viewable web pages, that information will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others.
You are told all this in advance if you read the TOS, so you can't whine when someone accesses your publicly-viewable personal information that you disclosed. And if you didn't read the TOS? 2 bad, so sad, sux to b u.
The TOS is clear that there are no guarantees whatsoever of privacy. You agreed to this, you can't then go whining that you had a reasonable expectation of privacy. You seem to have a problem with contracts.
Slashdot Mirror
Oh, just shut up Sheldon!
No. It makes it quite clear that the data will appear on other websites and in search engines and that it may be viewed and collected by others. You believe everything that a one-sided article or summary says when the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy contradict it, then you're the idiot.
Face it - you were too lazy to actually do any research, so you didn't bother to read the TOS and Privacy Policy, and now you can't admit you are wrong. Teach you not to be so lazy next time.
Electric self-driving cars, along with the ability to pool rides by picking up others who are along the way, will cut down on noise, pollution, and road congestion. When cities are buying electric buses because they are cost-effective, the age of oil is coming to an end. And they'll be even more cost-effective when they don't need a driver, so you can either deploy more or make the rides cheaper, or optimize for both.
And whose problem is that? Nobody is obliged to give you everything you want, the way you want it. Don't like it, go somewhere else. Can't get it somewhere else? Too bad.
As per the terms I quoted, you are fully aware that the data may appear on other websites or in search results. No login to OKCupid to use either other sites or Google, Bing, etc. So much for needing to be logged in. Also, OKCupid, in their TOS, specifically disavows that they will do what they can to protect your data.
Also, users are clearly aware, as per the terms I quoted previously, this is all related to voluntary disclosures that they clearly say will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others. When YOU disclose YOUR personal information publicly and knowingly, it's no longer private, same as if YOU posted YOUR tax returns on a billboard.
That's the reality. Didn't read the TOS and Privacy Policy? Tough shit that's on you.
Read the Privacy Policy before continuing to blather ...
Information you provide about yourself while using our service
We provide areas on our websites where you can post information about yourself and others and communicate with others or upload content such as photographs. Such postings are governed by our Terms & Conditions. In addition, such postings may appear on other websites or when searches are executed on the subject of your posting. Also, whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information on publicly-viewable web pages, that information will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others.
No need to be logged in to use a search engine. No need to be logged in to find it on other sites. You have already agreed to this, as well as that the information will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others.
So, the USER has voluntarily made it PUBLIC, same as if you post your tax records on a billboard. The tax man can't do it, but you sure as hell can. It's clearly spelled out, and it's not in disagreement with privacy law anywhere in the world, because you can make your personal info public any time, any way. It is, after all, your information.
What is depressing is that so many people are commenting without reading the actual contract between the user and the company, which specifically allows for personal information to be made public, and this is done with the user's knowledge and permission as explained above.
There is NO legal prohibition anywhere of someone making their own personal data public, and that's what the users did. It's the same situation as someone making their tax records public - the tax man can't but the tax payer sure as hell can.
The users agreed as per the TOS and the Privacy Policy, and that's the end of it. Same as, to use your example, you CAN allow the landlord in before the 24 hour notice if you choose to. Any provision in the lease is void, but that in no way means that if you WANT them to come in earlier that you can't. "Oh sorry my toilet is backing up but I can't let you in until tomorrow to fix it because some asswipe on slashdot says so/" Use some common sense.
Maybe we need a start screen on every web browser that says "WARNING: NOTHING ON THE WEB IS GUARANTEED TO BE PRIVATE. LOSE ALL HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE."
What a shitty world to live in. We can do better than that.
Apparently not ...
You have a statutory right to make your private data public. It's YOUR data, after all. Even the US has this concept. Just look at politicians publishing their tax returns.
Information you provide about yourself while using our service
We provide areas on our websites where you can post information about yourself and others and communicate with others or upload content such as photographs. Such postings are governed by our Terms & Conditions. In addition, such postings may appear on other websitesor when searches are executed on the subject of your posting. Also, whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information on publicly-viewable web pages, that information will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others
There's no way that you can argue that you expected the information to be private, since YOU agreed to the terms, and then YOU posted the data knowing full well that it wasn't private..
There is no law that says you cannot voluntarily make your private information public, and that's exactly what this is.
So just read the TOS and the Privacy Policy. And no, the privacy policy makes it clear that the stuff you post may appear on other websites, so much for requiring a login to OKCupid,
TOS
Privacy
You should appreciate that all information submitted on the Website might potentially be publicly accessible.
Privacy Policy
Information you provide about yourself while using our service
We provide areas on our websites where you can post information about yourself and others and communicate with others or upload content such as photographs. Such postings are governed by our Terms & Conditions. In addition,such postings may appear on other websites or when searches are executed on the subject of your posting. Also, whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information on publicly-viewable web pages, that information will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others.
See - they are publicly available, and may appear on other websites.
Where's your expectation of privacy? Where's your login requirement?
Why not just read the OKCupid TOS and Privacy Policy, which most people appear not to have done.
From the TOS
Privacy
You should appreciate that all information submitted on the Website might potentially be publicly accessible.
From the privacy policy:
We provide areas on our websites where you can post information about yourself and others and communicate with others or upload content such as photographs. Such postings are governed by our Terms & Conditions. In addition, such postings may appear on other websites or when searches are executed on the subject of your posting. Also, whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information on publicly-viewable web pages, that information will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others.
As a user, you understood all this. There is zero expectation of privacy. This is the governing contract between the parties. Have fun proving you didn't know that your information wasn't going to be kept private..
Its a good thing this judge expresses more concern about money, and not law.
Isn't the goal of this lawsuit money? And isn't this just a ruse to avoid the hassle of a class action?
You're free to use a paid email service from a service provider. Of course, if the recipient uses one of the free email services, you're still going to have your email scanned when they receive it.
Google's description of educational services clearly states that emails are scanned to "improve product experience". There is a FAQ question/answer which addresses this.
Product improvement is not advertising.
Sure it is - the product here is the students. Remember, if it's free, YOU are the product.
Sounds to me like people are stupid enough to believe that anything on the net can be made private.
"Let's do the math"
No, lets be realistic. These are STUDENTS. They're making debt, not money.
The damages per person would be de minimus. Trying to get around having to go the class action route by filing all these separate cases in one file may not fly.
Maybe we need a start screen on every web browser that says "WARNING: NOTHING ON THE WEB IS GUARANTEED TO BE PRIVATE. LOSE ALL HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE."
It's not a matter of entitlement. It's a matter of choice. I don't want to see ads on my login screen.
Turn off ALL updates until July 30th. You can be sure that Microsoft considers you moving to 10 as "critical" - at least to them.
Because is seems like this crap has been going on forever, driving people to booze and cheap drugs? :-)
The real question is whether computers running 7, 8, and 8.1 can be downgraded to XP in a dual-boot or virtual machine scenario with another OS that doesn't try to p0wn your computer.
Read the TOS and the separate privacy agreement. From the separate privacy agreement that is integrated into the TOS and that you agreed to:
Also, whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information on publicly-viewable web pages, that information will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others.
Also, you were warned in advance in the main TOS that there is no guarantee whatsoever of keeping anything private, and you as a user accepted that. It might be your information, but you already agreed to make it publicly available. How are you going to bring a privacy claim when you agreed to make it publicly available?
which I think they did via their TOS.
No, they didn't. They made it very clear that there was no expectation that their data would be private right in their TOS.
Privacy
You should appreciate that all information submitted on the Website might potentially be publicly accessible.
Pretty straight forward, but it gets even better in the separate Privacy Policy:
Also, whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information on publicly-viewable web pages, that information will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others.
You are told all this in advance if you read the TOS, so you can't whine when someone accesses your publicly-viewable personal information that you disclosed. And if you didn't read the TOS? 2 bad, so sad, sux to b u.
The TOS is clear that there are no guarantees whatsoever of privacy. You agreed to this, you can't then go whining that you had a reasonable expectation of privacy. You seem to have a problem with contracts.