I subscribe to a service called Dyn Standard SMTP. My home email machine uses this as its smarthost, and all outgoing mail passes through Dyn's server before going out to the internet at large. Problem solved.
I'm sure other hosting companies will offer a similar service.
My point is that I live in the real world, where "But I know I'm right and Mom told me I'm special" isn't going to sway a judge. A solid legal argument -- based on facts, supporting evidence, and well-researched precedents -- will have far better results.
In a civil lawsuit, all the filing costs are paid by the plaintiff, not the defendant. If you know you spoke the truth, and you have solid evidence to back that up, then you really don't need a lawyer. So your monetary costs are this much: $0. Discovery can be time consuming if you are disorganized, but if you already have your evidence documented, as you should have before mouthing off, then it will be no big deal. No more than a few hours.
This is the funniest thing I've read in a long time.
I was the defendant ("respondent", actually) in a civil suit. My legal fees exceeded $6,000.
Never go to court without a lawyer unless you've decided that you want to lose.
Now all I have to do is get my father, my mother, my sister, my half-sister, my grandmother, my wife, and my assorted friends to learn what PGP is and how to read the emails I send them.
Remove the offending data, and then re-index the offending web site... which, from what I recall, was not itself required to remove the offending data.
I couldn't believe, when I left New York to go to college, how many people stored things in their back pockets. I used to tell them all the same little rhyme --
(tap front left pocket) wallet pocket (tap front right pocket) key pocket (tap back left pocket) pick pocket
There was an article, or a cartoon, or something that I read once.
1970: You want to give every American a little tracking device so that we know where they are at all times, and can follow them as they move around? You're out of your mind if you think that will happen. 2010: I need another iPhone!
As somebody who is being stalked myself, I believe that the correct way to fight privacy invasion is to keep doing what you're doing, and show the invaders that they cannot intimidate you.
But I realize that this is a decision each person must make for him/herself, and I am sorry but not necessarily surprised that this is the decision PJ made.
Unfortunately, you have no way of controlling, or even knowing, how the receiving company will handle your private information. The best you can do is protect the actual transmission of the information, which SSL should do for you.
I don't see why you should be concerned about the request or how "polite" it is. A simple statement to the effect that "I do not send personal information over the Internet without encryption. Please send me instructions as to how your company handles encrypted email. My preferred method is GnuPG, and this will be the quickest and easiest way from my end, but I can try to accommodate other methods."
Legally, commuting is not considered a "business expense". If you drive on actual company business, you might have employer-provided car insurance. I do. You should ask.
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I subscribe to a service called Dyn Standard SMTP. My home email machine uses this as its smarthost, and all outgoing mail passes through Dyn's server before going out to the internet at large. Problem solved.
I'm sure other hosting companies will offer a similar service.
>apps that report your location to emergency services are forbidden,
As opposed to apps that report my location to people who pay Apple to get my location. That's allowed.
My point is that I live in the real world, where "But I know I'm right and Mom told me I'm special" isn't going to sway a judge. A solid legal argument -- based on facts, supporting evidence, and well-researched precedents -- will have far better results.
In a civil lawsuit, all the filing costs are paid by the plaintiff, not the defendant. If you know you spoke the truth, and you have solid evidence to back that up, then you really don't need a lawyer. So your monetary costs are this much: $0. Discovery can be time consuming if you are disorganized, but if you already have your evidence documented, as you should have before mouthing off, then it will be no big deal. No more than a few hours.
This is the funniest thing I've read in a long time.
I was the defendant ("respondent", actually) in a civil suit. My legal fees exceeded $6,000.
Never go to court without a lawyer unless you've decided that you want to lose.
Perez Hilton [...] 30-something male
{{citation needed}}
Or else they'll get a new deadline.
Now all I have to do is get my father, my mother, my sister, my half-sister, my grandmother, my wife, and my assorted friends to learn what PGP is and how to read the emails I send them.
Virginia does not consider the time saved by slugging to be a "profit", so it's allowed.
A girl's gotta have standards.
I'm not sure that works in the EU.
Remove the offending data, and then re-index the offending web site ... which, from what I recall, was not itself required to remove the offending data.
If I only have access to a single cable company, does it really matter if that company is Comcast, Time-Warner, Charter, or SpinCo?
Did I just read two stories today, telling me both the problem with DVDs and the problem with streaming services?
I couldn't believe, when I left New York to go to college, how many people stored things in their back pockets. I used to tell them all the same little rhyme --
(tap front left pocket) wallet pocket
(tap front right pocket) key pocket
(tap back left pocket) pick pocket
Didn't I read the opposite just yesterday?
Old guy with nothing better do harasses TSA agents over loophole, wasting the time of innocent people trying to catch their planes.
There was an article, or a cartoon, or something that I read once.
1970: You want to give every American a little tracking device so that we know where they are at all times, and can follow them as they move around? You're out of your mind if you think that will happen.
2010: I need another iPhone!
the financial institutions are required by various banking regulations
Paypal will tell you, repeatedly, that they are not a "financial institution" and are not bound by "banking regulations". Just ask them.
I just wanted to reiterate this statement
The cost to the patent troll for filing a lawsuit is around $500, but Bannert was forced to spend over $10,000 on a legal defense
It cost my stalker nothing to convince the local government to issue me an unconstitutional citation for holding a St. Patrick's Day party without a permit, and it cost me over $6,000 to get the citation dismissed.
As somebody who is being stalked myself, I believe that the correct way to fight privacy invasion is to keep doing what you're doing, and show the invaders that they cannot intimidate you.
But I realize that this is a decision each person must make for him/herself, and I am sorry but not necessarily surprised that this is the decision PJ made.
Unfortunately, you have no way of controlling, or even knowing, how the receiving company will handle your private information. The best you can do is protect the actual transmission of the information, which SSL should do for you.
I don't see why you should be concerned about the request or how "polite" it is. A simple statement to the effect that "I do not send personal information over the Internet without encryption. Please send me instructions as to how your company handles encrypted email. My preferred method is GnuPG, and this will be the quickest and easiest way from my end, but I can try to accommodate other methods."
The subway system's colors weren't designed for Brooklyn. They were designed for Manhattan.
So what happens to the platinum second they keep in the French vault?
Legally, commuting is not considered a "business expense". If you drive on actual company business, you might have employer-provided car insurance. I do. You should ask.