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Re: New Privacy Statement It's not like 99% of other privacy statements. Most privacy statements restrict what information can be passed and to whom - a "need-to-know" type of clause.
I'm not a lawyer, but my reading of the new Speakeasy privacy policy says that there is basically no restriction on who they can share information with. The document is here:
»www.speakeasy.net/tos/msa.php
It basically says that Speakeasy can share any and all information with "affiliates". Affiliate is not defined. The information can be transfered as long as it's used to "complete a transaction" (undefined). Remember there's a lot of information ("Data collected online") associated with you account, your browsing history for example. Browse to CompUSA and look for a new computer, under my reading of the privacy statement, Best Buy can now call you and tell you what they have on offer.
Who are the affiliates? Can the RIAA/MPAA sign up as affiliates (it's not restricted by the agreement as far as I can tell). Now your personal information, buying habits and any of your P2P history are now available for them as long as they use it to "complete a transaction". I'm told that's not the intent, but do you trust all the affiliates not to do that if there's enough money there?
I've always found Speakeasy to be a quality ISP, but unless this document defines an "affilate" and what "complete a transaction" really means, this document is does not provide privacy, in fact if provides the reverse.
This is just my reading and my opinions, but you really should read it for yourself. |
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 CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | Again - no different than any of my other polices... I can guarantee that they can't share CC info and they don't have my social... |
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| "The types of personal information collected at these pages are name, username, contact and billing information, transaction, and credit card information"
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"Speakeasy will only share the personal data provided by its Customer with [...] or with its affiliates."
What's your guarantee? Do you have some other agreement with Speakeasy? If not, they CAN share you CC information.
As ever, this is all my opinion, and I'm not a lawyer. You really should read the document. |
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| Since today's my last day with Speakeasy - and so probably this forum - I hope that none come to harm because of the new privacy statement. |
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