keith2468
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-03
Winnipeg, MB
2 edits | reply to Logan 5
it is up to their lawyers to present the evidence
From their website it sounds invasive enough for me:
»www.didtheyreadit.com/index.php?···&affad=1
quote:
When you use didtheyreadit, every e-mail that you send is invisibly tracked without alerting the recipient.
But when they read your message, you will immediately receive the following information:
1 When, exactly, your email was opened.
2 How long your email remained opened.
3 Where, geographically, your email was viewed.
If you read the ruling, the basis is that the user doesn't know the tracking is going on, can't refuse the tracked email and have it returned to sender, and that personal information is gathered, recorded and transmitted in violation of French law.
As the others noted, MSOE, Netscape email, and other email clients let you know when you are about to open a tracked email, or let you have the option of sending an acknowledgement or not. And those acknowledgements only reveal that the email was opened.
So using didyoureadit's service is illegal for French residents, businesses and organizations.
If didtheyreadit is doing something milder in the USA or UK, why are they being so invasive and secretive in France?
And if didtheyreadit isn't being so invasive and secretive in France, how could their legal team have messed up so badly presenting the evidence to the court?
More likely didtheyreadit's website is was created to fulfill marketing objectives just like the websites of most companies, and is omitting details.
I'm sure their legal team did the best job they could of putting the best appearance on didtheyreadits services. And inspite of that, the prosecution was able to successfully make the case that the service contravened French laws on privacy and data protection.
--
(Virus&Hijacking FAQ+Submit suspected malware+Security FAQ) |
