However, if he sent me a PM insulting me and asking me to stop supporting a particular poster then many would agree that it is in the public interest for this information to be out there as it pertains to covert censorship. Seeing as how red dragon is now telling lies about the contents of the PM i...

Hi Joon, you look lovely today! Nice to see you are defending the rights of those poor trodden down souls out there as the Ambassador for the disenfranchised. Incidentally I thought you weren't allowed to see the contents of private messages or did Scoby share it with you? K440 Admins share private ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_privacy_law Information privacy or data protection laws prohibit the disclosure or misuse of information held on private individuals. Over 80 countries and independent territories have now adopted comprehensive data protection laws including nearly every cou...

1. Private messages are between the sender and the recipient so for all purposes either party could post the message BUT 2 it is against forum rules both here and at k440 so if u do choose to post them ur breaking the OWNERS rules Hi Richard, in my last post I explained how I thought the forum owne...

I wouldn't trust a forum where confidentiality of private messages wouldnt be taken seriously. It is normal that breaking that trust be denounced and sanctioned. As to the reasoning "it is in my mailbox so it belongs to me", it is flawed as it belongs as much to the sender as to the recip...

Soi Dog wrote:

red dragon wrote: If in the EU user private information is protected then no site rule can circumvent that.

Absolutely wrong. Utter nonsense.

another day...

A Private Message or email for that matter is not a confidentiality or non disclosure agreement. The 'private' relates to the fact the message is secure and not accessible to third parties especially Admin in contrast to messages posted on forum pages. It is for this reason alone that it exists as ...

A Private Message or email for that matter is not a confidentiality or non disclosure agreement. The 'private' relates to the fact the message is secure and not accessible to third parties especially Admin in contrast to messages posted on forum pages. It is for this reason alone that it exists as a...

Username Taken wrote:

FreeSocrates! wrote:If someone sends me a PM, and I never agreed to keep it private, why should I be bound . . .

Principles.

The same ones that admin uses to insult you as a condescending prick!

A couple of points because I followed the thread : 1) Isn't the purpose of private mails exactly that. Part of my initial reason at joining here originally was because there seemed to be a question mark over previous management divulging content of private mail, it added to my discontent at the tim...