Re: A2Central.com's Privacy Statement

[Eric Shepherd <sheppy@sheppyware.net>]

in article 3A2EDC8C.F96660BC@apple2.com, eeastman@apple2.com at
eeastman@apple2.com wrote on 12/6/00 4:40 PM:

> I am posting the URL because there are no links to it on the site that I
> can find.  Sheppy said a link is on the join page, but I couldn't locate
> it.

Look at the top of the page that takes all your information.  There's a link
right there.

The privacy policy expressly says that the only situations in which we will
share your personal information is if you've given express permission to do
so, or if we're required to by law.  An exception is made if a service the
member requests is performed or provided in tandem with a third party that
requires the information in order to provide the service.  At this time we
do not have any third-party partners, and don't foresee having any anytime
soon.  That provision is basically covering us in case someday in the future
we do.

"Third party" means anyone other than Syndicomm.  If it's not Syndicomm,
it's a third party.  That's the definition of "third party."  Syndicomm is a
sole proprietorship, meaning I am the entire company.  Meaning only I (and
actually my wife, since she does the accounting) will see any of your
information, except for the provisions specifically laid out in the privacy
policy.

> Specifically, it should explicitly state under no circumstance will your
> personal info be given to other individual or entity unless you
> expressly authorize it or it is required for mainenence of the site or
> assiting the user.

As I said, if you reread the policy, it expressly says this already, right
up near the top.

At any rate, you're certainly not obligated to join A2Central.com, and if
the policies I have to protect you aren't adequate to your needs, then by
all means don't join.


-- 
Eric Shepherd
Editor
A2Central.com
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