Nick,
I am not sure that's the big problem you think it is. If you go
to Valueclick.com, the first thing that comes up is a link, to
"Privacy Policy", and is says there:
> Internet consumer privacy is of paramount importance to ValueClick Inc.
> ("Valueclick"), its subsidiaries, our advertisers, and the Web publishers in
> our network. The following statement outlines ValueClick's policies and
> principles regarding online privacy. ValueClick, Inc. is committed to
> protecting the privacy of consumers, publishers, and advertisers, and to do
> our part to maintain the integrity of the Internet.
It says that this applies to all subsidiaries...
So there seems to be a privacy policy in force.
Gerhard
Nick May wrote:
>>your
>>worst fears will not come true as long as Tom, I and the original
>>team work on Nooper.
>
>
>
> ...and that is the problem, and the reason I left your service so
> quickly. We can rely on personal information collected when one joins
> Nooper (which may include password and userid to a POP account) being
> teated with decency ONLY because of the presence of certain individuals
> in the company, rather than because it is mandated by a privacy
> agreement. And those people may leave, or be over-ruled.
>
> Of course, privacy agreements give protection ranging from the weak to
> the non-existant and may not survive a transfer of company ownership but
> they are at least something to point at and hold a company to account
> over, and their existence a "good thing".
>
> I forbore from making a public fuss about this while Nooper was privately
> owned, but now that Value Click have taken over I don't feel so
> constrained.
>
> Please get yourself a proper privacy policy that states what uses can
> expect to happen to the data that they give you. I do not doubt that your
> "word" is well intentioned and sincere - but it is no longer adequate now
> that Valueclick pull the strings.
>
> Nick
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