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legalANALyizer -> RE: CollarMe has gone (5/25/2014 7:15:12 PM)
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Unfortunately the lack of a statement from the site operators seem to cause a lot of confusion still. I take two (out of many others) comments that show a basic lack of understanding what actually happend (no blaim here, I could have quoted anyone). Knowing this needs to be clarified should justify the need of the site operators to make a proper statement. Well, or they just don't care as many guessed all along ...
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ORIGINAL: wittynamehere
What I'd like to know is, can I trust the new site? Do I have legal agreements with a new party now? Is my data being kept private by the new database owner (assuming there is a new owner)?
Obviously there is not a new owner (assuming you are refering to www.collarspace.com, you must be as there is no new site on www.collarme.com) and there is no need why any agreement would have changed.
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ORIGINAL: BecomingV
Neither Eric, nor Tiffany, have made a statement about privacy issues for site users. While I can see that the access and functions seem restored now, I still am not satisfied that it won't get blocked again. Can that assurance be made yet?
Also, my mortgage got passed from company to company in just 3 years, but each time, I was notified and had the option to look elsewhere. I was not required to make the transition just because the banks did. So, I'm wondering why that step is missing here.
There was no transition: a missunderstanding of what happened.
Let's assume the following: once a week you are taking care of your banking business in person at the local branch of the Bank of Kinksters. It's down on 500 Dungeon Street in your local town. You don't have a car, so whenever you go there, you take a taxi. You've been doing this for years and you are happy with your bank most of the time.
So one morning you get dropped of at 500 Dungeon Street and the bank is suddenly gone. The building is still there, but the entrance is closed and there is a note on the door from the landlord that explains that the Bank of Kinksters has not payed the lease, so they were kicked out. The note also mentions a few problems in the past between the landlord and the Bank of Kinksters in a slandering way and lists personal problems regarding the health of a family member of the landlord that are very sad but not related to the issue. And at the end of the note it mentions that a new bank that's of course supposed to be much better than the Bank of Kinksters will open it's doors at this location within a year or so.
Well, you read the note, you are confused. Maybe you feel sorry for the landlord, assuming that he really is in trouble and his personal situation is terrible. But you need to take care of your banking business, check your accounts and so on ... so what should you do?
What you do not know at that time is that the Bank of Kinksters was kicked out and moved over night, within just around 24h to a new location. The new building is now over at 666 Hells Court, which is just a couple of blocks away. But no one told you. Well, someone eventually tells you one or two days later and then you go there and they have all your account data. Surprise, they have your money even! And they know you. Even you can talk to the same people there that you knew for years.
You might be angry that the landlord off the original location did not give any info about the new address, but in this scenario, would you question if you need to open a new account? Or how they got your money? Or if it is a new or the same owner? No, you would just go there, after all it is the same bank with the same owner.
Well, the only issue is that for some time the taxi drivers bring you to the wrong location as they have no idea about the change either. Well, if you tell them the exact address instead of the name or the old address, they will drop you off at the right location.
In case anyone did not notice:
CollarMe = Bank of Kinksters
www.collarme.com = 500 Dungeon Street
www.collarspace.com = 666 Hells Court
landlord = Tiffany
taxi = your browser and your internet service provider
In other words: the same site (not a new or moved one or anything else) is now on www.collarspace.com. No new agreement is needed, only the address changed.
Nothing has changed, once all taxi drivers in your town know where they need to bring you, it is all back to normal. And the landlord has a building that is empty and might get sued by the Bank of Kinksters because of the defamation and depending on their contract might even be able to extend the lease of the building eventually. Or the landlord and the Bank of Kinksters make a deal. But all that is up to them.
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ORIGINAL: BecomingV
As for the Tiffany/Eric thing... they are friends and I hope they heal. Eric's silence is not admirable and doesn't inspire trust. Tiffany's interference with the site is not admirable and doesn't inspire trust. If Eric owes her money, then this does not bode well for his future in business. Tiffany's use of her daughter's illness as a factor to be considered in business dealings reflects, at best, poor business sense, and at worst, vile parenting. They are both a mess!
Exactly!
And do we users want to continue to give our data to either of these people with poor business? This is what everyone needs to answer for him/herself.
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