Comments on: The Internet and Privacy – Get yourself removed from Rapleaf quickly http://andreinchile.com/2007/09/03/the-internet-and-privacy-get-yourself-removed-from-rapleaf-quickly/ I will write about being a foreigner (Expat) in Chile and about happenings. I will vent my frustration about companies and will share pictures of travel. Dont expect regular updates ;) Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:49:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Idetrorce http://andreinchile.com/2007/09/03/the-internet-and-privacy-get-yourself-removed-from-rapleaf-quickly/#comment-11552 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:17:31 +0000 http://n0comment.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/the-internet-and-privacy-get-yourself-removed-from-rapleaf-quickly/#comment-11552 very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
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]]> By: Rapleaf Blog » Start-ups, privacy, and being wrong http://andreinchile.com/2007/09/03/the-internet-and-privacy-get-yourself-removed-from-rapleaf-quickly/#comment-7514 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:13:18 +0000 http://n0comment.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/the-internet-and-privacy-get-yourself-removed-from-rapleaf-quickly/#comment-7514 [...] Andre H. (http://n0comment.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/the-internet-and-privacy-get-yourself-removed-from-rapleaf...) [...]

]]> By: Shefaly http://andreinchile.com/2007/09/03/the-internet-and-privacy-get-yourself-removed-from-rapleaf-quickly/#comment-7434 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:25:03 +0000 http://n0comment.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/the-internet-and-privacy-get-yourself-removed-from-rapleaf-quickly/#comment-7434 I think the key issue – despite their privacy policy stating they comply with safe harbour agreements with the EU – is that they operate in the United States. So in reality, as a UK based person, you have very little protection. In the US, unlike here, the individual does not own the information about himself; the business that collects it does. Therein lies the rub.

They are hardly the first, though, to do this. You must have heard of ZoomInfo.. I do not know if Zoominfo asks people to register etc like Rapleaf does. And pretending the business is about ‘internet reputation’ is a clever step but I would not be surprised if someone (e.g. Google) buys them pronto. Their T&Cs says if they merge with someone, all the members of that website may automatically be registered with Rapleaf.

I suppose if we wish to manage our reputation, it is up to us to do whatever we need to.

BTW I have not figured out how they might get to link you with your email ID if the email ID is not in the public domain?

Thanks.

]]> By: Water Traveller http://andreinchile.com/2007/09/03/the-internet-and-privacy-get-yourself-removed-from-rapleaf-quickly/#comment-7425 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:51:47 +0000 http://n0comment.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/the-internet-and-privacy-get-yourself-removed-from-rapleaf-quickly/#comment-7425 I suspect it would be legal because this is a new enough technology that laws probably haven’t been passed against it yet. Unless they violate an opt-out that they have said they would not violate, I imagine it would be legal. IANAL, but I don’t think there’s anything against companies collecting information about people– if there were, we probably wouldn’t be constantly seeing the disclaimer from sites that promise not to.

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