[24643] in APO-L
Re: [APO-L] Updating my address book
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rebecca Quodomine)
Sun Apr 3 12:17:14 2005
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 09:09:48 -0700
Reply-To: Rebecca Quodomine <aporogue@yahoo.com>
From: Rebecca Quodomine <aporogue@yahoo.com>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: 6667
as I thought I sent an apology - this was not supposed
to go to this list. I apologize again and if there was
a way to recover the email I would have done so.
--- Derek Cashman <derek.cashman@gmail.com> wrote:
> Folks, don't fall for this nonsense. While at first
> glance, bebo.com
> appears to be legitimate, if you review their
> privacy policy, by
> supposedly entering your personal contact
> information into Rebecca's
> "online address book", you are, in fact, signing
> yourself up to
> recieve spam. Yup, that's right, more junk mail in
> your inbox straight
> from bebo.com that they claim they are doing as a
> service to you.
>
> Read their privacy policy:
>
> "Does Bebo sell my information to third parties?
>
> As a matter of policy, we do not sell, rent or lend
> any of your
> personal information to third parties other than in
> accordance with
> this policy without your consent. However, the
> following describes
> some of the ways that your personal information may
> be used in the
> normal routine to provide our range of services to
> you.
>
> Service Management. We use your personal information
> to provide the
> services you request. We use your personal
> information to:
> troubleshoot problems; measure consumer interest in
> our services,
> inform you about offers, products, services, and
> updates; customize
> your experience; detect and protect us against
> error, fraud and other
> criminal activity; enforce our Terms of Use; and as
> otherwise
> described to you at the time of collection.
>
> You agree that we may use personal information about
> you to improve
> our marketing and promotional efforts, to analyze
> site usage, improve
> our content and product offerings, and customize the
> Site's content,
> layout, and services. These uses improve the Site
> and better tailor it
> to meet your needs, so as to provide you with a
> smooth, efficient,
> safe and customized experience while using the Site.
>
> You agree that we may use your personal information
> to contact you and
> deliver information to you that, in some cases, are
> targeted to your
> interests, such as targeted banner advertisements,
> administrative
> notices, product offerings, and communications
> relevant to your use of
> the Site. By accepting the Terms of Use and Privacy
> Policy, you
> expressly agree to receive this information. You may
> make changes to
> your email notification preferences at any time."
>
> True, according to this they won't sell your info to
> a third party.
> However, they don't have to. According to the last
> paragraph, if you
> agree to their Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, you
> give them
> permission as a company to send you all the crap you
> can possibly
> handle, and then some!
>
> The moral of this story. If you want to share your
> contact information
> with Rebecca Quodomine, I would recommend simply
> sending the
> information directly to her, instead of going
> through some middle man.
> I've been getting similar bebo.com emails now for
> several months, and
> they all look exactly the same, and I have been
> highly suspicious of
> them for quite a while now.
>
> Cheers!
>
>
> On Apr 3, 2005 9:10 AM, Rebecca Quodomine
> <aporogue@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Can you please enter your contact details in my
> address book? Click on the link below:
> >
> >
>
http://www.bebo.com/fr1/12970823a496201652b196140292c825236617d18
> >
> > After we are connected, in the future, any changes
> you make in your contact details will be sent to me.
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > Rebecca
>
>
> Derek J. Cashman, Ph.D.
> derek.cashman@gmail.com
> derek.cashman@louisville.edu
>
> James Graham Brown Cancer Center
> University of Louisville
> Website Chair
> National Media & Technology Committee
> Alpha Phi Omega
>
> "A Drug is any substance which, when injected into a
> rat, produces a
> publishable, scientific paper."
>
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> two minutes in sport
> . . . meets the greatest four days of service!"
>
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