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Kudos to CL for standing up for user privacy. When I use CL it's with consideration of their TOS which bans these practices. When padmapper copies the data the
by fleitz 14y ago
Kudos to CL for standing up for user privacy. When I use CL it's with consideration of their TOS which bans these practices.
When padmapper copies the data they violate my privacy, my copyright, and the agreement between myself and craigslist as outlined in the TOS. What padmapper is doing is a violation of many data privacy laws like PIPEDA, EUDPD, and various copyright acts.
If padmapper wants the data why don't they just obtain consent from the CL posters, instead of copying it without consent.
Would the padmapper team be ok with me deciding to stick their logo where ever I deem it necessary? I bet they'd probably sue me for copyright and trademark violation.
- refurb 14y agoWhen you post on Craigslist, you're posting on a public forum. What expectation of privacy could you possibly have?
- fleitz 14y agoThe expectation outlined in the TOS, as well as the privacy guidelines set out in PIPEDA.
- biot 14y agoI fail to see how PIPEDA is involved. The information being published on PadMapper is information which you've chosen to publicly disclose. The fact that this publicly disclosed information is showing up on a site you didn't intend might make a case for tort law or copyright law, but there is no disclosure of information that you expected to remain private.
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- ericd 14y agoDeletion should be reflected on PM reasonably quickly, not so much edits, though, to reduce crawling load.
- mutant 14y agoEnjoy your 1984.
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- robrenaud 14y agoThis isn't making a permanent record of casual encounters. It's putting apartment listings on a map. People listing apartments tend to want it to be widely known.
- ArmstrongRSBC 14y agoSo you're upset that a listing that you created for the sole reason of being seen and generating a response is being made more public? wat??
- ericd 14y agoPadMapper team here, I don't show your copyrighted text, I link to your posts an provide a preview of the stats. Just a clarification.
- guelo 14y agoPIPEDA is a Canadian privacy law and EUDPD is a European one. I don't believe padmapper operates outside the US.
- cwp 14y agoI used it to find an apartment in Vancouver. Still, I have a hard time finding sympathy for somebody that posts something on a public web site, and expects it to remain private.
- Zak 14y agoKudos to CL for standing up for user privacy. While I appreciate the sentiment, it is very unlikely that a landlord would object to an apartment listing being aggregated so as to expose it to more users. If padmapper wants the data why don't they just obtain consent from the CL posters, instead of copying it without consent. How do you propose padmapper do that without violating the Craigslist TOS in some other way like bulk-emailing everyone who lists an apartment? I'm not saying their conduct wasn't a bit of a grey area, against the TOS and maybe a copyright violation, but I don't think many Craigslist users would object personally to their posts being reposted in this manner.