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BoyAlley · 03-11-2007, 02:28 PM

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In all seriousness:

I think companies in this industry need to start publishing Privacy Policies.

I've had privacy policies on all of my sites since I started in this industry (probably out of habit as the last industry I was in was information security and data integrity related). I do this on my affiliate site, paysites, on my discussion board, anywhere that people submit information to me.

I do, however, notice a HUGE lacking of such published privacy policies on most other sites in this industry. They're actually incredibly common place in mainstream, not sure why adult hasn't adopted them as much.

If your site is going to collect information from people, I think it completely reasonable that you should be expected to publish a statement telling people where and how that information will be used, and for what purpose.

I think having such statements does several things:

1. It makes it clear to the end-user exactly what the consequences of providing your company with their personal information may be.

2. It provides legal protections for both your company, and your clients.

3. It provides a clear statement of understanding for your employees to follow.

I think if CCBill had such a privacy policy in place for the phoenix forum, that employees of the company never would have even considered this deal with AdultWhosWho in the first place.

I would encourage the "players" in the industry to take lead, talk to your attorneys and get a privacy policy published, and help to make something positive come from this experience.

I think this is one of the next logical steps down the road of making the adult industry more in line with our mainstream counterparts, and continue down the path of corporate responsibility.

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TDF · 03-11-2007, 02:30 PM

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the alchemist · 03-11-2007, 02:31 PM

I agree completely, it shouldn't even be a question...

BoyAlley · 03-11-2007, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TDF

fags sure do love piggybacking

Just so happens we did a piggybacking shoot once:

DWB · 03-11-2007, 02:58 PM

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Elli · 03-11-2007, 03:07 PM

Excellent post, BA. You had me worried for a second there, though. Only one "teh" in all those other words!

germ · 03-11-2007, 03:21 PM

privacy policies make sense.

playmouth · 03-11-2007, 03:22 PM

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Peaches · 03-11-2007, 03:26 PM

How about all the programs that publically "out" webmasters that they feel are cheating them? Innocent until proven guilty by a court of law and all that - seems they'd have to keep their mouths shut if they had a privacy policy involved. And I've seen them list the usernames, real names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. - and those that weren't posted were certainly sent to other programs.

baddog · 03-11-2007, 03:46 PM

I guess I will have to go out of character and agree with BA this time.

One of the first things I did after receiving an email with all attendees email addresses was go to the PHX Forum website to look at their privacy policy.

I don't know if I was surprised or not when I noticed there wasn't one.

gideongallery · 03-11-2007, 03:53 PM

what happened

03-11-2007, 02:28 PM	#1
BoyAlley So Fucking Gay Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 19,714	In Light Of The Recent CCBill / AdultWhosWho Disaster..... LAWDS MERCY I gotta go out of character for a minutes, sorry sorry, I'll go back into BoyAlley mode soon breeders I promises! In all seriousness: I think companies in this industry need to start publishing Privacy Policies. I've had privacy policies on all of my sites since I started in this industry (probably out of habit as the last industry I was in was information security and data integrity related). I do this on my affiliate site, paysites, on my discussion board, anywhere that people submit information to me. I do, however, notice a HUGE lacking of such published privacy policies on most other sites in this industry. They're actually incredibly common place in mainstream, not sure why adult hasn't adopted them as much. If your site is going to collect information from people, I think it completely reasonable that you should be expected to publish a statement telling people where and how that information will be used, and for what purpose. I think having such statements does several things: 1. It makes it clear to the end-user exactly what the consequences of providing your company with their personal information may be. 2. It provides legal protections for both your company, and your clients. 3. It provides a clear statement of understanding for your employees to follow. I think if CCBill had such a privacy policy in place for the phoenix forum, that employees of the company never would have even considered this deal with AdultWhosWho in the first place. I would encourage the "players" in the industry to take lead, talk to your attorneys and get a privacy policy published, and help to make something positive come from this experience. I think this is one of the next logical steps down the road of making the adult industry more in line with our mainstream counterparts, and continue down the path of corporate responsibility. Cripe Might! Ok breeders I'm back I'm back and I'm teh gay as evers! Getting out of characters on GFYs is scurry! Last edited by BoyAlley; 03-11-2007 at 02:30 PM..

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Peaches Old broad Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Away Posts: 13,933	How about all the programs that publically "out" webmasters that they feel are cheating them? Innocent until proven guilty by a court of law and all that - seems they'd have to keep their mouths shut if they had a privacy policy involved. And I've seen them list the usernames, real names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. - and those that weren't posted were certainly sent to other programs.

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baddog So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the beach, SoCal Posts: 107,089	I guess I will have to go out of character and agree with BA this time. One of the first things I did after receiving an email with all attendees email addresses was go to the PHX Forum website to look at their privacy policy. I don't know if I was surprised or not when I noticed there wasn't one.

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