Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Goodbye eBay, here comes GBuy
I hope so. I started to make my first ever purchase on ebay last week. The
ebay eula stopped me, it is every bit - even more - repulsive than a
Microsoft eula.
Here's an article about it:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=264863&contrassID=2&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y&itemNo=264863
For the newsreader impaired:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?U2C715A83
>From the article:
" 'I don't know another Web site that has a privacy policy as flexible as
eBay's," says Joseph Sullivan. A little bit later, Sullivan explains what
he means by the term "flexible." Sullivan is director of the "law
enforcement and compliance" department at eBay.com, the largest retailer
in the world."
[...]
" 'When someone uses our site and clicks on the `I Agree' button, it is as
if he agrees to let us submit all of his data to the legal authorities.
Which means that if you are a law-enforcement officer, all you have to do
is send us a fax with a request for information, and ask about the person
behind the seller's identity number, and we will provide you with his
name, address, sales history and other details - all without having to
produce a court order."
[...]
"The meaning is clear. One fax to eBay from a lawman - police
investigator, NSA, FBI or CIA employee, National Park ranger - and eBay
sends back the user's full name, email address, home address, mailing
address, home telephone number, name of company where seller is employed
and user nickname. What's more, eBay will send the history of items he has
browsed, feedbacks received, bids he has made, prices he has paid, and
even messages sent in the site's various discussion groups."
--
Tony Sivori
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