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Sorry if this is in the wrong forum. I need to learn a little bit about internet privacy rights and what websites are allowed to post personal data on an individual. I am a member of another forum and when I joined up, I was not aware of the fact that its pretty much entirely unmoderated. Didn't take long to figure it out though, when they started posting my private personal information up though. Its a local automotive hobbyist forum for my city, and here in Pheonix its quite well known. Well, being unmoderated (largely unmoderated anyway) people say whatever they want. That's fine. I'm no stranger to forums like that.
However, like any of you I'm sure, I'm not just going to be sit there and let people walk all over me, I'm going to bite back if someone insults me or otherwise just acts like a child towards me. I'm sure you're all quite familiar with that type of behavior being displayed online. Let me say I am NOT someone who starts such things nor will I normally participate in them. I'm much too old for that. But I guess I rubbed some cyber stalker the wrong way, and he was somehow garner my personal information such as my full name, date of birth, home address, phone number, workplace, family, kids, spouse, etc. And then posted all the info in a thread and told everyone to "give me a call" or to "go to my workplace and raise hell". Among other things. I'm not going to post a link to the site or say which one it is because I really don't want this propagating any further.
Honestly I wouldn't care about them simply posting the information. Anyone who wants that stuff bad enough can get it. However, this person then proceeded to try to make sure that anyone searching my name would... I don't know... see me in some kind of negative light. I won't go into what he said because its just mindless insults. I have absolutely no real world ties of any kind to anyone on the forum. Well, it worked. My boss does check up on his employees from time to time and he called me in his office and asked why my name was dragged through the gutter and why this person (and seemingly, his friends) hated me so much.
This was when I was about to be transferred to a different department at work and usually that is when they do the drug testing and the checking. Anyway, that's all it took. I now want to pursue any action I can against this forum with the intention of getting them to take all my personal information down off the site. As well as any of that stuff that was said that is related to me. They made sure that every post where they talked about me, had all of the personal information in it. Its become clear that anyone who checks up on me is going to run into that, and I really don't need it in my life.
I have already tried to appeal to the site's administrators and they simply said something juvenile like "If you can't take the heat get out of the kitchen". Well, there's heat, and then there's illegal activity. So I would appreciate any help that anyone can give me. All I want them to do is remove those posts, which is well within their abilities. I've asked more than once very politely, and they do not seem to have any desire to comply. This leaves me with few other options than simply going around them and forcing them to do what I ask. I don't feel like this request is asking too much at all. What authority do I go to in order to get this resolved?
However, like any of you I'm sure, I'm not just going to be sit there and let people walk all over me, I'm going to bite back if someone insults me or otherwise just acts like a child towards me. I'm sure you're all quite familiar with that type of behavior being displayed online. Let me say I am NOT someone who starts such things nor will I normally participate in them. I'm much too old for that. But I guess I rubbed some cyber stalker the wrong way, and he was somehow garner my personal information such as my full name, date of birth, home address, phone number, workplace, family, kids, spouse, etc. And then posted all the info in a thread and told everyone to "give me a call" or to "go to my workplace and raise hell". Among other things. I'm not going to post a link to the site or say which one it is because I really don't want this propagating any further.
Honestly I wouldn't care about them simply posting the information. Anyone who wants that stuff bad enough can get it. However, this person then proceeded to try to make sure that anyone searching my name would... I don't know... see me in some kind of negative light. I won't go into what he said because its just mindless insults. I have absolutely no real world ties of any kind to anyone on the forum. Well, it worked. My boss does check up on his employees from time to time and he called me in his office and asked why my name was dragged through the gutter and why this person (and seemingly, his friends) hated me so much.
This was when I was about to be transferred to a different department at work and usually that is when they do the drug testing and the checking. Anyway, that's all it took. I now want to pursue any action I can against this forum with the intention of getting them to take all my personal information down off the site. As well as any of that stuff that was said that is related to me. They made sure that every post where they talked about me, had all of the personal information in it. Its become clear that anyone who checks up on me is going to run into that, and I really don't need it in my life.
I have already tried to appeal to the site's administrators and they simply said something juvenile like "If you can't take the heat get out of the kitchen". Well, there's heat, and then there's illegal activity. So I would appreciate any help that anyone can give me. All I want them to do is remove those posts, which is well within their abilities. I've asked more than once very politely, and they do not seem to have any desire to comply. This leaves me with few other options than simply going around them and forcing them to do what I ask. I don't feel like this request is asking too much at all. What authority do I go to in order to get this resolved?
