Confidential Information being shared from bogus account

[reveal]

I am most definitely NOT screaming reveal.

In point of fact I have used all the proper channels I know of and have since dropped it, seeing as how the mods have admitted they are powerless to stop it, and unwilling to stop it even if they had the power, since its news.

I encountered something that I thought was a serious problem for the boards and brought it to the attention of the mods.

They appear to disagree that it is serious.

Did you go to RPGNow? Before or after you dealt with ENWorld? If not, why not? If it's that serious, why not? You got your answer here but rather than find another method to deal with it, such as talking to the company who's private material it actually was, you continue to demand that it be dealt with here.

 

[Vigilance]

And btw-

Would it be too much to ask that people not insinuate that this is my fault somehow, since I allow emails to be sent to me, and especially not insinuate that I am making it up?

 

[Vigilance]

Did you go to RPGNow? Before or after you dealt with ENWorld? If not, why not? If it's that serious, why not? You got your answer here but rather than find another method to deal with it, such as talking to the company who's private material it actually was, you continue to demand that it be dealt with here.

Ok- apparently I need to spell everything out.

I did go to them.

There is a thread about this on the private forums at RPGNow.

To the best of my knowledge there's nothing they can do/are willing to do either.

Does that make you feel better? Is it now obvious enough for everyone involved that I am not somehow BLAMING ENWORLD FOR THIS.

The person at fault is the person who SENT THE EMAIL TO ME.

I was simply trying to be a good citizen and notify the parties I thought would want to know.

One was the ENWOrld moderators.

One was RPGNow.

 

[reveal]

Were you able to contact RPGNow? I'd be interested to see what course of action they wish to pursue.

My impression is that without some way of identifying the person who sent the emails (hard for me to believe Im the only one who got one) that the issue is a non-starter.

Apparently, this moron was just working from information you provided. I asked if you had contacted RPGNow and you said "the issue is a non-starter."

Maybe you should have spelled out Y-E-S and I would have understood you better.

 

[Steve Conan Trustrum]

Technically, the e-mail in question is not spam.

Spam was MY example, not an implication towards the email Vigilance received. Regardless of the semantics of a term that is not relevant, the key in both instances is the email system is being utilized.

As I have stated, the content of the e-mail related to business dealings within RPGNow. The first course of action should have been for Vigilance to go to RPGNow and ask what needed to be done. There were no laws broken. None.

And, As I stated, there are actions that require a response that need not break the law. Yahoogroups has a policy of taking down groups dedicated to hate groups, for instance. No laws are broken, but they recognize that maintaining such a support reflects poorly on them and is indeed insulting to their organization and people using their services. Now, if EnWorld merely wants to say they don't care about the matter of confidentiality that's one thing--it's not a GOOD thing, but it's something--but if people are saying it's a matter of it CAN'T be done, as an entirely internal issue for legal or logistical reasons, then that's just incorrect.

 

[IronWolf]

Would it be too much to ask that people not insinuate that this is my fault somehow, since I allow emails to be sent to me...

My comment regarding protecting one's privacy was not meant to insinuate that this was your fault. It was in response to one of Steve Conan Trustrum's posts (which I quoted when I made the comment so as not to be taken out of context). My point was that it is hard to complain about violations of personal privacy when means are already at a person's fingertips to help control that were not utilized.

From your first post I did not see you mentioning any violations of your privacy, just that you felt confidential information had been leaked inappropriately. So by no means was I trying to insinuate this was your fault.

 

[Steve Conan Trustrum]

We weren't talking about the user registry though. We were talking about the PM system. The contents of the Private Messages, while readable from PHPmyAdmin, cannot legally be read under US and Florida state law. If you feel differently you are setting yourself up to be sued.

Although this particular instance is a matter of email, in the case of a PM you can get permission from the complaintant to sign into his/her account by resetting his password and then having them make a new password afterwards.

 

[reveal]

...but if people are saying it's a matter of it CAN'T be done, as an entirely internal issue for legal or logistical reasons, then that's just incorrect.

I will take the word of the technical administrator of the board, Michael Morris, that it can't be done over your assumption that it can be done. I have no knowledge of how this board works on the back end.

 

[Dinkeldog]

I'm going to close this because I can't see any value in further discussion. The topic may be unlocked later after the moderators and admins can talk again.

 

[Morrus]

Sorry, folks, I've been busy all day and didn't even see this. The person in question has contacted me by email and owned up. It's being handled, but not publicly.