Boonex Better Comply With Canada's Privacy Acts!
Technoman
posted 14th of September 2009
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Community Voice.
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Boonex I suggest you go and read this before you change your rules on here, if you decide that we need to put our real names well I will be first to call Canada Canwest News Service and have them come here to make sure the Boonex Site is following all "Privacy Policy Acts" of Canada!
Please go have a look
This little part underneath this is from that website I posted!
Canada gave Facebook 30 days to come up with a plan to address concerns or face court action, requiring it to change its business practices to comply with Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.
Below is the legacy version of the Boonex site, maintained for Dolphin.Pro 7.x support.
The new Dolphin solution is powered by UNA Community Management System.
The new Dolphin solution is powered by UNA Community Management System.
It would be like if I allowed users to upload pirated movies. If I got copyright notices from the RIAA or the FTC, it would be my responsibility to comply with copyright laws and filter video uploads, and not the authors of Boonex.
If Boonex had to bend to every nation's rules and laws, then there see more
Facebook had 30 days to make Privacy Policy changes, Facebook remember is in the USA not Canada and they had 30 days to comply so it makes no difference where your domain resides!
You use, or purchase, Boonex to deploy on your own server. As operator you are responsible to comply with all local law as YOU, not Boonex, are the operator.
Your see more
Facebook is just so different to most site, in fact facebook isnt a website,its a small country,so will draw more attention from lawful acts like this, but as you rightly say, for the sites governed by Canadian law (in this case).
Better luck next time TM....
regards
Tyke
The issue with Facebook was that they were not actually deleting the accounts of people who wanted their accounts closed and Facebook was still using the info of people who actually requested to close their accounts with 3rd parties as this was the violation that Facebook was facing. Once an account has been requested to be closed and the info is still being used from that account then their is a real privacy issue.
So make sure when a customer requests see more
A similiar situation happened when the US attempted to force a UK company to comply with US laws (it was internet based also). The UK company responded see more
A similiar situation happened when the US attempted to force a UK company to comply with US laws (it was internet based also). The UK company responded see more
We need privacy and today on the Internet we do not get it and I want to make sure that we are protected and that nobody uses our information towards 3rd parties of such. I hate spam email!
It has nothing to do with scaring anyone, it is all about respecting one another and If I choose that i prefer not to give out my real name then I have a right not to give it out, but that should not give me a ban fro mthe site cause I choose NOT to give you my real name see more
I myself am from Canada and just to let you know that it is not up to Boonex to make sure privacy laws are taken care of in there software, it is up to the website owner and/or the business owner to comply with the privacy laws. Like Hustonlively said why on earth would you put a scare into Boonex when it has nothing to do with them. Boonex does not write your privacy policies the business owner does meaning you yourself.
The Canadian system may have some say in how companies may conduct their business with regards to Canadians. If BoonEx targets Canadian audiences and conducts business with Canadians / in Canada over its BoonEx.Com / Unity site, being aware of country-specific laws and regulations may be a prudent thing see more
## Information Sheet (Private Sector) 1A: National Privacy Principles ##
"8. Anonymity
Wherever it is lawful and practicable, individuals must have the option of not identifying themselves when entering transactions with an organisation. "
The next section, "9. Transborder data flows", is also relevant, as BoonEx is the holder and transmitter see more
I do, so if you got noting contructive to say then don't write on my blog please!