Topic: Must private messages be kept private?

[Stephen Lindsay]

Thread over as far as I am concerned Phil.

[Les]

Would like to hear from CH on this subject, just to get his opinion.
Other than that, Cannot be bothered with this thread anymore, George will do what he want's in the end anyway

[Peripatetic Phil]

And if you think my thread is a personal attack on you, then delete it, makes no difference to me, I will have the same opinion of you anyway,

That does raise an interesting question.  Let us suppose that Moderator A takes exception to something written in open forum, and uses the "Report to Moderator" button to request that it be moderated or deleted.  Can Moderator A then don his moderator's hat and delete it, or can only Moderator B carry out such actions in order to avoid any potential conflict of interest ?

** Phil.

[littlechilie]

I would like to consider my personal contact private,  I would suggest if this was not the UK George you could find yourself on the end of a A lawsuit.
Lawsuit is a civil action brought in a court of law in which a plaintiff, a party who claims to have incurred loss as a result of a defendant's actions.

[Micky Tikka]

George dear
I PM a number of people for what ever reason
Maybe for advice or general chat or even to slag someone off 
And the reason I PM because it's just between me and the other person
Surly you understand this

[Donald Brasco]

Another fine argument youve started George. Plenty of page views.  PM from admin incoming "cheque's in the post" - best not publish that one eh?

Or do you have another reason for trolling the forum on a daily basis? Lack of love and human affection in your life??

[George]

3.  You will not post anything which is  ...  an invasion of personal privacy ...

I.e., you may not disclose something sent to you in confidence (e.g., a personal message)

Nice try but I don't accept that "an invasion of personal privacy" covers messages.

I think some of you have lost touch with reality, or have moved over to 'wind up' mode. For example Little Chilli's suggestion that anyone could be liable to a civil legal action is absolutely absurd.  Good luck if anyone wants to try and has deep, deep pockets to fund such a claim. For a start, G may have deprived himself of some fun on this forum in favour of other places, but to blame me for his self imposed deprivation is farcical. The BBC often read out letters sent by suppliers to consumers who are involved in some dispute. If the BBC consider that the supplier has a case to answer they often give the firms' name as well - name and shame in effect. They wouldn't be able to read out such letters, presumably, if the Courts took a dim view of anyone 'publishing' (unsolicited) private correspondence. Going further, G's message to me could be classified as junk mail. Anyone taking conventional junk mail to a recycling centre where it can be freely read (if anyone was crazy enough) would be running a risk if any of your serious concerns were valid.

[Peripatetic Phil]

3.  You will not post anything which is  ...  an invasion of personal privacy ...

I.e., you may not disclose something sent to you in confidence (e.g., a personal message)

Nice try but I don't accept that "an invasion of personal privacy" covers messages.

That is why I include four T's & C's, all of which I believe you have breached, not just one.  You /might/ manage to convince a jury that you were innocent of one of the four charges; to think that they might conceivably find you innocent of all four just flies in the face of reason.

** Phil.

[Garp]

Oh dear, George.

I really think you have completely relinquished the fingertip hold which you held on the plot!

Perhaps this thread should be renamed 'Must private messages to a moderator be kept private'; in which case the answer has to be yes. Moderators should be seen to be impartial and any messages sent to them should be treated with confidentiality.

I really think you would enjoy this forum, and indeed life in general, more, if you resigned and just became a member 

[martinvic]

George, in all the replies so far has anyone agreed with you on this?
Don't you get it, it is just wrong to publicly post someones PM's.

But it is us that has lost touch with reality?

Like I've said before, probably a waste of time trying to reason with you, you will never change.