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Rob Dewolf... I work on a Web site for a decent-sized midwestern newspaper. Although I'm not on the "tech" staff, I am familiar with the basic workings of a Web site and more important, with the issue of privacy.
The second line on the terms and conditions page of vintagecardprices.com reads: "All of your personal information is kept strictly confidential."
In my opinion, this ceased to be the case when the identity of a person lodging a complaint was posted in this forum. I know that the majority of companies -- and not just newspapers and Fortune 500 companies -- treat their Web site privacy policy with great reverence, because if you violate that trust with your customers, what do you have left?
I think Joann nailed it when she said that quite often this forum has been used to promote vintagecardprices.com. Yet when this negative topic concerning the site was posted, one of the initial things I read was Barak XXXX identity being revealed. You can argue that if Barak was going to throw stones, he should have identified himself to this board. Maybe. But it wasn't the job of vintagecardprices.com to do that.
As for the log-in issue, I can only tell you that I rarely have to re-enter my log-in info on vintagecardprices.com. I'm assuming they attach a cookie to my computer that recognizes me when I return to the site. That's fine -- and quite normal. But the point is, if that's the case in Barak's case, then it would seem that vintagecardprices.com would have to know what pages he accessed upon returning to the site -- something they've said they do not have the capability to do.
Whatever the specifics, the name-calling and accusations are secondary. What's of greatest concern to me is vintagecardprices.com's violation of its own privacy policy.
edited out last name only (moderator)