IGTF owners' latest caper -- The whole truth, part 2

Redwolf · **Posted:** Fri 30 Mar 2012 7:58 pm

mhwombat wrote:

Hmm... it appears that under the Data Protection Act, we have a right to force them to remove our posts -- especially since they are now being used for a different purpose (spamming) than they were originally intended. Furthermore, the new use to which our posts are being put damages our individual reputations. I notice that Eoin's name is still on the forum; he should insist that they change that.

http://www.dataprotection.ie/docs/A_gui ... on/858.htm

Oh wait... the servers are in the U.S., so U.S. law probably applies. Where are the owners located?

The company has offices in England and the U.S.

CaoimhínSF · **Joined:** Sun 04 Sep 2011 11:02 pm **Posts:** 1581

Quote:

it appears that under the Data Protection Act, we have a right to force them to remove our posts

That may not be a concern. All 5,000+ of my posts appear to have disappeared anyway. It is very odd, because many queries which had answers are now unanswered, and in some cases there is a query, followed by a thank you for the answer, but no answer in between!

Redwolf · **Posted:** Fri 30 Mar 2012 8:22 pm

CaoimhínSF wrote:

Quote:

it appears that under the Data Protection Act, we have a right to force them to remove our posts

That may not be a concern. All 5,000+ of my posts appear to have disappeared anyway. It is very odd, because many queries which had answers are now unanswered, and in some cases there is a query, followed by a thank you for the answer, but no answer in between!

Wild! And were you banned as well?

I just did a search on your username at IGTF, and a bunch of posts turned up...most recent being 3/20, I think.

Redwolf

Edited...it's actually 3/2. Here's the most recent post from you I found:

http://www.irishgaelictranslator.com/tr ... lit=CaoimhínSF

They seem to have deleted them from there forward, however.

Aislingeach · **Posted:** Sat 31 Mar 2012 12:31 am

Breandán wrote:

Gumbi wrote:

Where has the commercial link been inserted? I can't find it.

They only come up when you are logged in, so you won't be able to see it if you are banned. :no:

I couldn't see the links even when I logged in at work. But it appears you don't even need to be logged in. I saw them without logging in at home running Google Chrome. Shameless. :no:

CaoimhínSF · **Joined:** Sun 04 Sep 2011 11:02 pm **Posts:** 1581

Quote:

Wild! And were you banned as well?
I just did a search on your username at IGTF, and a bunch of posts turned up...most recent being 3/20, I think.
Edited...it's actually 3/2. Here's the most recent post from you I found

When I saw my most recent posts were gone, I just paged back a few weeks, and found all of my recent ones gone. I guess I was jumping to conclusions about them all being gone. Maybe they just deleted automatically the ones where I mentioned ILF. I'm not posting there anymore anyway.

Sassy Lassie · **Posted:** Sun 01 Apr 2012 3:04 am

I popped on IGTF because of the chatter here. I saw a post by RW dated today.

Ab féidir libh cuidiú liom? Chuala mé an amhrán seo, agus ba mhaith liom aistriúchán na liricí a fháil:

Ó fágfaidh mé slán ag an suíomh seo go deo,
Ní féidir liom fanacht ar an fhóram seo níos mó,
'S mé ag amharc go buan, gach oíche 's gach ló
ar fógraí an chomhlachta lofa!

'Sé an comhlacht gan taise; 'sé an comhlacht gan trua;
'Sé a ghoid díom an fóram is deise,
Is go raibh mé amárach i bhfad ón suíomh seo,
San áit úd nach bhfeicfinn a raiméis.

Go raibh míle maith agaibh!

Will check tomorrow and see if it is still posted.

Sass

Redwolf · **Posted:** Sun 01 Apr 2012 4:36 am

Sassy Lassie wrote:

I popped on IGTF because of the chatter here. I saw a post by RW dated today.

Ab féidir libh cuidiú liom? Chuala mé an amhrán seo, agus ba mhaith liom aistriúchán na liricí a fháil:

Ó fágfaidh mé slán ag an suíomh seo go deo,
Ní féidir liom fanacht ar an fhóram seo níos mó,
'S mé ag amharc go buan, gach oíche 's gach ló
ar fógraí an chomhlachta lofa!

'Sé an comhlacht gan taise; 'sé an comhlacht gan trua;
'Sé a ghoid díom an fóram is deise,
Is go raibh mé amárach i bhfad ón suíomh seo,
San áit úd nach bhfeicfinn a raiméis.

Go raibh míle maith agaibh!

Will check tomorrow and see if it is still posted.

Sass

I sincerely hope that Tadhg Ó Muiris will forgive me!

Redwolf

Somhairle Óg · **Posted:** Sun 01 Apr 2012 12:29 pm

So how do I get myself banned, my posts and my data deleted from their website? Im not comfortable with them holding my personal information given the site now has no integrity. Are there any admins lefts that can delete my account?

mhwombat · **Joined:** Mon 29 Aug 2011 3:36 am **Posts:** 247

They removed everyone from the moderator group. The mini-mods may still exist, but they can't delete posts.

Redwolf · **Posted:** Sun 01 Apr 2012 3:15 pm

Somhairle Óg wrote:

So how do I get myself banned, my posts and my data deleted from their website? Im not comfortable with them holding my personal information given the site now has no integrity. Are there any admins lefts that can delete my account?

There apparently is some kind of admin over there...there have been posts from someone using the name "admin" and then the latest round of deletions made by someone using the name "Irish Scout." You might try using the "contact us" link to see if anyone responds.

So far their idea of administering the forum, however, seems to consist of deleting and altering posts they don't like and putting up ads and spam links everywhere, so I don't know how responsive they'll be.

Redwolf

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