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Originally Posted by Dood
Let me get this straight! You are saying she broke the Terms & Conditions of this forum?
I would agree with you IF both parties AGREED to whatever information was shared would remain private.
But, that was not the case here....She was never given any CHOICE to say yes or no to this.
It was just sent to her freely and without her asking for this information.
For example I cannot PM you and say: "Here is something on the side...blah..blah...blah..." and then expect you to not say anything unless you agreed to it.
I cannot just decree that it is confidential unless you agree with me. You have to have that choice.
Both parties have to AGREE in order for something to be private.
It was freely given to her without her asking for this information.
So, in that respect she did not break ANYthing regarding the Terms & Conditions that we all (Staff included) agreed too.
I have seen emails shared on this and many other forums.
It is not privileged information unless both parties agree to it...
Even if said information is 'uncomfortable' in order to keep one's integrity one must live by the rules that were set up.
Since Francie Jones was not given any choice about anything being confidential then she did not break any rules.
She was simply told this information without her ever asking for it....
That is the difference here! She did not agree to this being 'private' because she was never given the choice to agree or not.
Now if an Email at the beginning of ALL of this stated:
"Francie I want to share something with you privately. Will you agree to keep this strictly confidential?" and if she replied: "Yes, I do..." then that is a whole nother story all together.
Then I would say you had grounds for a suspension of privileges.
Anything different ruins the integrity of the forum.
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this is not up for debate, a pm or email is by its very nature private
and to post an email or pm without consent is not cosher......end of
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