how to remove your old threads and account the legal way from 3si

figured i would post it here since it will probably get deleted on 3si but heres the right and legal way to remove your account basically your saying you no longer trust the company and no longer agree with the privacy act the have set

if any one who knows Canadian law or other countries laws on this please let me know about privacy info laws so i can know if it cant force a website to remove info
all i know is the US law towards personal data and businesses.




"just thought id let anyone who wants to know how to have all there info removed from this site as well as all the Personal Created guides and ideas,
all you have to do is send the contact us with other requesting the removal of your account personal info and personally created threads as well as send a request to have it removed to there privacy statement email address which is privacy@verticalscope.com

as long as you live in the us (i dont know other countries laws about this) just say that there is no longer reasonable trust between you and the companies that own this fourm and they will be required by US Law to remove all Post created by You as well as your account

it it is not removed and found to be on the site after a reasonable amount of time to remove it and your post you then have the right to sue the company for malicious collection of personal information"

Sticky this shit.

lol 13 min on 3si before it got deleted

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Originally Posted by zapman2000

lol 13 min on 3si before it got deleted

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That long huh? :lol:

This is good info to know because I've been thinking about trying to have it done.

I was going back through my old threads, for some reason they only go back to 2001 (joined 1999). Even with as much as I did with my car, I didn't really find anything worth saving :-(

Search from vbb only returns XXX results and that probably only gets you to 2001. Their is probably more in there that does not come up on a user name search.

hmmm interesting. Someone try and see how it goes?

lol now they banned me for


You have been banned for the following reason:
troll

Date the ban will be lifted: 10-29-2012, 06:00 AM

Got two years bro! 3si should be dead by then anyway.

not about it being dead its about them locking my account and not letting change personal info!!! heheh!!! was stupid of them to ban me because now i have the ability to say in court when there lawyer ask "why i didn't just change it my self?" "how could i they banned me because i request this to happen obviously they didn't want to let go of my personal info only a person with malicious intent wouldn't let me change it"

lol, going to have to do this later

Well, if anyone has success with this, let the board know and I'll be happy to do that for my posts as well. The skeptic in me doesn't think this will go very far though.

Subscribed for later use.... :)

Waiting to hear if this actually works. So who is going to be the guinea pig??

I wonder how they'll enjoy being king nothing if they ban everyone?

How the past likes to repeat itself.

http://www.3si.org/forum/f44/how-rem...-posts-403712/

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Originally Posted by zapman2000

lol now they banned me for


You have been banned for the following reason:
troll

Date the ban will be lifted: 10-29-2012, 06:00 AM

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You have been banned for the following reason:
stop bashing mods

Date the ban will be lifted: 12-27-2010, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by dbest671

How the past likes to repeat itself.

http://www.3si.org/forum/f44/how-rem...-posts-403712/

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Except members have had their edit/delete privileges revoked so now it becomes an issue for the Mods/Admins as they are stopping us from legally removing/editing our own content.

And if the time limit on edits was put in some time ago?

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Originally Posted by dbest671

How the past likes to repeat itself.

http://www.3si.org/forum/f44/how-rem...-posts-403712/

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Troll.

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Originally Posted by alexw3000gt

Troll.

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I fail to see why I'm a troll. That thread may be helpful in your cause to remove your posts/content, as it has been brought up in the past.

The edit/delete feature has a time limit now, so it has not been revoked but limited. If you want your content removed I guess you would have to ask the head administrators on that particular forum.

The fact is that 3si has gotten to the point to where they are trying to "sneak" all of these new rules in behind everyone's back in order to keep things they way they were. Censorship, slander, copyright infringement, etc. It isn't fooling anyone... and it really makes me mad that someone as stupid as Nadeem can prosper from his own stupidity.

I still go to 3si, and there are a couple of mods whom I feel sorry for because they are the part of a bad situation, but 3si's day will come.

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Originally Posted by dbest671

How the past likes to repeat itself.

http://www.3si.org/forum/f44/how-rem...-posts-403712/

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It sure does, and the issue then was censoring (to protect vendors, now it is to protect mods/admins) and making money from users info.

Damn that sounds familiar.

The way I see it is a lot more people think like me now.

Edit, 3si was down.

Since it is now appearant that we DO have the right to delete our content. Does this open a new door for legal action in regard to Paid members who want there membership refunded, as a result of RIGHTS being denied?

Just curious.

the refunds would depend on the contract you agreed to when you signed up and paid for it, if the contract states it can change rules with-out your consent then no, but if it said you must agree to all new rules and then you dont agree at some point you might be able to, if it doesn't say you wont get one

would have to see what you agreed to when you signed up

as well to mention you can take them to small claims court at least were i live for a price of $50 and they will be required to be represented in some way either themselves or a lawyer either way it will cost them money and you can represent yourself even if you dont win they would have spent way more than you will

P.S. small claims court is a sue-able court for up to a maximum of $5000

EDIT- to clarify i dont mean the mods of 3si i mean the owners of the forum(but the owners are held responsible for anything the mods do)

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Originally Posted by dbest671

The edit/delete feature has a time limit now, so it has not been revoked but limited. If you want your content removed I guess you would have to ask the head administrators on that particular forum.

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I tried: http://www.3si.org/forum/f174/forum-problems-507857/

As soon as he said what he wanted he closed the thread. The same thing he has done to everyone that he didn't agree with.

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Originally Posted by dbest671

How the past likes to repeat itself.

http://www.3si.org/forum/f44/how-rem...-posts-403712/

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In reference to the removal of posts. Their is no comparison. In that thread from almost 3 years ago the members could do it for themselves. That option have been taken from them which makes it a very different scenario.

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Originally Posted by zapman2000

figured i would post it here since it will probably get deleted on 3si but heres the right and legal way to remove your account basically your saying you no longer trust the company and no longer agree with the privacy act the have set

if any one who knows Canadian law or other countries laws on this please let me know about privacy info laws so i can know if it cant force a website to remove info
all i know is the US law towards personal data and businesses.




"just thought id let anyone who wants to know how to have all there info removed from this site as well as all the Personal Created guides and ideas,
all you have to do is send the contact us with other requesting the removal of your account personal info and personally created threads as well as send a request to have it removed to there privacy statement email address which is privacy@verticalscope.com

as long as you live in the us (i dont know other countries laws about this) just say that there is no longer reasonable trust between you and the companies that own this fourm and they will be required by US Law to remove all Post created by You as well as your account

it it is not removed and found to be on the site after a reasonable amount of time to remove it and your post you then have the right to sue the company for malicious collection of personal information"

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One of the biggest issues I see with this is your join date is newer then the AF acquisition date. To register you agreed to Vertical Scope's cookie cutter TOS which does not leave you much protection at all as you agreed to a non-exclusive perpetual license along with a number of other protection mechanisms of VS.

What law would cover this? To the best of my (limited) knowledge the high courts have yet to rule on this matter so no legal precedence exists as of yet. In other words to go the legal route would be a roll of the dice with both parties having an equal chance at winning.

Now the interesting thing for some of us would be what we agreed to when we registered a decade ago. I am talking before PayPal when the only way to join was to send a check or money order via USPS. I do not call a TOS or any other contract back then that said anything at all and certainly not that our continued use of the site meant agreement with future terms.

So for older members they may have some valid avenues on posts prior to 2008 but that is again something that you would need to be serious about and start with talking to someone who is well versed in the legal aspects of electronic copyrights and intellectual property laws.

Just saying..

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Originally Posted by dbest671

How the past likes to repeat itself.

http://www.3si.org/forum/f44/how-rem...-posts-403712/

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Whats interesting about that thread is it appears Alan and Forest Gump had it out in the open. Didnt look like Forest was banned for it.

I'm not even sure I closed it.

Probably not. Wouldnt be surprised if it was closed and saved by AF to attempt to use you as once spouting the same shit they do. Problem is you did a WAY better job handling the situation than is done know which only makes you look good now.

Alan that thread is still WIDE Open......

No its closed.

LMFAO.... It was open earlier today when I went to go look at it. I made a mental note that it was still open... Guess the mods came across it and decided to close it.

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Originally Posted by CoreyB

Whats interesting about that thread is it appears Alan and Forest Gump had it out in the open. Didnt look like Forest was banned for it.

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hell no I didn't Get banned. Alan and I used to butt heads All the time. In real life we Get along fine

with 3si pulling the crap they are why would any mod there worth a crap stay?

Because its a placement of power...

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Originally Posted by zapman2000

lol now they banned me for


You have been banned for the following reason:
troll

Date the ban will be lifted: 10-29-2012, 06:00 AM

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Haha Imma troll too. Except he put it under my username and it says Im a troll >_<

Think theres anyway that they would have to let me get to my pms? I have some important info I never copied from them. :/ I will be trying the removal thing.

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Originally Posted by mcshooter

with 3si pulling the crap they are why would any mod there worth a crap stay?

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this is what I have been wondering too .

Before we start deleting stuff left and right, we should tap the vast archive of past info there and bring as much quality info as we can over here.

Then, let's torch that place. :D