Network Solutions sell your personal data...

[devolution]

Just found this worrying term in the NetSol TOS...

Luckily I don't have any domains there, but still, it's not very good...

How Do I Get My Name Removed from Bulk Access

As noted above, our domain name registrar unit currently makes certain information about you available to the general public via our domain name registration database look-up and directory services. These services give users access to such data on a query-by-query basis. Pursuant to our arrangements with the United States government and ICANN, qualified persons may also access such data on a bulk basis provided they agree, among other things, not to use the data to enable or otherwise support the transmission of mass unsolicited commercial advertising or solicitations via e-mail; or (ii) sell or redistribute the data to third parties. If you do not want your personal information disclosed on a bulk basis, you may send us an e-mail at privacy@networksolutions.com. Include the words 'remove bulk access' in the subject line of the e-mail and all the domain names for which you are the registrant in the body of the e-mail.

[RON2]

Unfortunately, owning a domain with any registrar subjects you to the same term. It's required by ICANN that registrars make their whois data available for sale at a cost of no more than $10,000.

Unfortunate really because lots of companies do abuse this and mass market to the database.

[Banned: CoolHost.com]

[Nexus]

Reading into privacy policies is ALWAYS important. Often times you will find all sorts of uncomfortable things in there. Large web services regularly get scrutinized and hung in effigy over changes in their policies by watchdog organizations. Recently there has been a move to automate the processing of privacy policies to alert users to policies that deserve better scrutiny. Nominet has been lambasted about its whois policies, even though they are aimed at compliance with ICANN rules.

Many websites do not post explicit privacy policies and rely on loosely worded Terms of Service verbiage to answer visitor inquiries.

Yeah, I'm talking about "you" (No, no one in this thread).

Full disclosure about their practices for private services are about as appealing as a doctor's exam. I'm more concerned over the changes PayPal keeps making in regards to its TOS.

~ Nexus

[devolution]

Well PayPal was bought out by eBay last year - the worst that could happen to it.
So no wonder, they're probably thinking up some scheme to make customers lose out...