Re: Tipster challenge + free tips

No I don't have a written policy yet but I will add one asap - the only
reason that I request an email address is that if you forget your password
there is a mechanism of sending a new one out. Obviously I have to make
people login as I need to identify who is making what prediction for the
league.

I can promise everyone that I will not sell any email addresses on
or send out any unsolicited email whatsoever. If people are worried then
why not sign up for a free hotmail or yahoo account and use that email
address?

Why would I want to give out my personal details on the main page of the
website? It is possible to see who I am by looking at who the domain is
registered to anyway: http://www.whois.net/

I know that people are very sceptical about free things but I can assure
you that I'm not doing this for the money + it isn't a scam - I have put a
banner ad and a pay-pal donate button on my site and will probably put
some google ads on at some point to but I doubt whether I will cover the
costs of the set up any time soon. I did this because I didn't think there
was anything like it out there at the moment and thought that some people
might find it fun. I also wanted to make a website and play around with
learning SQL and php so it's kind of a hobby for me really.

Anyway, hope this has cleared a few things up.

Thanks

Simon


On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:29:00 +0100, Malcolm Smith wrote:

> In article <Xns96DF78B284734simonraceformdatacom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Simon) wrote:
>
>> *From:* Simon <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> *Date:* 28 Sep 2005 10:51:40 GMT
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've just set up a new free website which allows registered users to
>> compete in a tipsters league as well as providing free daily tips for
>> selected UK and Ireland races.
>
> <snip>
>
> Simon
>
> You may consider the fact that you have no written policy about what you
> do with eMail addresses that you gather and, yet, you request them.
>
> It could be assumed that you are harvesting them to sell them on. I also
> note that there is no real-world contact details for you. Of course, I
> assume that this is just an oversight.
>
> Best of luck with the site, but I won't be involved for the above points
> and also that I can't see point of it as the real thing is out there.
>
> Cheers
> Malc

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