Exactly my thoughts too.I'm shocked. i purposelly have not joined the group on facebook as there are people I would not want to know about my diabetes. I'm going to change my pic now just incase.
Exactly my thoughts too.I'm shocked. i purposelly have not joined the group on facebook as there are people I would not want to know about my diabetes. I'm going to change my pic now just incase.
Most of the posts on the forum are publicly visible. You don't need to be a member to see them. Therefore what is shown on the facebook page is purely a link to another website. As such, as you are participating in a public forum there are no privacy rules about linking to the forum as it isn't actually private! You only require a membership to post.
Thank you for the information tim
Hoping some changes will be made then ?
Best wishes RRB
I don't see anything in the Ts and Cs prohibiting that, or in the Privacy Policy, so I think it may require a conversation with @Giverny and more likely the owners and whoever manages the facebook site. Again, it is another source of traffic generation and is typically how many forums increase footfall.That isn't the point. As I said I don't mind anybody in the world seeing my posts on this site, members or not. I do not want my posts on FB.
It's a public forum, i.e. a public website, so it's not just the owners, it's anyone has the right to post links to topics in the forum. There is no such thing as "Privacy" of what has been posted.I've just had a quick look and can't see where membership to this forum allows admin to link to FB. Huge breach of trust in my opinion. Permission should have been gained first. Little point in telling members not to post anything personal after the fact. Hope we get an answer soon.
I agree others provide links to other sites but generally to medical studies or book links or similar. You wouldn't expect someone to post a link to a site that discusses private medical information and medication ? I'm not sure if it's against the law or not but I think it's certainly morally wrong. If it is just a public forum, why do we need to sign up to be members then ?It's a public forum, i.e. a public website, so it's not just the owners, it's anyone has the right to post links to topics in the forum. There is no such thing as "Privacy" of what has been posted.
While it may be incredibly annoying for people, there is nothing illegal or wrong about doing it. That's not to say it's correct, but we do the same thing in here everyday, linking to others' websites!
I agree with you KatI would not like my posts to be shared on FB or anywhere else , like other forums or sites ...
Will wait for outcome .....
I consider this a site I choose to share on ....I would not like my posts to be anywhere else ....
I agree others provide links to other sites but generally to medical studies or book links or similar. You wouldn't expect someone to post a link to a site that discusses private medical information and medication ? I'm not sure if it's against the law or not but I think it's certainly morally wrong. If it is just a public forum, why do we need to sign up to be members then ?
Wouldn't it be ironic if this thread was linked to FB ?