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  • lynzpower
    lynzpower Posts: 25,311 Forumite
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    Was this the case where the woman harrassed and potentially illegally evicted her tenant through the media, calling her a squatter and generally acting obnoxiously and ignorantly?

    Certainly was indeed.

    What is this website for if it is not about CONSUMER REVENGE

    For heavens sake what a joke.
    :beer: Well aint funny how its the little things in life that mean the most? Not where you live, the car you drive or the price tag on your clothes.
    Theres no dollar sign on piece of mind
    This Ive come to know...
    So if you agree have a drink with me, raise your glasses for a toast :beer:
  • Pepzofio
    Pepzofio Posts: 540 Forumite
    Maybe it was to do with the amount of personal info that was on the thread. Although it's not as though 'She Who Must Not Be Named' could really complain about invasion of privacy... An explanation would be nice though.
  • poppy10_2
    poppy10_2 Posts: 6,588 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 20 August 2010 at 12:01PM
    Pepzofio wrote: »
    Maybe it was to do with the amount of personal info that was on the thread. Although it's not as though 'She Who Must Not Be Named' could really complain about invasion of privacy... An explanation would be nice though.
    The only personal information that was on the thread was that which the landlord had already put out on national television - including an view of the contract with both her and the tenant's contact numbers.

    Anyway, the thread is still available via Google's cache, at least for the moment:

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=site%3Amoneysavingexpert.com+%22suzy+butler%22
    poppy10
  • mynameisdave
    mynameisdave Posts: 1,284 Forumite
    I think the legal action is certainly a possibility.

    The thread has had personal details on there for a week and we know from the FB page that they have been reading for a few days so it seems unlikely they would only rremove it now.

    Nothing on that thread was not already public domain information.
  • lynzpower
    lynzpower Posts: 25,311 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    poppy10 wrote: »
    The only personal information that was on the thread was that which the landlord had already put out on national television - including an view of the contract with both her and the tenant's contact numbers.

    Anyway, the thread is still available via Google's cache, at least for the moment:

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=site%3Amoneysavingexpert.com+%22suzy+butler%22

    As a data controller she should have been investigated for this then shouldnt she.

    Sharing tenants phone numbers via the web.

    For crying out loud.
    :beer: Well aint funny how its the little things in life that mean the most? Not where you live, the car you drive or the price tag on your clothes.
    Theres no dollar sign on piece of mind
    This Ive come to know...
    So if you agree have a drink with me, raise your glasses for a toast :beer:
  • Pepzofio
    Pepzofio Posts: 540 Forumite
    poppy10 wrote: »
    The only personal information that was on the thread was that which the landlord had already put out on national television - including an image of the contract with both her and the tenant's contact numbers.

    Anyway, the thread is still available via Google's cache, at least for the moment:

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=site%3Amoneysavingexpert.com+%22suzy+butler%22

    Exactly! That's why it seems bizarre that MSE could face any legal challenges for displaying something which is in the public domain anyway - and was put there by the person that was being criticised in the thread.

    Has GMTV et al been asked to remove the video clips on their website? Are the You Tube clips still available?

    That thread was one of a very few offering a dissenting voice to the outrageously ill informed views of the internet lynch mobs' & media frenzy witchhunt.
  • Pepzofio
    Pepzofio Posts: 540 Forumite
    I think the legal action is certainly a possibility.

    The thread has had personal details on there for a week and we know from the FB page that they have been reading for a few days so it seems unlikely they would only rremove it now.

    Nothing on that thread was not already public domain information.

    I guess so, (I'm assuming you mean legal action between tnt and LL, not LL & MSE) but I'm not sure how the thread could have jeopardised tnt's case.
  • mynameisdave
    mynameisdave Posts: 1,284 Forumite
    Pepzofio wrote: »
    I guess so, (I'm assuming you mean legal action between tnt and LL, not LL & MSE) but I'm not sure how the thread could have jeopardised tnt's case.

    Yeah, between T and LL.
    Pepzofio wrote: »
    Has GMTV et al been asked to remove the video clips on their website? Are the You Tube clips still available?

    GMTV clip still available.
  • The video clips (and other material) is still available vis the FB pages. Fortunately, FB are a bit sturdier in their defence of free expression than some websites.
  • tbs624
    tbs624 Posts: 10,816 Forumite
    GMTV may have complained?
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