Parking Eye - "take down" request
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A novel one, this. A few months ago I went through the "give us some money" procedure with Parking Eye. I ignored the letters, including the "we're a debt collection agency that *just* happens to operate from the same office" one and that ended that.
During the course, I posted what happened on PePiPoo - a forum aimed at those with parking and driving legal issues. I also put a post on my blog with everything available for reference should anyone else get the same problem.
The PePiPoo link to my problem is http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=50825
The link to my blog post (until Monday...) is http://j.mp/bdZzVH
A week or so ago I received two emails, a day apart, via the "Contact Me" link on my blog. They were both a single line asking for my email/postal address so that "important legal documents" could be mailed to me. I logged them as spam and thought nothing of them.
Then today I received a "take down" notice from my web host pertaining to the post about Parking Eye. I have until Monday to remove it. I have no issue with my host - at the end of the day, whether the post is defamatory or not as the email claimed, it's cheaper for them to remove me than to go to court and fight my battle for me.
I posted about this on PePiPoo and it turns out they received emails as well, from M Law who seem to be acting on Parking Eye's behalf. They, too, have been threatened with a take-down.
This scares me. Not in a "what am I going to do?!?!?!" way, but simply as there's nothing defamatory on my blog post as far as I can tell. I've detailed events, described what happened, said what I did (ignore them completely) and recommended others do the same.
You could argue I've painted the company in a bad light... but only by showing what they do! I am curious as to whether BBC's Watchdog programme will be told to remove the pages it has about Parking Eye also. Somehow I doubt it as they will have a legal team who can tell M Law / Parking Eye to go jump.
I, however, cannot.
I will instead remove the blog post so that my web site isn't removed. I'll chuck it up on a Blogger blog somewhere else. And tell everyone about it. And report it on Twitter. And ensure everyone on facebook knows. And mention it on here. And contact every consumer advice group I can. And write to the local paper.
You know, basically spread the truth everywhere to a degree that Parking Eye can't use money to whitewash their incredibly dubious business practices.
After all, I've done nothing illegal. Yet because I can't afford a lawyer I'm not permitted to express myself to the extent that I am legally allowed. I hate this country sometimes.
During the course, I posted what happened on PePiPoo - a forum aimed at those with parking and driving legal issues. I also put a post on my blog with everything available for reference should anyone else get the same problem.
The PePiPoo link to my problem is http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=50825
The link to my blog post (until Monday...) is http://j.mp/bdZzVH
A week or so ago I received two emails, a day apart, via the "Contact Me" link on my blog. They were both a single line asking for my email/postal address so that "important legal documents" could be mailed to me. I logged them as spam and thought nothing of them.
Then today I received a "take down" notice from my web host pertaining to the post about Parking Eye. I have until Monday to remove it. I have no issue with my host - at the end of the day, whether the post is defamatory or not as the email claimed, it's cheaper for them to remove me than to go to court and fight my battle for me.
I posted about this on PePiPoo and it turns out they received emails as well, from M Law who seem to be acting on Parking Eye's behalf. They, too, have been threatened with a take-down.
This scares me. Not in a "what am I going to do?!?!?!" way, but simply as there's nothing defamatory on my blog post as far as I can tell. I've detailed events, described what happened, said what I did (ignore them completely) and recommended others do the same.
You could argue I've painted the company in a bad light... but only by showing what they do! I am curious as to whether BBC's Watchdog programme will be told to remove the pages it has about Parking Eye also. Somehow I doubt it as they will have a legal team who can tell M Law / Parking Eye to go jump.
I, however, cannot.
I will instead remove the blog post so that my web site isn't removed. I'll chuck it up on a Blogger blog somewhere else. And tell everyone about it. And report it on Twitter. And ensure everyone on facebook knows. And mention it on here. And contact every consumer advice group I can. And write to the local paper.
You know, basically spread the truth everywhere to a degree that Parking Eye can't use money to whitewash their incredibly dubious business practices.
After all, I've done nothing illegal. Yet because I can't afford a lawyer I'm not permitted to express myself to the extent that I am legally allowed. I hate this country sometimes.
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Naturally,your current host has got the heeby jeebies and have just asked you to remove because its the easiest course of action.
The other two organisations will have no such reservations and would no doubt relish any challenge.
Once again,their bullying tactics have completely backfired on them. In annoying you, the circulation and ongoing google references to their 'business' :rotfl:,has received much more publicity.
Sweet. :beer:
The blog post is harvested from individual articles at PePiPoo which I posted and then combined to place in one locale. PePiPoo also received a "take down" request from M Law, though what they're doing about it I don't know.
I'll happily post it all on here. And will do so shortly.
They are completely stupid as the person requesting has probably got to be real, it would really ironic if they got a Mr Law working for them lol
They are all or have been suspended from accessing the DVLA database for gross misconduct!
Do you really need to ask what kind of people run parking companies?
http://www.prmoment.com/391/don-t-let-the-media-put-you-down-says-pha-media-chairman-phil-hall.aspx