There is a post in the Lounge from mvd. I know posters have tried to help him with it getting no where. However, a "new"

[debm55]

poster has gone to one of his GoFundMe accounts and got his private information.---last name, location of home, Dad's obituary, names of relatives, Said poster posted she/he has done this. Is this permitted or a privacy issue? The issue is taking his mom to the ER for her wrist. New poster has 105 posts. I would hate for anyone to go through anyone's background here on DU.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I would suggest that you alert on that poster. This does seem out of bounds. nt

[debm55]

3. I did and it is still there.

[Mosby]

2. I don't believe there is a DU rule about that.

Nt.

[debm55]

4. Personal information.? Would any DUer want a newbie looking into their postings and looking for your real name, address

and relatives? I sure as heck won;t even if they found mvd real last name on a GoFundMe and did a search on various information. Would you?

[Mosby]

7. All that info is not on DU.

The owners of this site cannot police what's happening on the internet.

[debm55]

8. But what do you honestly do if a new poster gets information and gloats about said information on DU? New poster seems

way too invested in mvd's situation. I know he has an elderly mother that has fallen and hurt her wrist. Sorry, I have seen posters banned for saying less then this. new poster is. And under the TOS there is a part that talks about privacy.

[AkFemDem]

5. This is a logical and natural consequence

Of sharing private details and soliciting on GofundMe. I'm hard pressed to imagine what rule was broken here.

[debm55]

6. The Last name is given on GoFundMe. New poster got the last name and then did a search on facts that are not found on

GFM --Address, Obituary of house. relatives, milage from house to ER and Critical Care Center. I wonder why the poster is so invested in this. GFM does not give out that information. Would you want that information of yours in the hands of other. they went searching for it?

[sl8]

11. DU rules prohibit posting that information here.

Last edited Tue Aug 6, 2024, 08:05 AM - Edit history (2)

On edit:
I think I found the posts in question. It looks like the other poster (the one alerted on by OP) said that they looked up some of the "targeted" poster's personal information, but I don't see where they posted any of said information here on DU. In that case, I don't see how the posts break DU rules.

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I don't know if what the OP is referring to meets these criteria, but it sounds like it.

Don't post anyone's private or personal information

Don't post private or personal information about any person (including public figures) even if that information is available elsewhere on the Internet.

[Bev54]

9. There was another new poster on here the other day talking about one of

the long time posters, had gone way back in their history and discussing old posts. I am very leary of some of the new ones here, they seem to want to control the narrative.

[debm55]

10. I think I know who this poster is. They now too much about mvd to be "new" If you go to that post she gave me a long

post back. Way too much to be new. Either a retread or a puppet. I alert twice. --nothing. I agree with what they are saying about mvd's mom. However, I would NOT like it if personal information based on my real last name is was googled for research as this poster told me she/he did. TY for listening to my rant.