Is jeepz selling my info?????
- Thread starter Buck hour
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KimmytheJeep
New member
Wow haven't got anything like that but this has me concerned.... >.>
Buck hour
New member
My reply:
Exactly what do you mean "you got my contact info from jeepz". What info did you obtain? If you don't reply in a timely manner I will be forced to spread the word of your questionnaire to other jeepz members. We are a tight nit community and word will spread faster than you think. Thus tainting any information you do happen to receive. You have 24 hours to reply!
haha said:
Exactly what do you mean "you got my contact info from jeepz". What info did you obtain? If you don't reply in a timely manner I will be forced to spread the word of your questionnaire to other jeepz members. We are a tight nit community and word will spread faster than you think. Thus tainting any information you do happen to receive. You have 24 hours to reply!
Bounty__Hunter
Super Moderator
Moved to 'forum related' and I reported the thread to draw Terry's attention to it. I don't have an answer for you.
ckdafinest
New member
Dang that's messed up
KimmytheJeep
New member
It could be from a person who happened upon the site and looked at your profile. It doesn't actual say that Jeepz.com gave them your info. Pretty much everything you put on your profile is visible to everyone including your email. Guy could be legit or could be spam. But the website most likely isn't at fault.
We don't sell or give away any information at all.
I noticed a user here named haha who signed up. He posted, but never about Jeeps. His IP address traced back to different schools in Tennessee, so I figured he was legit. It appears that he posted enough to get around our filters (we limit the pms that new users can send) then began spamming.
I've banned the user, I'll look into preventing this from happening again.
Were you getting private messages or emails?
I noticed a user here named haha who signed up. He posted, but never about Jeeps. His IP address traced back to different schools in Tennessee, so I figured he was legit. It appears that he posted enough to get around our filters (we limit the pms that new users can send) then began spamming.
I've banned the user, I'll look into preventing this from happening again.
Were you getting private messages or emails?
I think this is the root of the problem. A visitor to the site can't see anything except your location, interests, occupation and signature, however a member can see everything you've allowed them to during your signup:
Jeepz.com - View Profile: TerryMason
The answer to this is to not show email addresses to anyone. Right now you can turn this off by going here:
http://www.jeepz.com/forum/profile.php?do=editoptions
and uncheck the "Receive Email from Other Members" box. I think that I need to just remove this option entirely, and not show email addresses to anyone.
I've disabled the "Allow Users to Email Other Members" functionality. Email address are no longer shown to other members regardless of what was set previously.
Bounty__Hunter
Super Moderator
Thanks Terry 
I'm working with Survey Monkey to see if they'll take down the survey, but it doesn't look like they will.
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