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 Author: Teup View Messages Posted By Teup
 Posted: Nov 16, 2023 06:44
 Subject: Re: New policy on Forum sales posts
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 Topic: Administrative
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Teup (6610)

Location:  Netherlands, Utrecht
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In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
  To be sure, there are a few members who have abused the Sales post feature, running
what seem to be constant deep discounts on everything in their store or in certain
categories.

...which is actually against EU law
https://sellforte.com/en/blog/eu-law-change-on-promotions/

I mean, it's not my business so I don't really care, but if it's
BL wish to be law-compliant, this isn't enough. They'd have to moderate
the sale function itself, not just the forum. (And, talking about law-compliancy,
change several other things, such as stop pumping seller's mailboxes full
of IP addresses of their buyers, which is a GDPR violation because it counts
as private data and it counts as irrelevant for the purpose).

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View Thread New policy on Forum sales posts - Admin_Russell
Hello everyone, We are implementing a change of policy in regard to Sales posts in the Forum. As the number of sellers has grown and as our site becomes more and more of a premium [...]
(7 months ago, Oct 30, 2023, to Administrative)

Message Has 4 Replies:

View Thread Re: New policy on Forum sales posts - cosmicray (3496)
[...] Does it count as private data if they are engaged in a business transaction ? Nita Rae
(7 months ago, Nov 16, 2023, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: New policy on Forum sales posts - SylvainLS (46)
[...] BL is law-compliant when BL risks something and, AFAIK, BL doesn’t risk anything here, only the sellers do.  Actually, also AFAIK, nothing says marketplaces should enforce [...]
(7 months ago, Nov 16, 2023, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: New policy on Forum sales posts - randyf (442)
[...] Nice to see you back. :)
(7 months ago, Nov 16, 2023, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: New policy on Forum sales posts - SezaR (1398)
[...] As the community ponders whether BL's actions align with GDPR, your viewpoint is crucial. On a lighter note, welcome back! :) Your absence was felt, and we're [...]
(7 months ago, Nov 16, 2023, to Administrative)

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