Is This Legal?

UGAalum94 · #1 03-12-2007, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by CZAXOTerp

Something no one has addressed is that sometimes these pages can present/create safety issues. When people put their schedule of events on there you know where they are going to be when, with who, and if you are on a campus where chapters have houses you know where they live, so possibly when they will/won't be home, etc.

I know that at our last convention "social networking" sites were addressed as being potentially dangerous and not just from a PR/image standpoint.

Oh, yeah. And not just the events. Kids put addresses and contact info out there. It's a stalker's paradise.

CZAXOTerp · #2 03-12-2007, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

Oh, yeah. And not just the events. Kids put addresses and contact info out there. It's a stalker's paradise.

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Well if you are on a campus w/ chatper houses it's pretty easy to determine where many of the members live. I remember when my initiation class moved into the house and they went over all of these safety measures - like not having a key chain w/ letters on it, that has the house keys on it. People posting all of this info are really putting themselves at risk.

Infomation on event timing, location, etc. is one of the reasons why I didn't do an elaborate wedding website- it's like an invitation for your house to be robbed- they know the house will be empty and potentially full of wedding gifts.

minDyG · #3 03-14-2007, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by CZAXOTerp

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Well if you are on a campus w/ chatper houses it's pretty easy to determine where many of the members live. I remember when my initiation class moved into the house and they went over all of these safety measures - like not having a key chain w/ letters on it, that has the house keys on it. People posting all of this info are really putting themselves at risk.

Is it common to have keys to your house? We just had a code that we put in the back door to the house that only initiated sisters were told. Even if you don't have your letters on a keychain, if someone who knows what organization you're in finds your keys, it wouldn't be too dificult to break in to the house. I know the same could be said of living anywhere but that's putting more than just yourself at risk--that's a whole houseful of girls (or guys).

CZAXOTerp · #4 03-14-2007, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by minDyG

Is it common to have keys to your house? We just had a code that we put in the back door to the house that only initiated sisters were told. Even if you don't have your letters on a keychain, if someone who knows what organization you're in finds your keys, it wouldn't be too dificult to break in to the house. I know the same could be said of living anywhere but that's putting more than just yourself at risk--that's a whole houseful of girls (or guys).

I am an alum, but last time I checked the front door had a key- not a code. I believe that one house had a code and it became an issue because other ppl could learn it and no one ever answered their front door.

AlphaFrog · #5 03-14-2007, 08:25 AM

We had keys for our house. We also had the "no ASA" keychains rule.

AlphaFrog · #6 03-14-2007, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by ΑΓΔSquirrel10

We have to swipe our student ID card to get in the front, and there is a code for the back that only the sisters who live in the house know about. Your card has to be programmed for the house.

Does the whole chapter have their cards programmed to get it, or just those who live in the house?

Our chapter, only sisters who lived in the house got a key.

WVU alpha phi · #7 03-14-2007, 05:37 PM

Our house doors lock automatically when they're closed. Only in-house girls have a key. We also have the "no Alpha Phi memorabilia" on our keychains rule if you live in the house.

AlexMack · #8 03-15-2007, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by minDyG

Is it common to have keys to your house? We just had a code that we put in the back door to the house that only initiated sisters were told. Even if you don't have your letters on a keychain, if someone who knows what organization you're in finds your keys, it wouldn't be too dificult to break in to the house. I know the same could be said of living anywhere but that's putting more than just yourself at risk--that's a whole houseful of girls (or guys).

That's what we have, hence I have no way of getting in the house. It was even worse for New Member meetings which I was inevitably late for, because I'd have to call the house phone to be let in when there was no one downstairs, which there typically wasn't. The code was changed every semester.

#9 03-12-2007, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

Oh, yeah. And not just the events. Kids put addresses and contact info out there. It's a stalker's paradise.

I see girls with their cell phone numbers on there all the time.

When I was an undergrad, the Board of Publications put out a Student Directory each year with the addresses and phone number we had listed with the Admissions Dept. It wasn't that big of a deal before, but after a while people got more and more concerned with privacy issues that they quit publishing them my senior year. It was a waste of paper, anyway.

Some people just don't think. You're basically asking for stalkers to come and get you!

UGAalum94 · #10 03-12-2007, 06:19 PM

Yeah, it's weird how our perceptions have changed.

Most of us aren't bothered by traditional phone book listings. But when you are online with a "map it" function, it's get's really weird, really fast.

But really, a picture, a name, an address and phone numbers all in one place and open to anyone who will register: not such a good thing.

33girl · #11 03-12-2007, 07:08 PM

Wait a minute - let me get this straight - this is an UNDERGRAD doing this?

An undergrad who is an active member of a sorority?

And she's the ONLY one checking this?

Umm, this is kind of like having one person on Panhel be the one to decide who did and who didn't commit rush infractions and - wonder of wonders - her sorority didn't, and the sorority that's her chapter's biggest rival did.

Imagine having one person on the Supreme Court.

Either the sororities should be self-policing according to guidelines from their HQ or set by their chapter, or the Greek advisor should be spot checking, but there is NO WAY IN HELL (ooh, bad word) that one undergrad should have that kind of power over the entire sorority community on ANYTHING.

I would definitely make up a nickname for her, leak it to all the other sororities, and then create a group called "Dalina Terrina = Adolf Hitler" or something of the like. It would be funny to see if she would be stupid enough to join it herself without knowing what it was about.

lyrica9 · #12 03-12-2007, 07:37 PM

i have my phone number on my profile, but i also have it super restricted as to who can see it. yay for a varied myriad of privacy features.

but while we're on the topic, my boyfriend sent me this video link about facebook that's a bit disturbing:

http://albumoftheday.com/facebook/

UGAalum94 · #13 03-12-2007, 07:58 PM

The additional information on that site (at the bottom of the video) was a little conspiracy theorist for my taste, but again, paying attention to what you are making public particularly in one location is REALLY important.

CZAXOTerp · #14 03-12-2007, 08:15 PM

wow that little video thing makes me glad I don't have a facebook page...