By Claude Almansi
Editor, Accessibility Issues
In Ning’s New Deadline for Pay-Only: Aug. 30, I quoted the announcement of the new deadline set by Ning for paying to keep a network online. It now turns out that creators of Ning networks that won’t do so cannot delete them anymore. In view of this, the following passage in the announcement of the new deadline becomes worrying:
…As a result, we have extended the deadline for selecting one of the three new plans (Ning Mini, Plus and Pro) to August 30, 2010. Beginning on this date, we will block access to any free Ning Network that isn’t subscribed to one of the three plans.
“block access” – and not “delete” – this means that after August 30, Ning will have sole access to, and use of:
- the content posted in these networks
- the profile data of all members of these networks, which include their e-mail addresses.
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