Timeline for Should I send a "cease-and-desist" letter to ResearchGate?
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| Jul 16, 2018 at 19:07 | history | protected | Alexandros | ||
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| Apr 18, 2016 at 17:51 | comment | added | juanrga | They created a fake profile with some of my works. I noted that they are also miss-attributing one of my works to two inexistent co-workers. I tried to join reclaiming the works as mine, but finally I received a email with them declining to give me an account. I accepted that but noted it is a bit strange that they create a fake profile with my works whereas reject me joining them. I requested them to delete the works archived in their site and to correct the miss-attribution issue. I received a email reply suggesting me to join them and then edit the page. LOL | |
| Jun 4, 2015 at 17:32 | answer | added | Paul Gowder | timeline score: 34 | |
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| Jul 11, 2014 at 17:53 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | @AdamDavis: Your comment seemed to be based on a very general assumption, and I pointed out that, even though it may lead to the correct conclusion here, your assumption is not as generally applicable as it would appear from your comment. This is relevant to the question and readership here as it can mean that a part of the reasoning in your comment requires further clarification about the extent and limits of its applicability. Also, please keep in mind that future visitors will hardly be in exactly the same specific situation. | |
| Jul 11, 2014 at 16:22 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | @AdamDavis: I did not claim this is necessarily related to this case. I just wanted to point out that the fact that the data is already publicly available somewhere is not always relevant. That said, a country that I can think of where personal data protection laws may prohibit the use of personal data without explicit written consent, even if that data is published somewhere - though a lawyer would be required to assess this particular case -, is Germany. One of the two addresses indicated on the contact page of ResearchGate is in Germany. Also, this is unrelated to intellectual property. | |
| Jul 11, 2014 at 8:50 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | ... mean the data can be used by 3rd parties. | |
| Jul 11, 2014 at 8:49 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | @AdamDavis: "To claim that they are infringing on your already public details isn't likely to win." - While maybe not applicable in this case, depending on where the portal in question is hosted/run, that depends entirely on the legislation. Some countries have laws about the protection of any data related to persons that generally outlaw any use of such data without explicit written consent, irrespective of whether the data is publicly accessible anywhere else. Things may be more complicated as this is info on authors of a published work, but being public itself does not automatically ... | |
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| Jun 30, 2014 at 16:17 | answer | added | Fiona - myaccessible.website | timeline score: 13 | |
| Jun 29, 2014 at 20:47 | comment | added | Has QUIT--Anony-Mousse | My question is mostly on whether this may be detrimental for my career. I don't want to invest a lot of effort or even money, but if I can send them a formal letter they can't just ignore, but have to reply somehow. | |
| Jun 29, 2014 at 18:14 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | I'll also mention that people appeared to like my use of the word quixotic in another answer; I think it may apply here as well. | |
| Jun 29, 2014 at 18:13 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | To clarify, your question is about the advisability of having yourself removed from ResearchGate (if possible), not about the advisability of any specific way of trying to achieve that? Many of the answers appear to address the question of whether it is advisable to issue legal threats. | |
| Jun 29, 2014 at 17:07 | history | edited | aeismail | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 29, 2014 at 14:22 | comment | added | mankoff | See current class-action law suit against LinkedIn for some ideas on legal action you and others might take against RG. | |
| Jun 29, 2014 at 14:15 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackAcademia/status/483252435339976704 | ||
| Jun 29, 2014 at 13:48 | history | edited | Has QUIT--Anony-Mousse | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 29, 2014 at 12:49 | answer | added | xLeitix | timeline score: 17 | |
| Jun 29, 2014 at 12:48 | answer | added | Bill Barth | timeline score: 25 | |
| Jun 29, 2014 at 12:15 | history | asked | Has QUIT--Anony-Mousse | CC BY-SA 3.0 |