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    💖 HALF OF A HOMESTEAD ISLAND WITH 2500 PRIMS 💖

    in Homestead

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    Dear Resident,

    Available for rent today is half of a sim located on a calm residential island without any lag. This tropical beach island comes with 2500 prims to build your home and is 32768 meters large in terrain surface.

    The measurements for this particular island are 128 by 256 meters. The island comes with both sunrise and sunset views on the ocean surrounding your landscape.

    This luxurious island location is ideal for those who are looking to have their privacy in world. This beautiful beach environment comes surrounded by mountain landscapes so none of your neighbors or their builds are visible.

    You will be able to enjoy stunning visuals and scenery as you design your very own island. This pristine garden location will provide you with a calm environment to have your home in Second Life virtual world.

    This gorgeous island comes with both Sunrise and Sunset views for your pleasure. It is also possible to terraform the terrain of your island to your liking which allows you to create what you have in mind. 

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    The island is located on the Dreamworld islands in Second Life which is a high-quality group of islands founded by Count Burks Estates and providing a home for many Second Life residents for years.

    To visit the island do click the Teleport link:  CLICK HERE TO TELEPORT

    The rent for the island can be paid per week or per month as you desire to the tier meter which is located in the corner of the island.

    When you have any questions IM Count Burks directly in world.

     

    I am looking forward to meeting you in world soon.

     

    Count Burks

    Count Burks Estates - Excellent Land For A Modest Price

    https://www.countburks.com

    Has anyone else noticed the B[xxxx] accounts?

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted · Edited by Count Burks

    12 minutes ago, Rowan Amore said:

    To be fair, anyone visiting studio-skye's website has access to that information.  Anyone from SL.who links their RL info to their SL website makes it public information.  They don't need to visit the bonnie bell website first.

    no but that particular website provides the RL income of this person which it should not do. That is the entire thing with these data miners and how they are using the data. It can be linked easily. That is exactly why there are such strict laws about it. You would be surprised how little information is needed to connect avatar accounts to RL identity information. Making people their RL income public through data scraping a website should not be allowed.

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    Has anyone else noticed the B[xxxx] accounts?

    in General Discussion Forum

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    1 minute ago, Myra Loveless said:

    As per https://secondlife.com/app/tos/tos.php

    In short, if you don't want your parcel being publicly accessible, restrict access to it. It's your responsibility to maintain the access to the parcel.

    And I'm not going to. As I said previously, I'm not obligated to answer such questions because I'm not a part of it. I'm just here discussing the facts of the matter. Just because I correct people when they say it's against the TOS doesn't mean I am the person who runs the bonnie bots. It means I'm a person who saw a false allegation and corrected it.

    If you want an answer to that question, go ask Bonnie. Message one of the bots. There's a human on the other end. Try to be respectful. If you go and start acting all high and mighty and indignant, you might get sassed. That's just how human interaction works.

     

    That question makes no sense, but looking at the site, I only see your avatar's profile on their profile search. Your profile is public information. The only thing on the site that is tied to your avatar is stuff you have chosen to make publicly available via your profile.

    I also don't see any reason to believe that they're storing who wears what attachments or who visits what sim. Seems to me that would multiply the data storage by a considerable amount, and with no actual added utility. So unless you can show me that they do, I have no reason to believe that they do.

    Ok, but I'm only talking about real life identity because people bring up privacy laws and that's what privacy laws are about, real life identity.

     

    *ahem* That data is public information see the following image:

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    I wouldn't doubt it if Bonnie is getting it directly from the marketplace webpage and simply logging it. I doubt Bonnie is capable of reading in-world transactions with in-world vendors, or person to person transactions.

    I love how you failed to provide the GDPR's definition of personal data.

    Did you know that laws include definitions to prevent people from making up what ever definition they want and trying to apply it to the law? Here's the GDPR's definition of personal data.

    An avatar is not a natural person. Unless you have gone and doxed yourself on your profile, there is no way to know that you, whoever you are in the real world, wears Leutka teeth without a Leutka head. I use that example only because I find it highly amusing that Leutka teeth is one of the top attachments according to Bonnie, but Leutka heads are buried several pages in.

    I've said something to this effect repeatedly... If you're going to cite laws, make sure you're actually correct about it. Better yet, consult a lawyer.

    I just identified a RL person in the example above. Took two minutes. Law applies no doubt about this.

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    Has anyone else noticed the B[xxxx] accounts?

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Myra Loveless said:

    I already addressed this on a previous page. The DPA only covers non-anonymized data. There is no way for any of the data to be linked back to you as a person in the real world. If there is, I would love to know what way that is. Would you care to illucidate? How exactly does "a lot of people wear Leutka Teeth without a Leutka head" lead back to your real world identity? I really want to know how that works.

     

    So the data is anonymous is it?

    According to your website this content creator is earning www.studio-skye.com 3.000000 L$ per month. This is 12000 USD a month. He is raking it in, he is netting 144000 US$ a year from his Second Life income.

    You made that public. But it is ok because he is anonymous right? Well going to his website I find this Solafirma Limited SC410569

    How hard is it now to find the rest. I already did it, I have his full name, his RL address etc.... I know everything about this individual now. Who he is, where he lives, how much his income is.

    See how I linked your data to a RL individual within 2 minutes?

    @Linden Lab I hope that you are reading this, by allowing this bot farmer to scrape user data you are bringing Second Life users and content creators into unsafe situations. This is why what you are doing is wrong and not allowed by law.

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    Has anyone else noticed the B[xxxx] accounts?

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    1 minute ago, Myra Loveless said:

     

    I do not fail to understand the word consent. You gave your consent by agreeing to the TOS.
     

    To summarize, by agreeing to the TOS, you granted other users a license to reproduce, distribute, prepare dirivative works of, and display data that you have made available in public areas of Second Life. You consented. If you want to take that consent back, then you are legally obligated to discontinue use Second Life. Simply logging in reaffirms that consent.

    BonnieBots - Marketplace

    I am sure that content creators will be pleased how you are spying on how much they are making. Displaying people their RL income on some website is just rude and not done. You are aggressively scraping user data. As mentioned above you are not a third party employed by Linden Lab. I did not give you consent to teleport into my regions and extract data and bother residents.

    Linden Lab needs to comply with EU regulations regarding data privacy. The general data protection regulation - Consilium (europa.eu)

    Rights of individuals

    The GDPR lists the rights of the data subject, meaning the rights of the individuals whose personal data is being processed. These strengthened rights give individuals more control over their personal data, including through:

    • the need for an individual's clear consent to the processing of his or her personal data
    • easier access for the data subject to his or her personal data
    • the right to rectification, to erasure and ‘to be forgotten’
    • the right to object, including to the use of personal data for the purposes of ‘profiling’
    • the right to data portability from one service provider to another

    The regulation also lays down the obligation for controllers (those who are responsible for the processing of data) to provide transparent and easily accessible information to individuals on the processing of their data.

     

    You are aggressively profiling individuals and businesses in Second Life without being given permission to do so. If you think for a moment Linden Lab does not care about complying with EU  law and regulations look at what happened to Gacha machines. 

    It is amazing that Linden Lab would allow you to further display people their RL income from the Marketplace, making them a target. You might want to do your research before following a path that could get you a lot of headaches.

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    Has anyone else noticed the B[xxxx] accounts?

    in General Discussion Forum

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    On 12/17/2022 at 5:40 PM, bonniebelle81 said:

    In all seriousness though, I'm happy to answer questions about the "original" B[xxx] bots.  We attempt to visit all regions at least once a day and are certainly not stalking anyone.  I'm sorry if we gave you guys a fright.  Quarz, I'm so sorry if we made your job moderating more difficult!  Do let me know if there's anything we can do to help.  

    Where did you ask for permission to come and scrape data on the servers I lease from Linden Lab? Ever heard about the Data Protection Act and the fines it comes with? 

    I am tired of seeing your bots teleport in all the time and having to mass ban them. You are disturbing Second Life residents who are paying money to rent or lease their virtual property. You are doing this without asking permission for your own entertainment. 

    @Linden Lab @Keira Linden 

    This strongly reminds me of redzone and it didn't end very well for Redzone. I did have to ban around 80 bots so far this week after opening a ticket with Linden Lab. In recent months bots have become a pest. I have an increase in complaints from residents asking me about who these strange avatars are that hang above their land and not answer them. Every morning I need to filter through reports from bot accounts who have been visiting islands for no reason.

    @Linden Lab has a bot policy stating bots cannot become a nuisance in welcome areas. But bots can become a nuisance to paying customers? Linden Lab Official:Bot policy - Second Life Wiki

    You are scraping user data without being given permission. You violate people their privacy by entering their region or parcel to collect this data. You are putting increased load on the grid and hammering Linden Lab their servers with all your needless teleports day in day out. Resources for which other people need to pay absurd taxes and fees.

    You are also not contributing to the resident experience in world with your bot farm, which leads to less income for Linden Lab, so you are in fact costing Linden Lab money.

    Bots are fine if they are being used as an npc, during roleplay or to model avatar skins and clothing or as a tool to help people in world. What you are doing is scraping data with your bot farm by spying on people and their whereabouts in world. Invading their regions and parcels just because you think you can.

     

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    🌞🌴 Beautiful Beach Corner Island Sunset View 1/4 Sim 1250 Prim 🌴🌞

    in Homestead

    Posted · Edited by Count Burks

    Dear Resident,

    Available for rent is a tropical beach location on a calm residential island without any lag. This tropical beach island comes with 1250 prims to build and a size of 16384 meters with full terraforming capabilities and beautiful views on the ocean.

    This luxurious island location is ideal for those who are looking to have their privacy in world. This beach area is surrounded by mountain landscapes so that non of your neighbors or their builds are visible. You will be able to enjoy stunning visuals and scenery as you design your very own island. This pristine beach will provide you with a calm environment to have your home in Second Life virtual world.

    mp1.png.da957878de8b6231c3067593d84e6649.png

    The island is located on the Dreamworld islands in Second Life which is a high quality group of islands founded by Count Burks Estates and providing a home for many Second Life residents for years.

    To visit the island do click the Teleport link:  CLICK HERE TO TELEPORT

    You can also visit Count Burks on the Second Life Marketplace for more land parcels: VISIT MARKETPLACE

    The rent for the island can be paid per week or per month as you desire to the tier meter which is located in the corner of the island. The rent for this super property is extremely affordable. The tier details for this island are displayed on the land itself.

    When you have any questions IM Count Burks directly in world.

     

    I am looking forward to meet you in world.

     

    Count Burks

    Count Burks Estates - Excellent Land For A Modest Price

    https://www.countburks.com

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