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Another use for Facebook - Telling you your home has been reposessed!

by Jim Stewart
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Amazing use of technology and yet...... It leaves a bad taste in my mouth...

Superpoked and served: Australian court approves use of Facebook to notify couple of home repossession | Mail Online
#facebook #home #reposessed #telling
  • Profile picture of the author grumpyjacksa
    wonder if the bank has a privacy policy......

    almost as if the house was too difficult to find........

    sic
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  • Profile picture of the author Leanne King
    I read that this morning with mouth hanging open

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  • Profile picture of the author Dan Ambrose
    That is some crazy &^%$!

    When will it (facebook looking to rule the world) ever end?

    Daniel
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  • Profile picture of the author steven90210
    And just when you thought they had thought of everything else,
    something new comes up (in a bad way of course).

    What will they think of next?

    Having facebook tell you that your wife is cheating on you, your company plans to sack you, or that your car is getting towed away in the next 15 min? Geez.

    Steve.
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  • Profile picture of the author greenovni
    What happens if you have a facebook account that you never check?
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    • Profile picture of the author nathanj
      Originally Posted by grumpyjacksa View Post

      wonder if the bank has a privacy policy......

      almost as if the house was too difficult to find........

      sic
      Don't think it had much to do with the bank's privacy policy. They are owed money and interest which then goes through the courts to make those responsible pay up. The courts decided, after multiple attempts over a number of months to 'serve' those responsible, that their regularly used facebook account was the best possible option.

      Originally Posted by greenovni View Post

      What happens if you have a facebook account that you never check?
      They would have monitored their accounts just with messages being sent, applications being added etc, which can be done without the help of facebook's administration or consent. That's the only way the courts would have accepted the option, if they knew they would have had a good chance of correctly 'serving' them.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dantplayer
    That is pretty random. I had a wedding invitation on facebook a few weeks ago. They said "Please RSVP here on facebook (and be serious about it) because that way we will know how many people are coming..."
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