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You didn't buy this forum because you liked a bit of fishing though. I think you bought it for one reason, another load of private data to exploit. That's how you make your money or it wasn't to build a nice online community. If I am wrong I am ready listen though.
The site was owned by a company before we acquired it. Some of the other sites we acquired on the same network were passed through companies three times before we arrived. Noone would have been able to afford to pay for a site like this if they just fancied a bit of fishing. The site has to pay for itself, it's why there are ads on the page. As far as your private data, I can tell you the only private things we have are your IP, your email, and an encrypted password. The first two are shown to anyone you send an email to and nearly any service you use your email to verify your login info with. You're IP is visible to every site you visit. We do not sell or share your email address, that would be about as useful as selling a phonebook, not to mention against our own privacy policy and multiple international privacy laws. We did not build a nice online community, bought and paid for one, and plan to continue to maintain it to protect and grow our investment. This is the same as every previous owner before us.
-Philip