Comments on: somaps.com Using Sex Offender Registries as Marketing Lists

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 14:13:00 +0000

In reply to Florida Action Committee. money coming today

By: Wm

Wm — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 13:03:05 +0000

I see in my Informed Delivery that I am getting a postcard in the mail today… is it legal for people to use the registry to market their products/ services?

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 13:29:07 +0000

In reply to Ben.

What if you are “grandfathered” into this residency restriction (convicted pre-2004) and you have exclusions to these zones.
Miami-Dade is a good example. If you are living in one of these zones, legally, and you have this app, it would be going off constantly. Telling you that you are in a “no-go zone”.
I moved into my house in 1999, when their were no residency restrictions. There is a park not 250 feet from my house. Broward Sheriffs Office told me I am good to go. I have no restrictions on this park (except the kids playground 1/2 mile away). Which I can barely make it to the park itself, never mind a walk more than 2500 feet (one way); I have Stage 4 (end stage COPD with a 25% lung capacity) .
I walk my 2 dogs into the edge of the park, they do their “business”, sniff some trees and I leave…. For the past 17 years.
I have met cops while IN the park, with my dogs. They know me and say that I am good to go, no violation. (One saw that I was having trouble breathing and offered to get Medical Aid for me).

Maybe this guy with this “app” is a sex-offender turned cop informant? Trying to hem people up. We dont know. I DO KNOW that I am very wary of anyone trying to offer me help; especially sending me garbage in the mail labeled….
ATTENTION SEX OFFENDER

By: Florida Action Committee

Florida Action Committee — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:55:37 +0000

In reply to Ben.

Very few people contribute to our current lawsuits – that’s why we have such a hard time getting them off the ground. If more people pitched in we’d be able to get more suits going.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 01:57:42 +0000

Oh, and I just got one of these postcards today. Not happy. Would be happy to post a pic of it. As a group, RSOs could collectively file a class action and a cease and desist on this guy. I’d be happy to join that one, too.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 01:53:21 +0000

You only need something like this if you’re excluded from those zones.

My advice: Get a local map from your closest GIS office with locally recognized buffer zones around schools, parks, and day cares. Private day cares that pop up in your neighborhood don’t count.

By: Florida Action Committee

Florida Action Committee — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 19:07:32 +0000

In reply to Luther.

Luther – you don’t need to give them information about yourself. You’re walking around with it!

By: Luther

Luther — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 18:16:41 +0000

I understand why several are upset with this man for sending a postcard with SEX OFFENDER posted in red at the top of the card.. however.. I voluntarily put an app on my phone that lets me know when I’m getting too close to areas that I, personally, don’t want to be around (CSZfree from the PlayStore). I find it very helpful. AND .. I didn’t have to give them any information about myself to use it.

By: Nicholas Maietta

Nicholas Maietta — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 18:03:03 +0000

In reply to WesternDichotomy. So far, everything checks out as Mark being owner and operator of the somaps.com website. At this point though I believe we need to reach out to him to see what his motives are.

By: Florida Action Committee

Florida Action Committee — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 15:15:40 +0000

In reply to Nicholas Maietta. Agree with all you've said.