At 12:41 +0100 23/6/10, Christopher Eddie wrote:
>hello
>
>last week we were informed that a company called 2Sugars is listing
>our website (www.ox.ac.uk) on their portfolio page
>(www.2sugars.net/portfolio.html)
>
>They do not explicitly state that they have done work for us, or
>anyone else on that page, but the intention is clear - this is our
>portfolio of work and clients.
>
>We have had nothing to do with them and they certainly have not had
>anything to do with our website. When I contacted them to point this
>out and ask that they remove us from the page their Customer
>Services Manager, Krystal Wilson, told me that someone there had
>done work for someone at Oxford but that I would need to make a
>formal request in writing to their head office to have us removed
>from their page.
>
>I asked who they had dealt with at Oxford but she declined to tell
>me (client confidentiality!) and now considered the matter closed.
>Needless to say I have now passed this over to our Legal Services
>Office.
>
>The point of this email is firstly to alert you to this company and
>their use of misrepresentation (in addition to Oxford they allude to
>having clients like the BBC, NHS, Four Seasons Hotel group, Cafe
>Rouge, etc.) so you may want to check to see if you are there too.
>
>Secondly to ask if anyone has had any dealings with them, and
>finally to ask if anyone else has found themselves in a similar
>situation and how you dealt with it?
>
I notice that they don't actually say on that page that they played
any part in the sites they show, just that that they are 'Some of our
fav sites'. I would imagine that a letter from your legal services
bods suggesting that they are implying you are clients when you're
not should sort them out.
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