Tuesday 12 January 2010

Everyclick - a privacy issue?

I have just heard back from everyclick, and unfortunately with regard to online privacy it s not good news.

Now that their new website has gone live, there are no user privacy settings. This means that if you choose to use everyclick to raise funds, your name will be displayed publicly on their site. If you had a private page previously it is now publicly viewable.

The suggestion they have made is to change the contents of the name field to junk. It is a suggestion I have taken them up on. For users with similar concerns I would suggest doing the same before the page is archived or cached, as Date of Birth is also available though your settings and name and DOB can be used for a lot of malicious damage.

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