This is why I give companies as little information as possible. They don’t give a damn about my personal info and any penalties for breaching privacy laws are nothing compared to what they are receiving from advertisers to open data up. So they don’t care if too much data gets exposed to the advertisers.

I use different dates of birth for different companies. never give my pps number to anyone but the revenue. use different emails and passwords between secure websites. And don’t accept cold calls, have lodged foi requests in the past.

I never really cared for online security until facebook got as popular as it has. All of a sudden I’d be getting spamed by friends who had used insecure apps without a second thought (I suppose finding out your the Pink Power Ranger was too important).

That was the cue to change as much on facebook and other sites as possible. My facebook email is an account with no info on me that I use solely for registering for things that require an email address to get access to thing.

Everyone should check their online presence, how much can be found out about you with a google search of your name and commonly used usernames. The results will shock you if you’ve never done it.

Stupid, stupid, stupid story. If you don’t want your privacy to be accessed. Then don’t give out private details on the internet. At the end of the day, facebook can only find out what you put in.

I have and always will operate under the basic premise of if it’s highly sensitive then don’t put it online. I restrict view of certain things on sites such as Facebook, for obscurity purposes but in reality I would never post anything online that I wouldn’t be happy sharing with the world. The internet is not a secure place; never was and possibly never will be. Doesn’t stop it being useful for lots of things though.

change my email address to
tscanlon2@gmail.com

Well said John Mack…. is that really your name! If only everyone took your advice and used it!
Well done.
Paranoia is only a heightened state of self awareness!

Apple’s iPhone is NOT capable of tracking a person’s every move. This myth was debunked by Apple http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/04/27/apple_issues_statement_on_ios_location_controversy_says_fix_is_coming.html a FORTNIGHT ago, and they have since released the promised software update.

You should edit the text of your article, Jennifer.