Do you value your privacy? Read this! (UK)

[mhku]

This is not a joke email, there are no funny pop-ups...

A website has been brought to my attention that may pose a risk. The
website is www.b4usearch.com and by clicking on 'People' and typing in
an individuals name and area it brings up their home address, phone
number, details of other members in the household, details of neighbours
in the same street and also directions to your home.

I would advise that if your details can be accessed via this website,
that you have them removed. To do this send an email to
privacy@b4u.co.uk and your request should be removed within 21 days if
they are not removed within this time you can complain to the
Information Commissioner's Office by sending an email to
compliance@ico.gsi.gov.uk



Please pass this on to others you may consider it is useful to....

 

[Analoguesat]

Its not very accurate - 4 out of the 9 houses in our hamlet are missing completely



If thats the sort of accuracy they can muster its not much to worry about.

 

[wod]

i'm not on there so nothing to worry about it doesn't seem that good a site anyway

 

[rolfw]

Don't particularly like these type of sites, it looks like they are using the local phone book and possibly the commercial version of the electoral roll as a database.

I guess that it's yet another site trying to insinuate themselves into the search process, I must get two new service/company finders a month, trying to tell me that they have hundreds of people searching for my services.

 

[>COR<]

!

Didn't get an hit on us in Holland

Looks we're not important to them O-Ha

 

[rolfw]

Did you put Cheese in as a search criterea Cor?

 

[RedDevil_UK]

whats the panic?

you put my name in and you get my address and wifes name...... Just ask ill tell you anyway

and if you want to come round for a brew, ill email a route to you aswell.


this is only a threat if your famous and dont want people camping outside your house, the likes of us have nothing to worry about.

 

[BadWithComputer]

Its easy enough to find out where somebody lives nowadays, then you could use a GPS to give you directions to there house. And as for the invite for a brew red devil, do you have any Earl Gray tea? Im posh you see...

 

[>COR<]

We all leave telltale traces on the Net ;)

If i google my hamcallsign, i get loads of pages where i wrote in ham based site's like mods.dk for the modifications done by me on my hamradio's, and thrue hamcall servers my details can be found as well.

But, it doesn't hurt to be an bit carefull

Cheers,

Cor

 

[spiney]

Er, doesn't doing anything there risk putting their spyware on your computer, then they know even more? Maybe not, just a thought.