Well, haven’t I opened a can of worms with my post on Facebook and Bigsight!
All sorts of information has been sent to me by different people, and it has been pointed out to me that there are in fact three profiles of me on Wink.com.
In the meantime, the option to delete a profile from Bigsight has been made a one click process.
The Wink profiles work in a similar manner to Bigsight, gathering information from social networking sites such as Linkedin, Myspace and Facebook, and making it available on their website.
Fine, no problem, because I have profiles all over the place. Having one in one place is quite handy, right?
Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!
At least as far as Wink is concerned!
Click on the more information link about me, and you will get a list of people with the name ‘Allan Cockerill’ who reside in the US.
Not a problem for me at the moment, because I am residing in the wonderful land of Oz, but access to information on people in other parts of the world wouldn’t be too hard to access!
Pick the ‘Allan Cockerill’ that you want want information on though, and you have the opportunity to purchase a report on him, including credit history, income and so on.
I checked the profile of a friend in the US (who I won’t name for obvious reasons), and found a link there for a ‘background check’, which I could purchase.
This is all done through a site called Intelius.com
Now, it’s no use shutting the gate after the horse has bolted, but I have been doing a bit of editing on my profiles, erasing information that people just don’t need to know about.
As I wrote the other day, We are prisoners of our own device!
Once you submit information to a website, it is open for everyone to see.
I’m not saying that everyone should go and shut down their account, but what I am saying is this: Your Privacy Is Your Concern!
Do not put anything in your profile that you don’t want others to see… stay tuned for updates!
