Announcement Understand Online Privacy & Search Engine Capabilities

[Aviador]

Just a point to note as I don't think everyone understands that everything on here in the public forum is indexed by Google. This means everything within the forum is publicly available and in the public domain. This does not apply to our forums that are Private or to Conversations which can under most normal circumstances be regarded as private or semi private (not in the public domain).

If anybody wants information they post to the forums to be semi private ie. for (registered members only), first, avoid using actual names so if people are searching for their name on Google they wont find it here. Use initials of people you refer to rather than using actual names. You can also use BBCode spoilers (in the posting options) this enables you to hide information from members of the public who aren't registered with us. Members must remember than any member of the public can register to join our forums subject to the forum Terms of Service.

If we can fully validate your identity we maybe able to allow you access to private forums that are not in the public domain, subject to our TOS and privacy policies.

 

[JENNYJET]

As a wonderful resource, Google has given me, and us all access to all kinds of information that is not Classified. But it is also incideous by getting into areas we seek to keep private. I was traced by a tracing company that claimed Google as a fount of clues and they found me despite efforts to protect myself because of past employment and Irish background.

Being tracked down proved to be of no benefit to those persons behind the search!

 

[Ashley.S.]

FYI: "Spoilers" do not limit content from being viewed, it is just temporarily hidden from view automatically by some clever CSS and/or Javascript so users have to click a button, link, or content to be able to view said contents. Crawlers such as Google can still pick up the contents as plain text if posted within a public forum