Liesje
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I belong to another message board that also recently made a change like Interference did. Before the change, when members signed up they were asked for their first and last name, etc, but the sign-up indicated this information would not be part of the profile and kept private. Then, when they upgraded, the new forum software made that personal info public and Google cached it. Immediately people complained, and their techie person made the change to keep that information private. However, Google cached all those profiles with the personal info, so it's still basically public. After several additional complaints, the admins basically said they were sorry but there's nothing they can do. Now, my question is, do you think this web site is legally in the wrong for now allowing private information to be public and not trying to fix it? It's not a big deal at all, at least not to me, I'm thinking more in terms of the principle of the matter. Can a website ask you for personal info while promising to keep your privacy, then make a mistake and just say "oops...sorry, oh well" and not be held liable?