Checklist on your Personal Information

• Is your user ID obviously female? How much of your name does it reveal?

• Check your .sig file for personal info such as your full name, address (even just city and state), workplace, and phone numbers.
  
• Have ICQ?  Remove any information in your Global Directory (user's details) that could tell a person who you are or where you are.   Check that the email address listed is not your personal email.  Use one of the free one's on the internet.

• Use finger to see what kinds of information might be listed about you, especially if you have a .edu account.   If you think finger reveals too much about you, edit your .plan file or contact your system administrator for help.

• Does your Web site contain a photo, a resume, your name, address, or phone numbers? Any information about friends, family, or the area where you live?

• Check your source code to make sure registration information (like your name) hasn't been inserted by your HTML editor. 

• Internet directories. Remember six months ago when you put your resume on that BBS? Did you ever leave personal information at someone's Web site for all to see?   Check Web/Usenet search engines (Alta Vista, WebCrawler) and 411 phone directories for your name.

• Is your phone number listed in the local phone book? Your address? Could someone conceivably make a link between your online information and what's in the local phone directories?

• How easy would it be for someone to find you at work? What kinds of security measures do you have there?
  

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