From: hadulzo@attbi.com
Date: Mon Jan 20 2003 - 12:42:41 CST
This has been available for several years at www.reversephonedirectory.com
> This is not directly related to any scouting issue, other than a concern for
> everyone's privacy, and something you may with to pass along to the families
> of the youth you work with. I apologize for the cross-posting and the
> off-topic nature of this post, but feel it is important information to pass
> along. This is not a hoax - I check it out for myself, and indeed I found
> way more than I wanted to about myself by entering our home phone and work #
> too. I have gone thru the steps as outlined below to have the personal
> information removed but I don't know how long that will take. As of yet,
> I've seen no difference for our personal info.
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> You need to be aware of a potential personal privacy issue related to the
> popular search engine Google (www.google.com). There is a new feature that
> makes it possible to type a telephone number into Google's search bar, click
> the search button, and have a MapQuest page returned as a result. Any person
> wishing to discover the physical location of a phone number, be it a home or
> business address, could use this feature to locate a physical street
> address, and receive explicit directions on how to get there from anywhere
> in the country. One positive use of this feature could be to determine the
> location of, say, an adverse party for whom you may only have a telephone
> number. On a negative note, this feature could also be used by an angry
> party to find out where you live. Google has made available an option that
> will allow anyone to remove their telephone number from the database that is
> linked to the mapping feature.
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> You will first need to check if your number is listed in this manner by
> attempting a search - entering your full telephone number separated by
> dashes (e.g., 404-524-5811). If the number appears in the mapping database,
> an icon resembling a telephone will appear next to the first or second entry
> on the results page. Clicking on this icon will take you to a page
> containing a description of the service, and a link to request your number
> be removed from the database.
>
> Yours in Scouting,
> Signe Rogers
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