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« : Thursday 27 May 2010, 12:01:24 am »
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Hi everyone,

The issue has been raised by some new members about entering competitions and having their personal details on the internet including name, address and phone number.

I thought I'd start this thread to help other compers long and short term to possibly ease the concerns that some may have. We'd love your input good and bad, also tips that anyone might have.

ie: create a free email address for competition entering only

Please post away and help your fellow compers  Smile
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« Reply #1 : Thursday 27 May 2010, 12:32:02 am »
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Good point mininesslyn, for those with these concerns.

As a comper for nearly 5 years now here at ACC, i have NEVER encountered any problems

entering competitions with my personal details.  Smile

If we do come across anything a bit suss with a site, we do let all our members know

about it.  Smile

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« Reply #2 : Thursday 27 May 2010, 12:39:51 am »
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Some of my, along with some other people's details were supplied via the e-mail itself by someone who, amongst other things, was sending me some details about a competition.

If someone wants to pm me, I will advise members as to which site that it came from.
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« Reply #3 : Thursday 27 May 2010, 01:07:04 am »
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with your email account you use for comping and also for the competitions that require you to set up a profile/username/password make sure you make up a fairly difficult password ie a combination of BOTH uppercase and lowercase letters and numbers.  My original password wasn't strong enough and someone hacked into my email and sent spam to all my contacts.
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« Reply #4 : Thursday 27 May 2010, 06:27:51 am »
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Don't use the same password for comps as you do everything else... 
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« Reply #5 : Thursday 27 May 2010, 08:59:23 pm »
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Is anyone here on Facebook  just for the comps? After all the latest hooha about Facebook privacy, I'm wondering whether it would be worth it. Hubby says it is very insecure, could I join up just for the comps without doing anything else? How much info do I need to display? Thanks in advance for any tips  Smile
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« Reply #6 : Thursday 27 May 2010, 09:10:37 pm »
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Is anyone here on Facebook  just for the comps? After all the latest hooha about Facebook privacy, I'm wondering whether it would be worth it. Hubby says it is very insecure, could I join up just for the comps without doing anything else? How much info do I need to display? Thanks in advance for any tips  Smile

You do not need to display a lot of information. Your name and date of birth amongst the information. Yes, I am on Facebook just for the competitions. However, I started only this month.
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« Reply #7 : Thursday 27 May 2010, 09:44:12 pm »
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It's not the amount of spam I get that bothers me, I just use free email accounts just for comping and keep family/business stuff seperate. What does bother me is the possibility of identity theft, I usually spell my first name a little differently ie a C instead of a K for Kathy and just use the short version of my name, I also only try to use "Cath" for comping purposes, family and friends don't call me that so if it's an actual letter that turns up here if it's got the short version of my name I know it's comp related. I also don't put my exact birth date in comps when they ask for it, usually off by a year or two.
I  have a fake name/ addy at the top of my email contact list just in case I manage to pick up something nasty that sends out to all my contacts, I read somewhere that if you have  a fake one at the top of the list it stopped going out to everyone else on the list once it couldn't go to the top one, don't know if it works or not but I figure it can't hurt. Laughing
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« Reply #8 : Thursday 27 May 2010, 09:50:09 pm »
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I have also been wondering about joining Facebook as there are more and more competitions where you need to be Facebook.  However I have no interest in Facebook and also worry about security.  I have never had any security problems re my email address/personal details.

sash76, your little boy is soooo cute!
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« Reply #9 : Thursday 27 May 2010, 10:53:32 pm »
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I have also been wondering about joining Facebook as there are more and more competitions where you need to be Facebook.  However I have no interest in Facebook and also worry about security.  I have never had any security problems re my email address/personal details.

sash76, your little boy is soooo cute!

Unfortunately, I have not been so fortunate. I sent a Resume off to a business, only to discover that it was a scam. This had all of my contact information along with contact details of 4 Referees.
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