Comments on: Awareness of Online Personal Information

By: Brett Young

Brett Young — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:45:26 +0000

The best thing to do to monitor your name or reputation is to set up a Google Alert. If you do so, you don’t need to remember to do your Google search every once and a while–any time Google crawls and comes across what you want to be alerted about, you’ll get an email notice.

By: Larry Richman

Larry Richman — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:56:53 +0000

One way I try to mitigate that risk as the bishop of my ward is to become “friends” with all the youth in my ward who have Facebook accounts. I occasionally post messages on their “walls.” That way, they are reminded that their bishop can see everything on their sites. I think it helps them be more appropriate.

By: Shayne Packer

Shayne Packer — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:11:39 +0000

Online profiles, such as FaceBook and MySpace, are becoming very popular with the youth. Some youth post inappropriate language or photos. Some of our youth get the impression that anything they post online in their profiles can only be seen by their peers. Not so! Parents should counsel their youth to remember the church standards in whatever they say online.

By the way, when you google your name, put it in quotes. For example, I type “shayne packer”. It’s also interesting to compare the number of search results from time to time.

By: jph3

jph3 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:15:33 +0000

Along with Googling for names, including other types of info can be eye-opening as well. Like SSN, Driver’s License #, IP address, etc.

You never know what will turn up.

By: ldsartcollector.com

ldsartcollector.com — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:20:26 +0000

I think the 60 percent that don’t care what information is out there should think twice. If anything false is out there about you it can effect you in lots of ways.

http://www.ldsartcollector.com/