Worried- personal info found on Google after comping

mrsmac1

Hi everyone, not sure if this is the right place to post this but - last night I googled my name (as you do) and was excited (at first) to see my name listed under a link for bauer (publishers) puzzles and codebreakers. It turns out that instead of finding that I had won something when I tried to open the link I couldn't but I clicked on the preview where it said cached and found my full home address, my email address and my mobile no. There are lots of other names and addresses listed too - it looks like a list of all those who entered. The competition I entered seems to be from Jan. 2009. I'm extremely annoyed about this - does anyone know who I should report this to or how to get it removed? Also, are any of you also on the list?

blossomhill_2

Worrying for you
You need to check the T&Cs of the comp to see what you agreed to when you signed up to them, and then if they have been breached, report company to the Information Commisioner

HappyMJ

mrsmac1 wrote: »

Hi everyone, not sure if this is the right place to post this but - last night I googled my name (as you do) and was excited (at first) to see my name listed under a link for bauer (publishers) puzzles and codebreakers. It turns out that instead of finding that I had won something when I tried to open the link I couldn't but I clicked on the preview where it said cached and found my full home address, my email address and my mobile no. There are lots of other names and addresses listed too - it looks like a list of all those who entered. The competition I entered seems to be from Jan. 2009. I'm extremely annoyed about this - does anyone know who I should report this to or how to get it removed? Also, are any of you also on the list?

Can you post the link to the list of names?

brightonman123

http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=164734&hl=en_gb

mrsmac1

The link won't open but you can view it through google I just typed in my name and under the results it said bauer2.hbauer.co.uk/archive/compo_export/puzzles_archive.txt when I tried to open the link it said the page couldn't be found but I could view google's cache of the page and there are well over 100 names on it.

Enigmatic_Me

I think this has been mentioned before although not 100% sure it is with this site.

I don't see any point in worrying. If someone wants your personal details there are ways and means of finding them.

Just look at Facebook for instance how much people post on there? I often wonder if insurance companies now check FB to see if people post things like "off on our hols next week" then when the peeps find they have been burgled when they come home, I wonder if you have announced it on FB would the insurance co pay the claim??

Another example is looks at how many comps we serious compers enter. How many sites are our details with? What if they had their database stolen, office ransacked. As I said, if someone wants your details they can be easily obtained,

Seriously I wouldn't worry about it, when you use the internet you are taking a risk by leaving your details with anyone.

mrsmac1

I have requested that the page be removed by google - thanks Brightonman123! Hopefully this will work.

HappyMJ

mrsmac1 wrote: »

I have requested that the page be removed by google - thanks Brightonman123! Hopefully this will work.

Hopefully but google won't be the only search engine that has it stored there will be more.

There's quite a few from 09 that got through security. Hope they fix it and delete your names soon.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=bauer2.hbauer.co.uk%2Farchive%2Fcompo_export%2Fpuzzles_archive.txt&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:unofficial&client=firefox-a#q=hbauer.co.uk+compo_export&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=5mC&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:unofficial&prmd=imvns&filter=0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=b53e645ed3c6a495&biw=1280&bih=671

Amilucky?

Many thanks mrsmac1 for bringing this to my attention

Here are the contact details for the puzzle magazines I have sent them an email to say that personal information from there website has leaked on to the internet and that they may be in breach of The Data Protection Act 1998

http://www.bauer.co.uk/magazineprofiles/42

Helen Greenwood
Regional Advertising Manager Telephone:0161 877 7455 Fax:0161 877 8738 Email:[EMAIL="helen.greenwood@bauer.co.uk"]helen.greenwood@bauer.co.uk[/EMAIL]

Louise Arden
Senior Sales Executive Telephone:020 7075 0783 Fax:020 7075 0786 Email:[EMAIL="louise.arden@bauer.co.uk"]louise.arden@bauer.co.uk[/EMAIL]

Adam Sach
Production Executive Telephone:020 7075 0796 Fax:020 7075 0786 Email:[EMAIL="adam.sach@bauer.co.uk"]adam.sach@bauer.co.uk[/EMAIL]

there are a lot more links to peoples personal info if after you search you click on
repeat the search with the omitted results included.

if your name appears you may wish to do the same

brightonman123

go to google, then trawl through their privacy section (at bottom of page?)

Amilucky?

brightonman123 wrote: »

go to google, then trawl through their privacy section (at bottom of page?)

From the above

H Bauer Publishing will treat your personal information with the utmost respect and is subject to Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of individuals with regard to processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, the Data Protection Act 1998, and any other applicable data protection laws and regulations.

which leads us to

http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/information_society/data_protection/l14012_en.htm

and the excerpt from the above
the confidentiality and security of processing: any person acting

under the authority of the controller or of the processor, including the processor himself, who has access to personal data must not process them except on instructions from the controller. In addition, the controller must implement appropriate measures to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access;