Is there enough information about you on the web for someone to steal your identity? Very possibly.
Is there enough information available by phoning around or going through your bins. Definitely.
A blog post on the social networks, security, privacy and identity theft by New Statesman journalist Jason Stamper is well worth a read. Jason carried out his own experiment, using publicly available Foursquare and social network information to build up a profile of a stranger. Continue reading
At a PR industry summer conference Me and My Web Shadow got honorable mentions in a presentation by Stephen Waddington (a.k.a. @wadds to his Twitter connections), managing director of top London PR firm Speed Communications.
In the presentation, Stephen gives advice to people working in PR about how to look after their online reputation as a kind of “live CV” (North American reader note: CV = resumé) and how this can help them progress their careers and find new jobs. Even though the presentation was written with PR and marketing people in mind, the advice could be followed by anyone. Continue reading