Public Content and Social Sleaziness
“[If you ask for removal from their system] (…) Because the Web is constantly changing, and we search millions of new and old Web pages every day, we may re-acquired your information unintentionally. We recommend that you check our Site from time to time to ensure that your Profile contains only the information you choose to have displayed, and that we have not re-posted previously deleted information. The best way to avoid having your information found by our search engine (or any other search engine) is to contact the operator of the Site that contains the original source(s) of the information and ask for that operator to remove the displayed information from the Web.
— From http://www.peekyou.com/privacy
I have a hard time believing a site like this is even remotely honest. And I seriously HATE opt-out services. Especially those that scour the web for info, put your name on it and make it look like it’s all legit and good. I don’t mind if they’re collecting info related to a subject (like TweetMeme and such sites) and some of my (free and open) content shows up, but when they present something as being mine, my profile, my picture, my links, etc, and don’t bother requesting your permission or, at least, confirmation, I can’t help but think of them as “sleazy bastards”.
<irony>I wonder what their business model is… </irony>
