Be careful with online forms

[Lindsey]

On the weekend I was going to sign up for Bluemountain.com but decided against it. I had started to fill out the form with my name and email address, but then I saw they wanted my phone number and home address and even though I believe it's a secure site, I didn't want to give that information out so I just navigated away from the page without submitting my information. Not long after, I get an email from Bluemountain with the subject line "Please finish your Bluemountain.com order" when I opened it, it read "Dear Customer,
Just when we thought you were going to become a member, you didn't. Maybe you got a phone call? Had to run to a very important meeting? Whatever distracted you from the task at hand, now's your chance to take the ball and run with it. "
That worried me. I just typed my email address in, and didn't hit submit at all, and they had my information. I didn't know they could do that.

[katepoet]

I knew sites could do that but I am surprised that Blue Mountain Arts has that happening. You might want to report it to the owners. Have you read their book? Blue Mountain: Turning Dreams in Reality by Susan Polis Schutz? If you aren't comfortable writing to them, I would be glad to do so. Just let me know.

[Mandy]

Hmmm... yes we have to watch out what sort of info we give out online, but it would be nice to know you can trust the well known ones.

[Janet]

It is really scary what they can find out. It's good to be cautious, that inner voice is usually right.

[Lindsey]

Originally Posted by katepoet

I knew sites could do that but I am surprised that Blue Mountain Arts has that happening. You might want to report it to the owners. Have you read their book? Blue Mountain: Turning Dreams in Reality by Susan Polis Schutz? If you aren't comfortable writing to them, I would be glad to do so. Just let me know.

No, I haven't read the book and I didn't even know there was one! It sounds interesting.
Reporting to the owners is a good idea. I don't think I'll have much computer time until maybe next week, so if you'd like to, you're more than welcome!

[katepoet]

Will do.

[judy]

Good for you - go with your gut. I've done that a few times, but have never heard from them.

The problem is that all kinds of info is available for free or a small fee. There's a site intellus that gives you way more info than should be available.

I think in this day and age, unless you have anything to hide, or a lot of money, don't worry about it. If anybody wants to steal your identity, they're going to, no matter what.

I don't mean to sound like "who cares," but it is what it is.