Privacy
Measures in Alumni Directory
1. Email and phone numbers are displayed as image
Why display email and phone
numbers as image? Because spammers usually use automated method
to gather information online. Displaying information as an image rather
than text defeats that measure.
Why don't also display home
address as image as well? There is no such need. When getting
contact information online, spammers are mainly interested in email
addresses. Home addresses (and also phone numbers) are more
easily available on your local phone directories. In fact, there is a
NASDAQ listed company (based on Omaha, NE) specialized in gathering
such information from phone books and selling to mail or telemarketing
companies.
How to protect my phone number
from being abused? Register with the
national do-not-call-list, at http://www.donotcall.gov/,
it's very effective.
2. Limit information to be only
available to members of your local alumni group
The alumni directory has a feature to allow information to be available
only to people within the local alumni group. If you choose this option, your
information will not be available to everybody. Only people with a
password of your local alumni group will be able to search/view your
information. Also, when you update your own information,
you will be asked to provide your password.
The group password is
available from your local alumni association contact person.
If you want to add a new local
group, please contact Yidao Cai at yidao . cai @ gmail . com .
3. Other measures
If you have any suggestions, please let us know.