Comments on: When is a blog too personal

By: Steve Reichard

Steve Reichard — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:28:48 +0000

I agree personal information about where you live, childrens names, social security numbers should never be shared

By: Wormbrain

Wormbrain — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:10:38 +0000

I avoid posting the names or pictures of my family on my site. At the most, I give my first name and a photo, but that’s it.

Gregg Oconnell covered a very interesting story about a guy who lost his government job because of his blog.
http://greggoconnell.com/2007/08/23/reporter-threatens-bloggers-lively-hood/

By: Ray

Ray — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:43:24 +0000

I certainly agree that putting up personal information is just asking for trouble.

The problem is not limited to the Internet. While working Part-Time at a college, one assignment at a Computer Literacy class was to do a short biography of oneself. Sure enough every one was placing their SSN on the cover sheet and within the assignment you could find their full name, address, birthdate and birthplace. Wow, candy for a thief. Just dig through the trash can to find discarded assignments and you’re in business.

You cannot rely on common sense. Not everyone has that built in. Education and training are the building blocks that are needed.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 04:13:06 +0000

Work and family personal stuff is something I try not to post on, there have been cases where people have actually lost their jobs because of negative comments about their employers, one just has to look at the legal problems facebook is running into with privacy issues.

By: Midas

Midas — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:49:59 +0000

This makes for a very important point about blogging.