warning for Etsy users
Etsy apparently published both the real names and purchase histories of buyers.
The changes are retroactive to all prior Etsy users. My 2009 purchase - my only activity on the site - popped up in a Google Alert for my name. I’ve since closed my account.
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Etsy management has gone silent, other than to note that real names and purchase history can be removed on a settings panel. However, since Etsy isn’t notifying buyers, it’s not clear how anyone would know to do this. Forum posters report a delay of several days before a name change is reflected on the site. “My name request change is taking forever, what is with that? Even after the name change (if/when it happens), I’m cursed with cached Google searches.” writes Etsy user littlesistahstudio.
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The changes are retroactive to all prior Etsy users. My 2009 purchase - my only activity on the site - popped up in a Google Alert for my name. I’ve since closed my account.
[...]
Etsy management has gone silent, other than to note that real names and purchase history can be removed on a settings panel. However, since Etsy isn’t notifying buyers, it’s not clear how anyone would know to do this. Forum posters report a delay of several days before a name change is reflected on the site. “My name request change is taking forever, what is with that? Even after the name change (if/when it happens), I’m cursed with cached Google searches.” writes Etsy user littlesistahstudio.
This entry was originally posted to http://miera-c.dreamwidth.org/653837.html: Please comment there if you are willing