<p>I'm wondering what precautions people usually take to secure their identity on the internet. What advice can you give?</p>
<p>I ask, because I recently received an email from z.i.n.c.h.com saying:</p>
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We understand from CollegeWeekLive that you are interested in transferring. If you are still searching for that one school that stands out above the rest, you should take a look at z.i.n.c.h.
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<p>Since the only place I ever mentioned transferring was here on CC, it's obvious the info was leaked from here. I usually never reveal personal info about myself, and in this case, it seems the info was leaked underground, since nothing connects my account on CC with the one I created for CollegeWeekLive a year ago, other than my email address which is not listed, and nowhere else would I have ever revealed my thoughts on transferring. No facebook connections or anything of the like.</p>
<p>Not specific to CC, but in general, how would you have avoided such a situation? Was there really anything I could have done to prevent this breach of privacy? Should the internet be more regulated?</p>
<p>I already created another thread to address this specifically for CC. [URL="<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/community-forum-issues/1166836-potential-warning-collegeconfidential-sharing-personal-info-others.html%22%5DHere%5B/URL">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/community-forum-issues/1166836-potential-warning-collegeconfidential-sharing-personal-info-others.html"]Here[/URL</a>] is the link.</p>