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Please check your profile, preferences and permissions

Bird mama — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 21:29:12 GMT

Hello there, please check your profile, preferences and permissions (who you allow to see your information).

I just learned a fellow poster's first and last name because of the way this person set up their profile.

Re: Please check your profile, preferences and permissions

MalteseMomma — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 22:51:05 GMT

Thank you,birdmama

Re: Please check your profile, preferences and permissions

dosey — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 22:56:51 GMT

Do you know how it happened? Would not completing the personal information section prevent this?

Re: Please check your profile, preferences and permissions

Bird mama — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 23:49:29 GMT

Dosey, if a person completed all of the personal information in the profile and doesn't pay attention to the privacy settings tab in the Edit My Preferences area, then the information is the personal profile area can be seen.

Re: Please check your profile, preferences and permissions

HAPPY LADY — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 00:06:40 GMT

@Bird mama wrote:
Hello there, please check your profile, preferences and permissions (who you allow to see your information).

I just learned a fellow poster's first and last name because of the way this person set up their profile.

Yes, I was informed by two friends they saw my email address. I went to the Quick Links Category over on the left side of this screen and clicked on My Settings to review how that was set up and also Edit my Preferences. My settings were on "default NO". I called C/S and was advised to change to "NO". I contacted my friends who warned me and they told me that by selecting the "NO" option my email information is now hidden. I'm going to check regularly until this mess is straightened out.

Re: Please check your profile, preferences and permissions

lolakimono — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 00:11:03 GMT

This may be a dumb question...

How do they know who your "friends" are?

I don't see a place to designate for friends, so under privacy, who would these people be? LG, SG, SK, AS, etc.?

Re: Please check your profile, preferences and permissions

Bird mama — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 00:14:49 GMT

Lola, that I don't know. I will give it a day or so and if the person doesn't fix it then I will find another way to get a shout out without linking the personal name to the screen name.

The only option I left on was to be able to see if I am online. Other than that, I said no to the other two choices.

Re: Please check your profile, preferences and permissions

silkyk — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 13:20:06 GMT

Thank you birdmama! I'm bumping this up so everyone can read it! This is getting as bad as FB which I quit because they kept changing my privacy settings without my knowledge or permission. I hate this new forum and foresee many, many problems with leaked personal info. This is unacceptable. Thanks again for warning people and please everyone check your settings!

Re: Please check your profile, preferences and permissions

Snicks1 — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 23:03:26 GMT

@silkyk I have to agree with you. I saw birdmama's message yesterday but before I could get to the privacy settings, I got bumped off and could not even get back to the forums page, let alone post or check my settings. Tried today to send feedback message, it wouldn't go, sent email to cs, they said install firefox which didn't fix the problem either. Just now using hubby's laptop which is jumping all over the place. I did check my settings and am signing back off. This needs more work, big time.

Re: Please check your profile, preferences and permissions

lolakimono — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 23:07:35 GMT

@Snicks1 wrote:
@silkyk I have to agree with you. I saw birdmama's message yesterday but before I could get to the privacy settings, I got bumped off and could not even get back to the forums page, let alone post or check my settings.

Snicks, you need an avatar! Will it be this?

Re: Please check your profile, preferences and permissions

Snicks1 — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 23:24:29 GMT

@lolakimono

Right now it would need to be snarling, with spit dripping down, lol.

Re: Please check your profile, preferences and permissions

lolakimono — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 23:37:13 GMT

@Snicks1 wrote:
@lolakimono

Right now it would need to be snarling, with spit dripping down, lol.

Ah, Cujo! An oldie but a goodie!

Re: Please check your profile, preferences and permissions

HAPPY LADY — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 05:04:28 GMT

Lola.. After I talked to CS and changed my settings to NO from DEFAULT NO, I sent my friends new messages and when they accessed my account again they couldn't see my email address. I was not referring and don't have a clue how to "designate for friends". You are a very savy poster and I am sure you know far more than I do about this mess. I had filled out my profile and the DEFAULT NO was clicked on and I thought that was the safest one. CS said it should be but advised me to change to NO until all these systems were up and running properly and that she would report my privacy settings not working properly. That's about all I know at this point.

Your Friends

lolakimono — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:44:47 GMT

@HAPPY LADY wrote:
Lola.. After I talked to CS and changed my settings to NO from DEFAULT NO, I sent my friends new messages and when they accessed my account again they couldn't see my email address. I was not referring and don't have a clue how to "designate for friends". You are a very savy poster and I am sure you know far more than I do about this mess.

@HAPPY LADY

I think Q wants us to sign up new people, so the "friends" feature is to invite others to join the boards. There doesn't seem to be a way to group your Q friends, or the people you post with, that you are online.

Dumb, for sure. Why would my RL friends (in different time zones) care if/when I am on the Q boards when they are not even Q shoppers?

Re: Please check your profile, preferences and permissions

turquoise blue — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 11:09:23 GMT

Thank you for alerting me to this problem! I had no idea and hope my changing the setting has mine hidden now!!!

Re: Please check your profile, preferences and permissions

turquoise blue — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 11:19:30 GMT

Can anyone see my name and email now? I hope my changes fixed it.

Re: Please check your profile, preferences and permissions

JustJazzmom — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 12:59:31 GMT

@turquoise blue

I just looked at your name and none of your information is visible.

Re: Please check your profile, preferences and permissions

turquoise blue — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 20:25:17 GMT

Thanks a million JustJazzmom! I really appreciate your checking. Your a sweetheart. Turquoise blue.