Peek You
Peekyou is a new website that pulls together information about people from a variety of sources. You can use PeekYou to help other people find your website, blog, profile, photos or other info. And oddly, you may already have a PeekYou profile, even if you've never visited the site...
Take a Peek at This!
If you use a social networking site such as Myspace, or you have posted photos on a photo sharing site, then PeekYou may have found your profile and/or photos there, and added those links to an automatically generated PeekYou profile. And if your phone number is listed at Switchboard.com or InfoSpace, it may also have placed a link on your PeekYou profile, on which people can click to see your phone number, address, and a map of your neighborhood.
I searched for my name and found that PeekYou had created a profile for me, with a link to my Myspace page. I edited my profile to add some additional links and a photo, just for fun. But then I noticed that PeekYou allows ANYONE to edit the links and descriptions on your profile page.
If PeekYou turns into a free-for-all, where people can maliciously change other people's profiles, then it will have little long-term value. And of course there are bound to be some privacy concerns. Granted, all of the information they aggregate about an individual is publicly available on other websites, but what if someone posted PRIVATE information about a person on their profile? Post your thoughts about PeekYou below...
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Posted by Bob Rankin on June 22, 2007 03:38 PM
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Most recent comments on "Peek You"
(See all 22 comments for this article.)Posted by:
justiceserver
04 May 2008
OMgaawwd, peekyou is definately looking to get the crap sued out of them. They have a part where it states that if you want your info removed to " ' please feel free to contact us" ', but then if you try to do so, they have something going that actually prevents it! If you send an email to privacy@peekyou.com, don't expect a reply because THEY NEVER WILL!
I plan on filing something against them for refusing to contact me in return no matter how many times I have contacted them with the dire straights of my situation and the urgency of removing my personal info from their site. I don't think we're going to be seeing this website for very much longer folks! Yay!
Posted by:
jlw
24 Jun 2008
This website is insane. We just discovered it. I plan on filing suit against them as well if I do not receive a response within 24 hours and have the profile removed. This is a complete abuse of privacy and a complete fraud as well because you cannot contact them, change the profile, get in under a new profile, or anything. I not only plan to file a lawsuit but also talk to the authorities about any possible criminal charges as well. My myspace profile is private for a reason!
Posted by:
craig
21 Sep 2008
I've submitted 3 emails to this site for linking multiple profiles to my name which have NOTHING to do with me. There is even a 1/2 naked picture of some guy which is quite embarrassing. I only recently found out since my wife asked if I was a member of Myspace as well as numerous other social networking sites. Needless to say, all I had to do was create a freaking account & edit my own personal info, delete all BS websites associated with me & it appears to have done the job. Until of course, someone else creates an account & edits my info again. The site states all you have to do is email them @ privacy or remove@peekyou.com or contact them via Phone (which they DO NOT POST) but it's just B.S. as nobody ever gets back to you. Shady site & I hope they get the sh** sued out of them.
Posted by:
Danny Del Rossi
23 Sep 2008
Hi Bob, I logged onto Peek You and can't find where to add my photo and/or info. Any clues?
EDITOR'S NOTE: Did you go into the edit profile link? There's a place to upload a photo, list your personal details, websites, etc.
Posted by:
MaryAnn
02 Jun 2009
Count me in too! They don't have my permission to be be posting private photos.
Posted by:
Seth
31 Jul 2009
They have a listing for a profile that I deleted over a year ago. I deleted my MySpace because of privacy issues, and here it is, popping up on this random site for anyone in the world to see.
I'm trying to LEAVE the social networking scene!
Posted by:
kelly
21 Aug 2009
Why don't we file a class action suit? Someone can begin by posting a website related to the name Peekyou. Everyone can log on, hopefully we will get a law student to make a name for themselves.
Posted by:
None Ya
15 Nov 2009
If you try to change ANYTHING on your profile that they already have on you by logging into their website and agreeing to their terms and conditions, you are agreeing to let them use your information as they see fit forever.
Please read the fine print. DO NOT LOG INTO PEEKYOU TO CHANGE YOUR INFORMATION. Contact them directly by phone or email.
Posted by:
ANGERY1020
07 Jan 2010
peekyou.com is MAKING IT EASY FOR STALKERS TO FIND THEIR VICTIMS!
PEEKYOU.COM IS PUTTING UP INFORMATION WITHOUT MY PERMISSION! I HAVE CONTACTED THEM MANY OF TIMES AND THEY NEVER BOTHERED TO REPLY BACK OR REMOVE MY PERSONAL INFO AND UNREQUESTED PROFILE!AND THERE'S NO NUMBER TO EVEN CONTACT THEM! I'LL DEFINITLEY BE FILING A LAWSUIT AGAISNT THEM!
Posted by:
Kate
12 Jan 2010
I can't believe that my details have been posted without my authorisation. I am so disgusted in the PeekYou website. I am concerned that when I actually email them, that they will store my email address, and merge that with my profile as well. I can't believe a website can get away with this!!!