The Privacy and Security explained

This page explains different aspects of security regarding the usage of TheBCard service. Below you will find short explanations of the measures we take to keep your data safe (slider etc.). In addition there are some optional security settings that every user can choose according his/her needs. The legal terms for using this service can be found here.

Slider

The slider is there to protect your information from computer programs (bots) that are able to look through all the possible World Wide Web addresses. Their main objective is to collect e-mail addresses for junk mail. The slider needs to be unlocked before seeing any of our user's card. Unlocking needs certain mouse movement which can not be replicated by bots.

Your privacy options

You can determine your privacy settings by yourself in the "edit my bcard" view. Here we will explain briefly your options.

Searchable through search engines

If this option is allowed, your personal information can be found through the search engines such as Google and Yahoo. It can be useful if you want other people to find your contacts over the internet more easily. But you must be aware that this gets your contact listed in every crawler-based search engine, which means that your information is much more accessible to everyone.

It will probably take about two weeks before major search engines list your BCard.

Searchable through our web page

If this option is allowed, your BCard can be found from our search engine. It makes sharing your contact easier as people can look for you BCard by entering your first name, last name or the name of your company into the search box.

Long or short URL

Although we are using many different systems against computer bots who try to collect your personal information automatically, we can not quarantee that we are able to fully avoid this. The greatest security would be a long URL address (ie. www.thebcard.com/KK12/a6a2c8a62d) but this makes sharing the bcard`s URL more difficult.