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Confidentiality worry in Net card-file storage

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In my search for a means to store my business card file on-line, I came across a site called www.vbcard.com which provides an electronic card repository. It not only allows me to enter information regarding my contacts so that it can be accessed from any Internet-connected computer I might be using, but also allows me to print hard-copy versions of my own business cards. Do you know of any similar service that might be better? LAURENCE TO Kowloon Tong You can store contact information on any number of free e-mail services such as Yahoo! Mail (mail.yahoo.com) or Hotmail (www.hotmail.com). These services are popping up everywhere and are competing to grab users by providing value-added services. On-line personal databases are an example.
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A word of caution to you and anyone who might be using www.vbcard. com - you could be inviting spam for yourself and all the unfortunate contacts whose names you enter into the site. With all due respect to Tippecanoe, the company behind this 'virtual business card' service, I would not want my name on its site.

As the site itself warns you when you type in information, you are only supposed to enter information you want others in the same file to see.

You have to give people your username and pin number to allow them to search for cards in your own filing system, but what about Tippecanoe itself? It seems to me that Tippecanoe has designed the site so it can build a massive database of people and their contact information.

Think about it. The service is free and there is no published limit to the number of cards you can store on-line.

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If you sign up for a free e-mail account with the likes of Yahoo! Mail, you don't need to put in real information about yourself, so even if other people see it, you are OK.

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