General Chat

out of curiosity,how many of you who had emails recognised the name as one in your tree

Mine is from a Shirley Thompson, but I dont have any thompson's in my tree.

Had one this morning from Margaret (.)exploringfeelings telling me its okay i am connected ?to what!!!!! Steve from Somerset

Yes! Me too! It has to be GR because the email has got my HUSBAND's first name in the title - I'm doing his tree so using MY email address and not his! And yes, same dating site too. What a cheek. Mandy *hurriedly looking through GR's T&Cs and policies to see if they mention selling our private email addresses* *****************UPDATE******************** Take a look at this from the 'Genes Reunited Privacy' section, down at the bottom by the T&Cs: Service Emails. The team at Genes Reunited hate spam and will never ever send you unsolicited emails. But there are some emails that we will need to send you to provide you with a good Genes Reunited service. These include notifications that you have a message from another member, reminders about your membership expiring and guides on how to use the site. A full list of the types of emails you will receive to help you use the service most effectively (which we call Service Emails) are shown below: Welcome email – this email provides all the information you need to get started on Genes Reunited. Payment receipt – this is sent if you upgrade to Full Membership Renewal notices – these remind you to renew your Full Membership Automatic Full Membership renewal alerts – if you have selected automatic renewal of your Full Membership, we will alert before this happens Key service messages – if we need to notify you about changes to the service New message notification and reminders – when you receive messages from other Standard and Full members. Service suspension notices – if you break the house rules As well as these Service Emails, you will also receive New Names and Hot Matches emails, and (if you have opted to receive them) our occasional newsletters. These emails genuinely help you make the most of the website and let you know when there’s new fun and interesting stuff to do.

Oh daylight dawns Lol, I had an email this morning from JessicaDavis712 at a o l dot com Gooddaytime Fen www.Tinaenjoyurfeelings(.) c o m just deleted - I wondered where it came from!!

Wendy Pusey who posted at 11 am has logged on to the site, so she may know Lynda x

I haven't had one as yet (Outlook express), but it could be that GR have been hacked into rather than 'sold' e mail addresses. Worrying though, if they can hack into e mail addresses what about other details - c card numbers, etc? Is there anything (beside the message) common to all e mails? i.e. internet provider? Ann Glos

I too received an e.mail, I have complained to genes, and I too will not be renewing.

If they can hack into the Pentagon and Microsoft computers they can get in ANYWHERE. Pat

I have not had any - I too am with outlook express. But, I do get a lot of security alerts whenever I first access GR, or open OE whist logged on to GR. (messages to say an attempt to access my computer has been blocked) I don't understand the technicalities of hacking, but does this mean someone can log into GR and then try to access us via clicking on our names and bypassing GR making the contact? Jay

I've just emailed GR to complain. Incidentally, it's not confined just to members who post on the boards - this email gave my husband's name and neither of us ever post under that account or name. Will let you know if I get a reply. Mandy :(

I've got one as well!!!! From Mildred Gray??? Went straight to my spam folder, but I am not happy.

just sent a complaint to GR If the system has been hacked into they should be doing their best to sort it - especially if everyone complains. if they've sold the addresses (which I doubt) they're in breach of the Data Protection Act. don't suppose I'll ever get an answer to my complaint though Barbara

Mine came from - nancy(.)nelson603 at ya***(.)com Au revoir GR

nudge for all to see

Just scanned my comp.2 critical items of adaware named Zango

still waiting for an explanation from GR...am spittin feathers.....

Also got a message from a Susan Phillips using a h*tmail addy and it mentions Julie at exploring feelings. There are only three sites that I use this name on and two of them are connected to GR. Maureen

Ok this is what i found out about one of the addys used Registrant: Sergey Pelotkin Nemiga st. 13 Minsk, BY 220013 Belarus Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com) Domain Name: ENJOYURFEELINGS.COM Created on: 18-Oct-06 Expires on: 18-Oct-07 Last Updated on: Administrative Contact: Pelotkin, Sergey [email protected] Nemiga st. 13 Minsk, BY 220013 Belarus (296) 667-7776 Technical Contact: Pelotkin, Sergey [email protected] Nemiga st. 13 Minsk, BY 220013 Belarus (296) 667-7776 Domain servers in listed order: NS1.TUTBY.COM NS2.TUTBY.COM So if they are just using your GR name something aint right Sxx

Thanks for that Steve. It still leaves very large question marks about the confidentiality of this site....XX