How To Change Your Etsy Privacy Settings To Protect Your Profile From Prying Eyes

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   Nothing on the web is ever private. If you thought you can control your privacy, you were wrong. Websites may give you security options to better hide your information from the world, but ultimately your privacy resides in the hands of the website itself. We've seen how websites let ad companies track our private usage. We've seen how Facebook mucked up their privacy controls. We even saw how websites like Gawker are prone to hackers stealing user information. And now, Etsy has made what was once private, public.
   The online vintage and crafts marketplace recently caused an uproar when Etsy users suddenly discovered that some of their information had been made publicly viewable. We're talking feedback posts, purchases and user profiles. But that's not what sparked the outrage--in some cases, real names were made public AND searchable.
   All of this was because of Etsy's new People Search tool, which lets anybody search for Etsy users--buyers and sellers alike--and let's those user profiles show up in Google. On those public profiles, you could find real names, purchase history and feedback left. Their goal--to build a community feature called "Circles" that lets users connect with each other. But some users claim they weren't notified of the new People Search function and change in Etsy's privacy policy, though Etsy insists otherwise.
   Some of the Etsy users affected may not want everyone to see their feedback that was once personal exposed, especially when it comes to something like d****s. Etsy has since corrected the problem in their feedback system due to user concerns, but you still need to take control of your Etsy account to keep it from prying eyes.

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