Worst idea ever.

(a) The sample came dried out, at least for me
(b) Lists of customers are now cached on google: example
This means that when an employer now googles me (or any of you who did request) I show up on... yes, an astroglide customer list.

Astroglide already removed it, but is there any legal recourse or way to request google un-cache it? When you go to request a sample, the following is given:

(All information will be used for mailing purposes only and will not be distributed to any outside organizations. Except maybe the paramedics if your free trial gets out of hand.)

There's more here, here, here and a whole list of urls, in case you want to see if you're included.

Some search results are showing up without the cached link, so it seems to me like maybe some other people caught this and requested removal (as I just did)


Edit: I swear i put this in Deal Discussion, not free stuff. I know its miscategorized... mods, please move.

Wow, that's bad. How did you discover that?

Did you email or call the company, I'd guess they can contact Google to request that it be removed.

Your post probably was moved to Free Stuff because the names are of people who requested free samples.

ACK! That is REALLY bad!

I didn't request a sample, but I'd be mad if they published my name and address on their website. Thanks for the info. Good thing to keep in mind for future samples!

Damn! Those lists are free massive money makers, thanks!

danielle5985 said:Skyros said:Wow, that's bad. How did you discover that?

Did you email or call the company, I'd guess they can contact Google to request that it be removed.

Your post probably was moved to Free Stuff because the names are of people who requested free samples.

I discovered it by googling my own name. I'm graduating from college and applying to jobs and I really um, don't need this.

Google apparently has a webmaster tool to remove a site from cache if it no longer exists. I submitted it, but only the file with my name in it (it only lets you put in one url at a time.) Here's hoping they just flush them all, but you guys might want to look into getting yours removed too

Could you post how to do this?! My name is there too! Grrrr!

This is why every time I request a sample online, I always use a fake name.

Luckily, I didn't request Astroglide. Shame on them.

I told my wife about this and boy did it loosen up her butthole

LOL...gotta love Google

Nice! Not only I NEVER received the sample, I have my address information listed. This is actually illegal. The mistake is not of Google, but of astroglide that published this data. Even if it was cancelled later, it is against the agreement you accepted. I am sorry to day it may take years for the search engines (Google is just one of them) to get rid of that info... Do you think we can leverage on some customer association for a class action and sue them for breaking the agreement, breaking into our privacy?

Marco

Thank Goodness I have a very common name. My name & address are not on the list. I think I got a sample once. I Googled my name & address thankfully nothing about me came up. I work for the government & when we apply for jobs they do background checks on us. I never thought about what samples I got could come back to haunt me. Even though it didn't happen this time I will be very careful as to what I request. Maybe get it in my husband's or dog's name next time. I'm sorry for those that it happened to. I will NEVER buy their products or anyone else's who do this. I will also tell everyone I know to be more careful.