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we have all seen these traps and some of us have even fallen into them. a harmless looking site asks for our information to then give it to an organization that we are trying to connect with. i personally saw these sites when i was trying to get in contact with an international school. I never gave them my information, and i also never thought about the damage that giving them my information could cause. while i surf the web with out a care i have never stopped to think about where my information is going when i give it to a site. although the example that is given in the article is annoying for colleges and prospective students it is, in comparison to what they could do with the information, harmless. what concerns me more is that the site in question could of just as easily sold the information to people trying to steal identities. while on the internet it is hard to remember that although sites may seem trust-able and like they want to help but you don't know the people who set them up or what they plan to do with the info they are given. it may end up being something like just selling it to another college or (what i personaly more concerned about) they could just as easily sell it to a random person who would then know: who i am and where i live.