Plaxo has updated their blog today with a new feature that will allow non plaxo users to save their contact info for further use. Joseph Smarr of Plaxo reports :-
“All you have to do is check the "save my info" box and create a password the next time you respond an update request. After that, if another Plaxo member asks you for your contact information, you can just click to send some or all of the information you previously entered. If you decide to download Plaxo and become a full member, your cards will be pre-populated and ready-to-go. It's a great way to start benefiting from Plaxo without downloading any software or managing your own address book. Give it a try next time a friend or colleague asks you for your latest information!”
My question now is, what privacy laws apply to this information, is it the same as what applies to Plaxo members?
Also I tried to add a new duplicate contact with a real email address which was not in my list allready and then did a 'Update Request'. I signed in as that person into the email account, clicked on the 'Update Request' email and then filled out the information and then saved the information as said above by Joseph after reading the privacy policy and entered my password twice. Then I created an Plaxo account for that duplicate user with the same email address and password as I had seleted while saving the information, but to my surprise I did not see my cards filled out there (For the duplicate record)! Am I doing anything wrong or something's buggy here?
Tejas Patel