Share 'Privacy issues related to the usage of the FIDIS Ning Platform'

Lothar Fritsch in his profile (20 nov 2008) raised a number of issues related to the privacy issues of using Ning as a platform for 'Networking'. After all, we are disclosing a lot of personal information that will be stored somewhere in the US or in some other places. Please use this discussion space to share your thoughts on this subject.