Author Topic: Privacy on istock? (Read 4485 times)

modellocate · « **on:** February 21, 2010, 18:26 »

I'm seeking a way to keep my real name from appearing on my istock images. On 123rf.com this is handled with a single selection in the account management.

istock says on your profile "This information is private and for admin use only. " but it seems to automatically appear under the copyright info on every image I upload.

Does anyone know how to turn it off?

And, before you start, please let's not change the subject of this thread to *why* I want it turned off, just let me know if anyone knows how. Thanks.

Pheby · « **Reply #1 on:** February 21, 2010, 18:50 »

When you open "control panel" you'll see a sort of drop down menue called "contributor", and there you'll see "real name". You just switch that to "member name".

modellocate · « **Reply #2 on:** February 21, 2010, 19:05 »

Quote from: stardust on February 21, 2010, 18:50

When you open "control panel" you'll see a sort of drop down menue called "contributor", and there you'll see "real name". You just switch that to "member name".

Thanks, but I did that a year ago, it still puts my real name in the copyright field.

cathyslife · « **Reply #3 on:** February 21, 2010, 19:12 »

It's likely the only way to resolve it is to call them first thing tomorrow morning. Many people checked the opt-out of partner programs in the control panel and it did not seem to make a difference...perhaps they are having problems with the whole control panel thing working correctly?

stormchaser · « **Reply #4 on:** February 21, 2010, 19:32 »

I just tried it and it worked. I was looking for that awhile back too, so thanks.

elvinstar · « **Reply #5 on:** February 21, 2010, 20:25 »

When I look at your portfolio, I see your username, not your real name.

modellocate · « **Reply #6 on:** February 21, 2010, 21:09 »

Quote from: elvinstar on February 21, 2010, 20:25

When I look at your portfolio, I see your username, not your real name.

It's still in the page source, so it shows up on google image searches -- it comes from the copyright field, which auto populates with my name.

UncleGene · « **Reply #7 on:** February 22, 2010, 10:34 »

I do not think that it is on the page source - just look at any image page. Most probably Google crawled some of your images _before_ you toggled showing of username

elvinstar · « **Reply #8 on:** February 22, 2010, 13:06 »

I looked at the source for both your main profile page and an image page and couldn't find any real names.

loop · « **Reply #9 on:** February 22, 2010, 17:00 »

What already is in Google will be there for many time.

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