Just got an email from my cousin asking for updated contact info. Ok, that's certainly reasonable, except this was a form request thing sent by/through Plaxo. Hmm. Online contact management. Free. Hmm. Ok, so I check out the privacy policy – looks reasonable enough, of course with the “we can change this whenever” clause. TrustE badge, big whoop – they're meaningless. So. Where's the money? Programmers and websites and advertising (oh my!) cost money – chances are they're not doing it out of the goodness of their collective hearts. The point of the thing is to sign up and put…