Garlik.com — 'Powerful stuff'

Q. What is Garlik?

A. Garlik lets you enjoy the world wide web by giving you the power to control your personal information in the digital world.

Nigel Shadbolt, president of the British Computer Society and a Garlik co-founder, told Joia Shillingford in the May 30, 2007 Financial Times, "Once you've registered, you can find out what data there is out there about you and how vulnerable you are to identity theft."

That sounded pretty interesting so I decided to pursue this until my TechnoDolt™ train inevitably ran off the rails — i.e., when it became apparent I couldn't use it.

It didn't take very long.

Q. Is DataPatrol Advanced available to consumers outside the UK?

A. We are currently launching DataPatrol Advanced to UK residents only. As such, we are unable to provide people in other countries with this service. However, our plans for world domination mean that we will be expanding the service to other countries in the future.

In the meantime an enterprising individual with an Asian perspective might consider taking Durian.com and running with it.