Can They Really Do That?

I was surfing a paid ad platform last week, when, as i clicked on an ad, what could I see pop up but my profile page here at WA. I was stunned! I wondered, "can they really do that"?

Here it was, big and bold before me, my own picture and page staring back at me. I asked myself if I had done the ad and forgotten that I had. I looked at the name of the advertiser and no, it was not mine. I concluded that if someone was promoting WA he had to be a member here, so I checked. No luck. The username for the ad was not among the names here at WA.

I decided to leave it alone.

But then, surfing the same site again last night, up popped another site with my profile page again. This time under another user. I looked at it in amazement and wondered why someone would use another person's profile in their ad. I haven't got a clue.

So here am I, requesting the assistance of all you knowledgeable people here in this WA community. Is it okay to use another person's profile page in your ads? Shouldn't you at least get the person's approval first? If it is wrong, what can be done to have the situation corrected?

Or am I making much ado about nothing?

Please let me know what you think about this situation.

Thank you very much for your replies.

Russell