Googling people, when does it cross the line?

We've all googled are selves for one reason or another, right? Whether to see what is being said about yourself, vanity, etc. And I'm sure most of us (if not all of us) have googled someone else. Family, significant others, friends, etc. I have googled The Boy, my brother, mother, father, and grandfather. Their myspace, facebook, twitter, things I already know of theirs pops up. What can I say? My family isn't scandalous. Sometimes we want to see if we can find a old friend. I have done that. One old friend couldn't find a thing about, the other one I did. Which turned out great cause now we're back in contact with each other. A old friend of mine even googled me and found me. Which I'm glad he did. It was like we never disappeared from each other. Sadly he passed away few years later. Sometimes we want to find out things about someone before we date them. I understand that. I haven't done that myself (but I guess that's what happens when you're with someone for eight years, back before googling people became the thing to do!) but I can see why others do it. I've heard of stories of people googling potential dates and finding out their married, flipping burgers at their local McD's instead of being president of some top notch company. Not that flipping burgers is bad, I would date a burger flipper, but I wouldn't date a booger flicker nor would I date a liar either, esp. one who thinks he has to flash stuff at me to attract me. I don't roll that way honey! I run from that! Pull up in your rust-o-mobile, McD's uniform, with the lingering smell of fries, and I'll be happy with a sudden craving for fries. Anyways, back on topic. Googling people. Not french fry smelling dates..... At what point does it cross the line? When does it become creepy? When does it become stalker like? Is it ok to google someone you really didn't know in high school? Old flames? Old high school rivals? Someone you barely know now? Someone you know in passing? Your significant others' old flames? Their friends, old or present? Or do some (or all) make it creepy and stalker like? Does it depend on the person? Does it depend on how many times you do it? Does once make it ok? But ten times it's creepy? Does it become creepy when you have to ask if it's creepy? But if that's the case then what about stalkers? I'm sure most never get the "what I'm doing is creepy and wrong!" voice in the back of their mind. What prompts this question you ask? I googled myself (hey, we all do it at some point!). And I came upon this site called PeekYou. Which they have some things wrong. Like the blog, I don't live in Utah. Most of the stuff on there about me you can find on my facebook/myspace with no problem. So, it's not so much that, that bothers me. It's the how easy it is to find that bothers me. Now I know all about internet safety. Which I guess is why they really only have my username, name, age, that I live in somewhere Texas, and a picture of me. But I see so many people who put so much info about themselves out there for the world to see. With the idea of "it won't happen to me" or they say "I know how to be safe" without realize they share a little info here and there. In the long run it adds up. Either with that person your talking too or on a site like that one. It also lead to the question of how about the googler. When does it become creepy on their part? When do they cross the line? Sure you can easily say "well, they put it out there for me to see." But if you sat your wallet (journal, purse, something else private) down on a table, does that give me the right to dig threw it? After all didn't you put it out there for everyone to see?
I would really like others' opinions on this. Where do you drawl the line when you google people? Is everyone fair game? Only people you know really well? Nobody at all? If someone googled you and you knew it, would you be creeped out? What people are you ok with googling you? Family? friends? Boss? Someone you barely know? Someone you met only once? Nobody?


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