@ Liam
When I use user names I don't pick very original ones, my birthday is not in May. You just proved that people will take the time to look others up. Granted for you it was making a point.
Yes I can be stalked in many ways, though I never put my personal information out intentionally it is there. When I google my name and see that my personal information is out there because of voter registration it is a bit surprising and unsettling. I do not give my name to random people I don't know in real life. So while I would normal find myself not interesting enough to be searched, I am a woman who plays wow, enough reason for many I have encountered in wow who have done just that to others.
And in a time where Blizz is having an increase in account hacking, I also don't think this is the brightest idea they have had.
If it wasn't for the Support forums that they prefer to be used and in some cases have said is the only spot for your problem I would just ignore that the forums existed and go on with my business. Hard to do that when it isn't much of an opt-in or out choice at that point.