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I have had the same situation as Thalias_Dad a couple of times ie the "applications" tab not showing a viewing but the "views" tab showing the employer having viewed my dds profile several times. Also it seems a common to have a lot of application not viewed.

I have long suspected that employers are viewing applications to some degree without them registering and this was proved recently when I received a response to an application on kidscasting and it still doesn't show as viewed. The contact was through my dds website which was on the covering note not through kidscasting so I am guessing they can view the application to an extent, even if only the the photo and covering note, without actually showing the application as viewed. If they then go back into kidscasting and view the profile by searching on the name rather than opening the application then that would explain why there are views.

I may query this with kidscasting - they are normally very helpful to my questions
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Hi.

Did anyone hear back from KCCP regarding the caradonas shoot.

Not heard from them so back on the search for something new, which is hard at the mo as on the numerous websites and through DS agency there has been nothing since April,

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Jackiewhackie - my ds has a casting for this next week - said they had hundreds of applications and are seeing about 20 x

RE KCCP - does anyone else get loads of views from an IP address in China? I know the site is on the public forum, but this bothers me - I have investigated it a bit and it doesn't seem to be a bot, as is an IP that is involved in lots of sites - forums etc. My main concern is that it is the photos they are viewing - different one each time. I have contacted KCCP for advise and I have asked if there is an option to make his profile private for a bit - so only employers can see it - just unti this 'viewer' stops looking - but think they will say no. I know probably the only option is to delete his profile - but it would be nice to have a choice really. Having said that, if they didn't show the IP of all viewers I guess I would be oblivious to it :/ Anyone else have any similar experience/concerns, if so what did you do about it? I have even added a bit on his profile pointing out that we can log all IP adresses!

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Ds gets that as well not too worried as China is a long way away prob just another google bot only thing is are they really in China as some one from this country can make it look like there ip address is in China. I have nothing on any site to say where we live no photos that can be recognised only photos of ds on set noting to say which school he goes to youth club drama golf club. They only thing is it says what borough ds lives in in Wiki only because he was in EastEnders I did not put it on so some one must have done a lot of detecive work to find out, agent emailed them to ask if that bit could be taken out got a email back to say no. Some soap kids have even the name of which school the kids go to on there the boy who used to play Peter Beal had his school on there and could not have it taken off. I Have said this before if any of u have kids name and photo in the news paper make sure that they do not give the road school any clubs ur ds/ds goes to. I don't no how they found out the borough we live never put ds in the paper or any where else when he wen into EE told the school that I did not want any photos of him on school site we have to be so careful
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It is quite possible (likely) that if you are getting lots of views from the same IP address that this is not a human being at all. It is more likely to be a "bot" that constantly trawls through the internet.
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Are these IP addressess correct as my dd gets alot in America, but ive viewed my dds profile and it gave my IP addresses as Yorkshire and we live in Wales ?
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Not sure if the IP addresses are correct. I am pretty certain the one I am concerned about is not a bot as have done a couple of trace's on it and the same has come up on forum posts etc. (I am an online researcher so pretty adept at checking things out - which probably does me no favours!! ;) I do not have any details on his profile that can identify who we are or where we live - I guess it just makes me uncomfortable :/ I know the answer if I don't like it is to remove his profile - but we have had some lovely jobs from KCCP, and I do realise it is probably nothing. It is a tricky one when it comes to your children isn't it - as this is a fairly public business :/
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Hi all - in the end I've decided (maybe a little reluctantly) that safety is more important than any jobs J (my lovely 9 year old boy) might get from KCCP. I've just tried to remove his profile, but that seems quite hard to do (hmmm!). I've had to send a separate email asking them to take it off the site (anyone know of a quicker way to achieve this??). In truth the sudden recent surge of IPs looking at his profile from China to South America to somewhere near London have been too unnerving (yes, they may be bots, but some have come up as rather sinister when I've searched them). Just not prepared to put safety at risk. Will leave his agent to find work! Am I being overly cautious???
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That's just how I feel jenufa :/ I really don't know if it's over cautious, but I think you do what feels right for you and what sits comfortably. I wrote to KCCP yesterday and asked if my ds's profile could only be visible to employers that are registered with them - but this is not possible, so I will now have a think about what feels right for me! x
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Hi missmoneypenny and good to know its not just me that feels wary! I have cancelled the subscription, but can't get any repsonse as to when/whether they'll take J's profile down. Will probs ring tomorrow - better to speak to someone in person I guess. Just can't bear the idea that I might in any way be subjecting J to anything suspect, so - will wait for him to be older, til he can take care of himself I think!!! But will still check into this forum, if only because its so full of interesting people with so much fun stuff to discuss!
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Missmoneypenny Good luck to your DS.

DS has been revierd 352 times and like everyone else its from Bots etc. I too thinking of cancelling KCCP out as not achieved nothing from it the past year. the roles that have been advertised I have asked the agency about and they know nothing about them bit worrying that is!

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I found that if there was a casting on KCCP that was of interest I contacted my agent to say I was putting which ever of my DC's forward and for many of them they had already done so also.
The only ones that Agent wasnt interested in was the unpaid, low paid films or similar. After having done a few shorts for no money or expenses that dont really cover the whole expenses incurred in getting children to location and spend a day chaperoning, have decided that its not worth the aggro or cost so have also cancelled subscription as am just going now with what agent gets through - ( also though DS starts Oliver tour soon will be busy and under licence with that). AT £12 month per child KCCP is just too expensive now.
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Did anyone non - Italian get one of the advertised jobs for the Cardonnas shoot?
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Yes, I know someone who did the job :)
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Instead of posting a new thread thought I would carry on this one!

DS has been viewed twice by the same employer in two days in a row. I googlef them and it was a university!! He is only ten so why r they viewing?

Haven't gone around cancelling the subscription and both ds and I r getting disheatened as his last audition was in April! He got the role but since then absolutely zero!!!

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