How to Share Your Biodata Safely

Sharing your biodata is one of the most personal things you'll do. Your biodata contains your photo, salary, family details, education, and more — information you wouldn't normally share with strangers.

Yet the way most people share biodata today has zero privacy protection. Here's how to do it better.

The Risks of Traditional Biodata Sharing

PDF and Word Documents

The most common approach — creating a biodata in Word and sharing the PDF — has serious problems:

• No control after sending — Once forwarded, you can't revoke access
• Gets shared without permission — Family groups, agents, and strangers end up with your details
• Impossible to update — Old versions with outdated info keep circulating
• No delete option — Your details stay on their devices forever

Profile Listing Websites

While profile listing sites offer some structure, they come with their own issues:

• Your data is on their servers — The company can access everything
• Spam messages from fake profiles
• Paid features just to access basic functionality or to message
• Data breaches have exposed millions of profiles on popular platforms

5 Rules for Safer Biodata Sharing

1. Share Links, Not Files

A link can be deactivated. A file cannot. When you share a link instead of a PDF, you maintain control over who can see your information and for how long.

2. Keep Sensitive Details Out of Unencrypted Formats

Your salary, exact address, and family wealth details shouldn't be in a plain text document floating around WhatsApp groups. Use a platform that encrypts this data.

3. Use a Platform That Lets You Delete

Before sharing your biodata anywhere, ask yourself: "Can I take this back?" If the answer is no, think twice about what details you include.

4. Update Once, Reflect Everywhere

If you change jobs, move cities, or update your photos, every person who has your old PDF now has outdated information. Use a system where one update reflects everywhere.

5. Control Your Photos

Your photos are the most shared part of a biodata. Make sure they can't be easily saved and forwarded. Look for platforms that add watermarking and prevent easy downloading.

How ShareLync Solves This

ShareLync was built specifically to address every problem listed above:

A Practical Sharing Workflow

Here's how we recommend sharing your biodata:

1. Create your profile in the ShareLync app (takes ~5 minutes)
2. Choose a theme that matches your style
3. Tap Share to get your secure link
4. Send the link to the specific person or family
5. After the conversation — if it doesn't work out, delete the profile or generate a new link

No PDFs. No Word documents. No permanent digital footprint.

The Bottom Line

Your biodata contains some of the most personal information about you and your family. Treat it with the same care you'd give to your bank details. Share through secure, revocable links rather than permanent files.