You may well be correct - I only noticed this now as most of the sites I frequent are not linked to my Google account. I know YouTube has been bugging me to put

You may well be correct - I only noticed this now as most of the sites I frequent are not linked to my Google account. I know YouTube has been bugging me to put in a Real Name for a while, but I was never prompted before to create a fully fledged G+ profile (incl birth date, gender...)