the various template items are loading data from the individual Profiles of users.  Depending on your site-specific user profile fields, some of this information may not be visible to unauthenticated users.   However, by putting it on the profile pages, you've exposed the information to either anyone, or at least members of the site. When this occurs, DNN replaces the details with ***** -- which is the correct response.  However, it might not be what you're expecting.  So, to counter this, you need to line everything up. To get the User Profile Pages to match the existing User Profile field settings : change the permissions on the 'ViewProfile' modules to match by changing the Module Permissions, or, go into the Html template for the ViewProfile module, and remove the particular piece of Html that exposes a User Profile field that is restricted. To get the User Profile settings to match the User Profile pages, go into the Admin-&gt;Site Setting page, and click on the 'User Account Settings' tab.  Scroll down to find the 'Profile Settings' section, and peruse the list of User Profile fields.  The setting that matters is the 'Default Visibility' column.  This can be either 'AdminOnly', 'AllUsers' or 'Members'. If you want your profile settings to be visible to anyone, change the value to 'AllUsers'.  If you want it to be visible just to members of the site, choose 'Members'.  If you want to keep it hidden, leave it at 'AdminOnly'. If you're still having trouble, I recommend gradually