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Elfen_Furry Moderator
Joined: 18 Jun 2002 Posts: 2601 Location: NYC NY
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:27 am Post subject: A Matter of Privacy. |
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I only write this as a warning for all who question how private their web identities and online connections can be. A friend of mine alerted me to this company, having most of her personal information: Name, address, phone number, email address, personal photos that she never published, you name it. I put my email address and whoa! Copies of my email. Copies forum posts on here and other forums I go to. You name it, it was there. On top of all that- if I wanted to see the whole thing about me, that I would have to pay them to see it! I demanded that they remove my email information and everything tied to it from their servers.
The site in question is: http://www.spokeo.com
Search for your own email and see what comes up. Copy the url for the information.
At the bottom of the page, click on the 'Privacy' link. you will need to fill out that form, paste the url with the information you want deleted and decypher the catpcha. Answer the email you will receive, and your info should be deleted immediately. (took 5 minutes for mine to get done.)
I will be checking the site often to see if my info has returned. _________________ SHARKS In The Gene Pool South of Kosovo!
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Cookie Registered User
Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 1690 Location: Yankee Appalachia
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:31 am Post subject: |
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Nothing on me at all. _________________ AKA Skoon
AKA Mogthemoogle |
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Tommy Fox Stone Post Master
Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 8694 Location: Angier North Carolina.
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:41 am Post subject: |
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I checked and didn't find anything about me, but I'll keep a check on them... _________________ Due Too Budget Cuts The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Has Been Turned Off.
Doctor Of PF
CSA.
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Rabbit Registered User
Joined: 07 Sep 2005 Posts: 345 Location: Middle Tennessee
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:38 am Post subject: |
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Mine's almost all wrong-- I think I'll leave it that way. =;) |
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tobi3B Registered User
Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 645 Location: Germany Siegen
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:49 am Post subject: |
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Well I found my name the rest is wrong ^^ _________________ Whether a black cat brings misfortune or not, depends on whether one is a fur or a mouse.
[br]Feed Me![br]Adopted from Valenth |
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mwalimu Registered User
Joined: 08 Nov 2002 Posts: 782 Location: Normal, IL
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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Mine isn't very accurate either.
It should be noted that spokeo accumulates data that is freely available from other sources on the net, if you know where to find it. You might be able to get spokeo to delete your information, but that won't have any effect on the other sites they got it from. Entities who use that information on a large scale (such as advertisers) know how to get what they need from these other sources without paying someone like spokeo for it. _________________ mwalimu
My webpage -*-*- My LiveJournal
Badgers and mushrooms and snakes, oh my! |
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Leonato Moderator
Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 319 Location: Nashville TN, USA
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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Got a whole-lotta nothing on me, none of my e-mails even resolve to my name, and my name does not resolve to my proper address. One of my e-mails even proports an address in CA! So yea, leaving it alone... _________________ My Fury Code:
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Styx Site Owner
Joined: 25 Dec 2002 Posts: 3176 Location: West Covina, California
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:36 am Post subject: |
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Has the address I lived at 10 years ago _________________ "Political Correctness is tyranny with manners." Charlton Heston
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Syrius Registered User
Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Posts: 1463 Location: The S.S. ScurvyDog, Arizona! YARR!
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 3:57 am Post subject: |
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^^^ Same here. And it's wrong by the apartment.
Thanks for the shout, though. I am glad to know that there is little to no personally-identifiable info on me. _________________ Hey, Sony... IT'S PAYBACK TIME!
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Leonato Moderator
Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 319 Location: Nashville TN, USA
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Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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Though one thing to check every so often as well, is to google for your name. Google for your phone-number, etc... I was surprised to find old school records on me, and such... Thankfully nothing current, but still... _________________ My Fury Code:
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Teric Registered User
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 2566 Location: Southern California
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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Pretty much nothing on me. _________________ Styx: "Oh sure like flaming a dragon going to do massive damage, brave challenge there Teric." |
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