Dear Life,
Yes....I put my stuff out there for the world to read.
But I don't put maps to my house....how much I'm worth....the areas I've lived in.
But it's out there.
There is a crazy website called Spokeo.
Have you heard of it?
This is their description of themselves:
Spokeo is a people search engine that organizes vast
quantities of white-pages listings, social information, and other
people-related data from a large variety of public sources.
Basically anything that is attached to your name they put out
there for the low low price of 2.95 you can have access to
this:
Married
House
$479k
Travel Cooking
Caucasian
Sagittarius
Politics
Protestant
High School
Occupation
It's private, safe, and secure the website states. Private, safe and secure for whom?
Fear not, there is a way to have your information taken off, but be aware that I did this about two years ago and it came back up. Good practice would be to check yearly to see if your info has magically popped up.
- Go to Spokeo and type in your name.
- Copy the URL when it brings up your information.
- Go to the bottom of the page and click on “privacy”
- Paste the URL in the box provided
- Include your email address (it gives you further instructions via email)
- Enter the code
- Go to your email and click on the link they provide to you
- Confirm the directory listing has been deleted
- Go back to Spokeo and put in your name to be sure it was deleted and they can’t find you.
I like to control what info is out there in cyberspace.
Let me know what you think!
From....A mom of boys
That is creepy! I didn't know I was Hispanic and Catholic ;-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. What is interesting is that there are 4 of me! And two are at VERY old addresses.
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