watch your public life

Jack_Berry · Jan 30, 2011

got this today from a friend. found me and several of us on this site.

There's a site called spokeo.com that's a new online USA phone book w/personal information: everything from pics you've posted on FB or web, your approx credit score, home value, income, age, family member's names.
You can remove yourself by searching your name, find your page, copy the URL then go to the bottom right of the page & click on the Privacy link to remove yourself, although I didn't find that information displayed on theit website.

Jack_Berry · Jan 30, 2011

let me know if you have success removing yourself. i have tried 6 times and failed.

Brisco · Jan 30, 2011

Wasn't this brought up a couple of weeks ago in another thread?

I've been there and saw some of my info. Nothing I've ever done online before though. Had my cell phone # listed, which I've had going on 10 years now, but wasn't surprised when I saw it cause I've been using it as my personal number for many years now.

I too have tried to have my info removed with no success. At least not yet I haven't had any luck. I'm not one to give up though.

Falligator · Feb 10, 2011

Huh..it has me listed as a homeowner and I'm not...lol.

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gotta go · Feb 10, 2011

Jack_Berry said:
let me know if you have success removing yourself. i have tried 6 times and failed.

I was able to remove mine the first time I tried. Jack, did you click on the link in the email they send in response to your request?

redytrk · Feb 11, 2011

You can have info removed, but the first inquiry triggers a new web search. And boom, there is all your info again.

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Pirate2X · Mar 27, 2011

Had no problem removing, or so the email and clickie link says...

One would think this would be illegal, privacy act or something?

~Bill

Turtle · Mar 27, 2011

Pirate2X said:
Had no problem removing, or so the email and clickie link says...

One would think this would be illegal, privacy act or something?

~Bill

Its all already public information, likely all of it information you have posted yourself. All of that information is simply aggregated much the same way Google aggregates news feeds. In order to remove the information that shows up, you have to remove it from the source, not from the aggregator.

ts675 · Mar 27, 2011

Both my wife and my cell are listed but not to our names on there.lol we've had em for almost 8 yrs.

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Moot · Mar 28, 2011

Interesting site. Not sure about the accuracy of the posted information though. Somewhere along the line I lost a kid. Not the one that got married, but the one that still live with us. Also the house I own is valued way more than the house my wife owns. She never even told me she had her own place. I believe a family chat is long over due.

Wolfeman68 · Mar 28, 2011

This isn't much different from any site that says "Find out information about people". They charge for the full report. Everything I saw could be found elsewhere. What I found interesting was that they have two different listings for me.

The first one uses the nickname spelling of my first name. This has the accurate address,but incorrect years living there. The thing that bothers me about this is that it had to be obtained from my OOIDA membership. OOIDA incorrectly used my nickname instead of my given first name. OOIDA apparently sells their mailing lists.

The second listing using my full proper name lists my address at the apartment I lived in 20 years ago.

I didn't pay the $4.95 to see the full report, but most of what I did see was inaccurate, and of what was accurate could be obtained legally from any county courthouse.