[GET]Deleting Yourself From People Search Websites

[Danfree]

I plagiarized this from a newsletter I get.

If you’ve ever done an internet search on your own name, and city where you live, you may have been surprised.

Most people are shocked to find out how much information about them is freely available online.

"People search" websites such as Spokeo, White Pages, and BeenVerified share a lot about you.

These sites put together profiles based on public information from across the internet.
The profiles usually contain personal information such as phone numbers, and addresses.

Yet, the information isn’t always accurate.

Intelius: This company operates websites like Classmates.com, iSearch, ZabaSearch, Peoplelookup, PublicRecords, and others.

The good thing is, if you remove yourself from Intelius, you remove yourself from all the websites it controls.

Go to http://www.intelius.com/opt-out/submit/ and enter your name.

When you find your records, click select.

On the next page, enter your e-mail address and you will receive an e-mail to confirm your opt-out.

It can take up to 72 hours to remove your information.

MyLife: MyLife makes you jump through a lot of hoops to have your information removed from their website.

To opt-out of MyLife, you have to call the company.

Call (888) 704-1900 and press 2 to begin the opt-out process.

After you have confirmed your identity, ask customer support to remove your profile.
You may be asked to register for the site to claim your data.

This may sound fishy, but it is a normal part of their process.

Remember to make sure you don’t sign up for anything.

Make it very clear that you want your information removed.

The customer service representative will push you to buy services, so just tell them
you don’t want any extra services or charges.

BeenVerified: This website is one of the most popular options for people searches.

It contains a lot of information about you.

This includes your full name, phone number, and street address.

To remove your information, visit http://www.beenverified.com/faq/opt-out/ and search your name and state.

When you find yourself, click select.

On the opt-out page, enter your e-mail and click send verification e-mail.

Open the e-mail and click on the link.

This will take you to a confirmation page.

It may take several weeks to completely remove your information.

Spokeo: To opt-out of Spokeo search for your profile on the website. Once you have
located your profile copy the URL.

Next, go to https://www.spokeo.com/optout and paste the URL from your profile into the opt-out box.

Then add your e-mail below and click remove the listing.

You will receive a confirmation e-mail.

You need to click on the link in the e-mail to confirm your opt-out.

White Pages: The first thing to do is to locate your profile on the website.

Then copy the URL for your profile.

Next, go to https://support.whitepages.com/hc/en-us/requests/new.

In the drop-down choose “I need to edit or remove a listing.”

Next, there will be a form to fill out with all your information.

The information you provide should match the information the website has about you.

There is no reason to hesitate to give them your information if they already have it.

In your request, ask that your info also be removed from White Pages Premium.

Sometimes they only remove listings from the basic White Pages and not the premium website.

There is no question people-search websites present risks.

They make it easier for stalkers.

They also open the door to identity theft.

Anyone willing to pay can access your personal information.

In my case, there were multiple listings for me with slight variation, some correct, some incorrect. I multiple listings over several days.

Enjoy

[Danfree]

Warning about MYLIFE. The only one you call on the telephone.

They do a high pressure sales pitch to subscribe to a service they claim that will search the web for your information. They start at $50 and if you hold out you can get it down to $1 for a couple of day.

New info.

I tried to do a $5.00 usage for 30 days. For what ever reason they could not process my credit card on two different days, so I said screw it.

[BeardyWeirdy]

Excellent list! Here's one for the removal: https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/removal

[King Crimson]

Thanks for the info.

Just so you know - This is not plagiarism - this is just sharing info. Plagiarism is when you claim you wrote it when you didn't.

These days, this is good info to have.

all the best

[actionguy]

Thanks for the share and reps added.