Spokeo.com

Do you have to be a member to have your name removed?
 
deafbajagal said:
I think I hate Spokeo.com more than I hate the AG Bell Association.
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looking forward to see companies like Spokeo to go down when Congress passes a more stringent privacy law.
 
Banjo said:
Remove Your Personal Data from Spokeo? Unlikely
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Most likely, the government is the only entity that can stop this kind of intrusion by making it illegal for third party sources to make private citizens' information visible to casual Internet surfers without the citizen's explicit permission. I don't think the government can stop these aggregators from selling the information. The junk mail industry has thrived on these kinds of sales for years. But some kind of legislation should be able to stop aggregators from exposing the phone numbers, home addresses, and personal income of people with whom these sites have no direct relationship. Or at least perhaps some kind of privacy legislation can force these sites to reveal the original sources so citizens can have their information hidden at those websites or databases.
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bingo.
 
I agree, it should be illegal. A lot of people didn't sign up for this service so why should they be entitled being exposed like that? False information can be even worse for some.
 
OMG half of my information isn't even accurate!

It says I'm still married (I'm divorced, I have the decree to prove it), my income is 76K annually PFFFFTTT!!! If I were really making that much do you think I will still be living here? It lists my address as a PO Box, I've never had a PO Box except for at Uni back in
02-03 and the box number wasn't even 7! However the phone number listed is correct, it lists my 'property' as the local funeral home, :rofl:! My parents are correct, but it does not show that I have a brother.

This made me laugh however I will continue with having it removed for my personal privacy and safety.

NOTE: they have a captcha that doesn't work properly, I had to re-enter it 3 times before it finally went through.
 
KristinaB said:
I checked out quite a few names from family and old friends. Not much was accurate. For me, it lists my hubby and MIL as being my parents and says that I own the house when MIL does. For my oldest brother, it says I am his child. For an old boyfriend, it shows him alive and well here in town. He died 10 years ago to suicide and was not here at the time.
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Yeah, it's not accurate..
I sent to Spokeo and I removed mine.
Very interesting - they said my townhouse was worth $350,000!!!
My goodness!
 
I was surfing and I found Spokeo site, which I never heard of. So, I decided to check this site. Oh, OMG.. This site is scary and tooo much information.. That's why I wanted to share it with you all, guys. I am glad some of you did remove yourself. Any of you don't know how to remove. So, here are steps to remove yourself from Spokeo.com:

1. Go to Spokeo
2. Search for yourself, using name, town and state
3. Look at the list of names found (on the left) and click on the one that is yours
4. Go to the top of the page and copy the URL in the browser bar
The URL looks like this, all in one line: www. Spokeo . com - Your name
5. Go to the bottom of the spokeo.com page and look for the word privacy and click on it
6. Paste or type the URL into the box
7. CLick "Remove" and you are done

I hope it helps. :)
 
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Sosie said:
I was surfing and I found Spokeo site, which I never heard of. So, I decided to check this site. Oh, OMG.. This site is scary and tooo much information.. That's why I wanted to share it with you all, guys. I am glad some of you did remove yourself. Any of you don't know how to remove. So, here are steps to remove yourself from Spokeo.com:

1. Go to People Search | White Pages | Find People | FREE!
2. Search for yourself, using name, town and state
3. Look at the list of names found (on the left) and click on the one that is yours
4. Go to the top of the page and copy the URL in the browser bar
5. Go to the bottom of the spokeo.com page and look for the word privacy and click on it
6. Paste or type the URL into the box
7. CLick "Remove" and you are done

I hope it helps. :)
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The second link you posted contains your name. Everyone needs to use their own name to remove themselves. I removed your link from this post. You might wish to remove it also, since it contains your name.
 
saywhatkid said:
The second link you posted contains your name. Everyone needs to use their own name to remove themselves. I removed your link from this post. You might wish to remove it also, since it contains your name.
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Oh, shyt... done...
Thanks, saywhatkid.
 
scary but same time, i dont have to email him or her for my address, lol.
 
Wirelessly posted (Samsung Captivate (i897))

I had that debate with my friend about spokeo on my facebook status. I agreeit is too much information. It even will show pictures from your own email that was supposed to be private, not for the public. I dislike it at all.
 
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