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Comment from Tamara on 2012-01-27

2012-01-28T00:40:51Z

I have always tried to be careful when posting anything to the internet. I lie about my birthday and about other things that people could use for identity theft. Still doesn't matter. I type my name in the search engine.. and found my address very quickly. Much of the info was old. Going back to addresses used over the last 20 years of my life. But they were all me. :(

This about makes me want to use an alias when on the internet. That way people who know me in real life know my real name and where I am. But new people I meet on the internet would have a harder time finding me. Is really sad that the information is so readily available. It shouldn't be legal at all. Is sad to think you need to lie about your name or what city you live in, in order to maintain some privacy!

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Comment from Jordan on 2011-05-26

2011-05-26T21:14:13Z

I just visited the top 10 people search engines. Let me start with the fact that a lot of these search engines are sister companies with eachother. From what I have been noticing is that i sometimes can get my info removed right away and other times it takes 7 to 10 days or even 3 to 6 weeks for information to be removed. I was able to remove my info from about 9 search sites without having to send in something snail mail or by fax. Intellius, US Search, and People Lookup are all Intellius sites. You must fax in a picture of your Drivers License to 425-974-6194 with all addresses you want removed. For USA People search and People Search Now you must snail mail a letter with your full name an DOB to
Opt-out p.o. box 18860
Sacremento CA
I sure hope this helps but in all honesty you will never be removed from the internet. I agree with the whole name change thing that was mentioned. I seriously contimplated it. I looked into it be aware that you must notify everyone that you have legally changed your name. The list is massive not to mention that your mom an dad friends an family most likely will not understand nor be happy about it. remember birth cert. Drivers license social security card credit cards land lord, bank mortgage companies everything!!! have a great day an be persistant.

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Comment from Douglas Gross on 2010-07-07

2010-07-08T03:20:00Z

Interesting. I used to be able to type my name into the search and see almost everything I posted. Then some doctor with the same name started popping up as I started posting less and now it is hard to find anything about me. I can find my Helium.com articles and sometimes a funny picture of me when I had insanely long hair. Ha! I don't care. If an employer wants to act that way, they need to work for someone else, not have people working for them. Unfortunately, most people who do the hiring for businesses (whether they are there own businesses or not) feel they are somehow entitled to a perfect employee that not only can do anything for peanuts but is also so clean you can eat off them. Though they'd like to think they might be taking steps to get a saint, God can probably mention a few facts about anyone that would keep them from getting hired or might cause them to lose a job. To me it's all symptomatic of a society that is inevitably going to have to learn to respect other people the hard way, and looking for reasons to condemn other people is disrespectful. I'd rather not work such an employer even that meant having no job at all, because they most likely don't know what is not their business and will repeat their offense in other ways for as long as you work for them.

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Comment from Norma DeRosa on 2009-06-15

2009-06-15T14:58:49Z

My identity was stolen many years ago. It seems that is not only one of me, but many. I am under such stress seeing myself morally destroy with all this names, and addresses. How can I correct it?

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Comment from Lee Nelson Guptill on 2009-06-01

2009-06-01T20:53:41Z

absolutely fascinating, educational, and amusing. Have we almost entered the age of "Big Brother?"

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Comment from Philip Crawford on 2009-05-26

2009-05-26T23:51:11Z

Yes, Google will remove you out of their data base. They will let you opt out of their search engine. I just cant remember how I did it.

If you are a website owner this is true: you can instruct that your website not be included in Google. (Though other search engines may or may not be as accomodating.)

If you are simply a person wanting not to be found: this is false. You cannot remove yourself from Google, period.

- Leo
28-May-2009

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Comment from Marianne Rankin on 2009-05-26

2009-05-26T17:17:11Z

The above makes sense. I've never posted anything about myself much of anywhere, except jobhunting via various job sites. My question is, is e-mail still safe? There is no way anyone can get into one's e-mail through Outlook, etc., correct?

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