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Post by Pete on May 8, 2024 9:44:05 GMT
Whether to protect against identity theft, to protect our privacy or to regain control over our information, there are numerous reasons for wanting to delete personal data from the internet. And there are more of them than we would like.
With every click we make, more and more information about ourselves ends up in the databases of websites, search engines, and the like.
Here are some things you can do about it.
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Post by Hank on May 8, 2024 20:36:03 GMT
Back in Jan of '22 Experian found my personal info 52 times in a scan.
If I upgrade to a paid plan they would see to the removal.
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Post by Pete on May 8, 2024 22:10:51 GMT
Henry, well, my immediate thought on that was that I'd be skeptical of those alleged findings.
Before I'd consider paying for "we found" I'd want to see a list of specific locations.
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Post by Hank on May 8, 2024 23:58:22 GMT
Oh the sights are all listed.
I'm wondering why they don't show any results in the last two years.
I have the basic from several sites.
Thought cute the would do the work if paid.
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Post by dave2 on May 9, 2024 0:42:07 GMT
So what's supposed to happen if someone or some mass of people and businesses find you online? I can only assume that many folks have access to my info, some for many years.
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Post by Pete on May 9, 2024 11:23:02 GMT
Henry, you'd said: "Thought cute they would do the work if paid."
Yeah, that caught my eye too as in: we know your data was comprised but we don't care unless you pay us.
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Post by Pete on May 9, 2024 11:28:28 GMT
Dave, it's not one being found online that's the trouble. After all we all see you right here.  It's not even that our personal info can be found online at legitimate websites. The problem is that when it is that the holders of that info often sell it to marketers. Or worse yet, nefarious characters hack into that info & use it to commit fraud. |
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Post by Hank on May 9, 2024 16:54:28 GMT
All of the sites they found were of the people search find information type.
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