Have you heard of Spokeo.com? You NEED to know about it. Head over there, type your name in and look for yourself.
Imagine what people can get when they pay $2.95 or more!? I did and it made me sick. I have no idea what their information source is, but it is dead on.
I’m active on Twitter, I’ve mentioned that before, and I see people that constantly update their twitter and facebook feeds with where they are at. Whether it’s home, the grocery store, a restaurant… and when you click on a link it shows their street, zip code. It shocks me. In fact, I don’t even say the city I live in outloud on twitter.
If you are one of those people on twitter that do this – STOP DOING IT!
Thankfully, Megan of Half-Pint House, tweeted the answer on how to remove it all. Thank goodness!!!!
Here are the steps to making your information disappear:
- Search for yourself and/or child(ren).
- When you find yourself click on your name.
- Copy the URL (up in the top box of your webpage). It will say something like “www.spokeo.com/search?q=YOUR NAME….”. Copy that.
- Now go here: http://www.spokeo.com/privacy
- Paste that URL into the “URL” box.
- Enter your e-mail and type the code shown.
- You will receive an e-mail that you have to click to verify. Do it. Immediately.
Now click that little e-mail button to pass this information to your friends and family.
1 comments:
Thank you for posting this, I appreciate the information. Surprisingly, I am not listed in there, but my husband is. We will be taking care of it right away!
Anna, The Pilot's Wife
http://www.pilotwife.blogspot.com
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