This post looks at the results of my searches of the first two of these Web directories; tomorrow I'll describe what I found in the other three directories, and later this week, I'll examine ways to manage and control your personal information on the Web. There was plenty of information about me in these directories, but a great amount of the data in their entries for me was outdated or just plain wrong.
And while most Web directories let you request that your personal data be removed from their databases, there's no guarantee the services won't simply collect the information all over again in the future--at least until there's a "do not collect" registry similar to the Federal Trade Commission's Do Not Call registry. Search by name, phone number, or address Searching my name at PhoneNumber. But my name did appear when I searched my home phone number on the site's reverse-phone-lookup page.
And both my name and my wife's name were returned when I entered our home address on the site with no phone number. Make sure you have your browser's pop-up blocker activated before you visit PhoneNumber. Firefox blocked several pop-ups when I tested the site, and I believe at least one pop-up ad got through the browser's ad defense. Apart from the directory's advertisement overload, PhoneNumber.
Trade your private info for "free" access? One of the prevalent advertisers on PhoneNumber. The site's first pop-up appears almost immediately, prompting you to register by entering your gender, name, e-mail address, date of birth, and ZIP code. In exchange, the service offers to let you "control your profile and craft your online image," according to the MyLife Terms and Conditions page.
The site's terms also state that "you are licensing to MyLife. MyLife has the right to "modify, display, distribute, and create new material using such content on MyLife. The only way for them to know is if MyLife. MyLife is in the business of reselling user data including search-history of their own users. If you do use MyLife, it is important to realize that their information is not accurate. If you want to send a data removal request to MyLife as quickly as possible we recommend All Of Your Data , the very cheap data broker removal service.
Mylife is clearly a mass-extortion scheme targeting nearly every man, woman, and child in the United States with the thin veil of a social network. While some people do find the personal contact information of long-lost relatives and friends using MyLife; it is a fact that a very large percentage of their sales come from what is essentially online stalking. In the end, MyLife was forced to change its business practices.
My Life now advertises criminal record reports for hundreds of millions of users who have never been in legal trouble whatsoever. MyLife reported that it had over 60 million active users in Today, there are pre-generated profiles for over ,, individuals who gave no consent to the company. Also, nearly every profile contains inaccurate and reputation damaging information. There are direct legal actions you can take to have your information remove from people finder sites.
MyLife will generally comply with cease and desist letters so long as you confirm your identity with their technical support team. They do not provide any streamlined system for doing this and it is very common for them to bounce you around between call-centers with frequent hangups and then ask you to give them money each month in order to hide or modify your profile.
Sign into Google and visit google. Here, enter your name in the alert box at the top of the page and click Create Alert. Use the Show Options link to expand the view. This lets you set how often email alerts will arrive and where they should be delivered.
You'll see a preview of your alerts too, to give you an idea of how they will look. Now, whenever Google spots your name on a website, news page, social media, forum, or blog post, it will send you an email alert! Like Google Alerts, but focusing on social networks that might see mention of your name is Mention. This is a web-based alert system that offers apps for Windows 10 and macOS, as well as Android and iPhone. Signup is free for the standard service, while Mention also offers a day trial of the fully featured service.
Once you sign up, sign in and create an alert. You can choose up to four additional alerts, which in this case might be the names of close family members. Click Get Started to proceed.
Mention will start scanning sources, including blogs, forums and social networks like Facebook and Twitter. A default selection of sources is scanned initially; click the Edit alert button in the Mention dashboard to edit this. The Mention dashboard lists all occurrences of your alert, which by default is sent to your email inbox. When an email is received, click the notification to instantly find out what context your name has been used in. A LinkedIn profile is incredibly useful for finding a new job.
You might be a freelancer, an expert in your field or if you're simply looking for a change of career. Signing into the service will display a total of profile views for the current period. LinkedIn Premium members will see full details of those viewing them; the free account holders will only see a handful.
If someone is using LinkedIn to track you down, there is a good chance that it is for work-related reasons. On the other hand, you might like to know just who is looking, and why. Using the LinkedIn Premium service is a good way to get a handle on this. While there is no obvious, explicit way to spot who has checked you, Facebook does provide some clues.
However, elements like photo tagging, profile views, and which contacts are online are all believed to impact who is displayed. While imprecise, you can at least discern which contacts are more interested looking for you online.
Meanwhile, if you use the Facebook Story feature, you can check who has viewed the post. After posting a story and it collecting a few views, open the story post and click the eye icon. This will list the names of the friends and other connections who viewed the post.
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