Remove Personal Information from the Web
Are you aware that your personal information is available on the Internet for anyone to view? For little or no money your full name, date of birth, current and past addresses, income estimate, home value, and more are available at the click of a button. The companies who purchase this information and offer it to anyone who asks for it will tell you that this information helps employers do background checks on potential employees. What they won't tell you is that because they don't screen those who access your information these sites are a boon for telemarketers, stalkers and identity thieves who use this information to victimize millions of adults in the U.S. every year.
With your personal information so easily available, the biggest worry is identity theft. The information available on the web is enough to ruin your credit and cost untold thousands of dollars to repair. Beyond the threat of having your identity stolen, the availability of your personal information also means you could find yourself on direct marketing address and phone lists and the recipient of an unending pile of unsolicited advertising. Worse still, anyone from your past can quickly and easily find out where you currently live and how to contact you.
But there is something you can do about it. The first step to taking control of the publicly available information about you is knowledge. There are dozens of companies and web sites currently offering information about anyone. Each one uses various sources to compile a huge database of data and the information generally differs among each vendor. Discovering exactly what information about you is out there and accessible to anyone is where you should begin. Next you need to find out what policies each data supplier has for removing your personal information. Each company and web site has different procedures concerning data removal and finding those policies can be time consuming. However, if you invest in the research it can pay off in the end. With the necessary work it's possible to take back the power over your own information. What freedom is more important than ownership of your personal information?
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Below you'll find a table that lists the most well known web sites that collect personal information. You'll find a link to each site, the data sources they mine, the information they store on each individual, and the process for removing yourself from the site. If you would like to download the table as a PDF there's a link available below the table.
| Site | Data Sources | Information Kept | Removal Process |
|---|---|---|---|
| intellius.com | Public Records, Phone Records, Online Services, Credit Reports, Employment Records, Court Records, Social Media, Driving Records, Marriage Records, Death Records, Divorce Records | Name, Businesses, Addresses, Phone, DOB, Email, Relatives, Criminal & Civil, Property, Income, Employment, Credit, Social Media | Faxed Request with Name, Address, Phone, DOB, and State ID or License. You can find the fax number here |
| ussearch.com | Public Records, Phone Records, Court Records, Social Media | Name, Businesses, Addresses, Phone, DOB, Email, Relatives, Neighbors, Aliases, Criminal & Civil | Go here |
| 411.com | Using peoplefinders.com service to pull in records, sponsored by whitepages.com | Name, Businesses, Addresses, Associates, Age and can get from peoplefinders sponsor - Phone, DOB, Email, Criminal & Civil, Relatives, Neighbors, Social Media | Search and Click on Name. On Details page scroll down to bottom and click on remove this listing link |
| whitepages.com | Using peoplesmart.com service to pull in records | Name, Businesses, Associates, Addresses, Phone, Age and can get from peoplesmart - DOB, Email, Criminal & Civil, Relatives, Neighbors, Property, Employment | Search and Click on Name. On Details page, click on remove this listing link |
| phonenumber.com | Using peoplefinders.com service to pull in records, sponsored by MyLife.com | Name, Businesses, Addresses, Age and can get from peoplefinders sponsor - Associates, Relatives, Neighbors, DOB, Phone, Criminal & Civil, Social Media | Search and Click on Name. On Details page, click on remove this listing link |
| anywho.com | Using intelius.com to pull in records, sponsored by yellowpages.com | Name, Businesses, Addresses, Phone and can get from intelius.com - DOB, Criminal & Civil, Email, Relatives, Property, Income, Credit, Social Media | Search and Click on Name. On Details page scroll down to bottom and click on remove this listing link |
| people.yahoo.com | Using intelius.com to pull in records, sponsored by intelius.com | Name, Businesses, Addresses, Phone and can get from intelius.com - DOB, Criminal & Civil, Email, Relatives, Property, Income, Credit, Social Media | Must use intelius.com site - Faxed Request with Name, Address, Phone, DOB, and State ID or License. You can find the fax number here |
| peoplefinders.com | Public Records, Phone Records, Online Services, Employment Records, Court Records, Social Media, Marriage Records, Death Records, Divorce Records | Name, Businesses, Addresses, Age, Relatives, DOB, Phone, Criminal & Civil, Email, Associates, Neighbors, Properties, Social Media | Search and Click on Name. On Details page, click on remove this listing link |
| reversephonedetective.com | Phone Records | Phone Owner Name, Address, Line Type, Carrier, Issuing Location, Previous Addresses | Fill out Form here |
| zabasearch.com | Using intelius.com to pull in records | Name, Addresses, Phone, DOB and can get from intelius.com - Email, Criminal & Civil, Relatives, Property, Income, Credit, Social Media, Businesses | Search and Click on Name. On Details page, click on remove this listing link |
| switchboard.intelius.com | Whitepages, Public, and Reverse Phone Lookup using intelius.com to pull in records | Name, Businesses, Addresses, Phone, DOB, Email, Relatives, Criminal & Civil, Property, Income, Employment, Credit, Social Media | Must use intelius.com site - Faxed Request with Name, Address, Phone, DOB, and State ID or License. You can find the fax number here |
| find.person.superpages.com | Using intelius.com to pull in records | Name, Addresses, Phone and can get DOB, Email, Criminal & Civil, Relatives, Property, Income, Credit, Social Media, Businesses | Search and Click on Name. On Details page, click on remove this listing link |
| classmates.com | Only contains information if you registered and provided the information | Name, Address, DOB, High School | Can remove yourself by going here |
| peoplesearch.lycos.com | Using peoplesmart.com service to pull in records | Name, Addresses, Age, Associates, and can get from peoplesmart - DOB, Email, Criminal & Civil, Relatives, Neighbors, Property, Employment, Phone, Businesses | Search and Click on Name. On Details page, click on remove this listing link |
| infospace.com | Using intelius.com to pull in records | Name, Addresses, Phone, and can get from intellius - Email, Criminal & Civil, Relatives, Property, Income, Credit, Social Media, Businesses, DOB | Search and Click on Name. On Details page, click on remove this listing link |
| dexknows.com | Using peoplefinders.com to pull in records | Name, Addresses, Businesses, Phone, Age, and can get from peoplefinders.com - DOB, Email, Criminal & Civil, Associates, Relatives, Neighbors, Social Media | Search and Click on Name. On Details page scroll down to bottom and click on remove this listing link |
| accurint.com | For professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting, academic markets - Must have an account to lookup records which include all public, phone, credit, court, employment, and online type records, Marriage Records, Death Records, Divorce Records | Name, Businesses, Addresses, Phone, DOB, Email, Associates, Aliases, Relatives, Criminal & Civil, Property, Income, Employment, Credit, Online Activity, and other Public Activity | You may only opt-out if you are a government official, the victim of identity theft, or can show proof of potential harm and may do so through this link |
| enformion.com | For professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting, academic markets - Must have an account to lookup records which include all public, phone, credit, court, employment, and online type records, Marriage Records, Death Records, Divorce Records | Name, Businesses, Addresses, Phone, DOB, Email, Associates, Aliases, Relatives, Criminal & Civil, Property, Income, Employment, Credit, Online Activity, and other Public Activity | Do not show a direct way to opt-out but you can contact them through email, phone, fax, or mail here |
| lostpeople.com | Public Records, Phone Records, Online Services, Credit Reports, Employment Records, Court Records, Social Media, Driving Records, Whois Web site Records, Marriage Records, Death Records, Divorce Records | Name, Addresses Past 15 years, Social Security, DOB, Phone Numbers Past 15 years, Aliases, Emails, Criminal & Civil, Relatives, Neighbors, Businesses, Employment, Assets, Web sites Owned, DMV Information | No direct way to opt-out but you can find their contact info here |
| privateeye.com | Public Records, Phone Records, Credit Reports, Employment Records, Court Records, Marriage Records, Death Records, Divorce Records | Name, Addresses, Associates, Relatives, Aliases, Phone, DOB, Property, Criminal & Civil | Must mail a letter to them with a list of required information. Go here for list and mailing address |
| instantpeoplefinder.com | Public Records, Phone Records, Credit Reports, Court Records, Marriage Records, Death Records, Divorce Records | Name, Addresses, Phone, Relatives, DOB, Income, Criminal & Civil, Aliases, Neighbors, Property | No direct way to opt-out but you can find their contact info here |
| public-records-now.com | Public Records, Phone Records, Credit Reports, Court Records, Marriage Records, Death Records, Divorce Records | Name, Age, Aliases, Addresses, Relatives, Associates, Businesses, DOB, Phone, Criminal & Civil, Property | Must mail a letter to them with a list of required information. Go here for list and mailing address: and scroll down to #7 |
| reunion.com | Using Mylife.com to pull records and mostly only contains information if you joined and submitted it | Name, Address, DOB, High School, Social Media, Relatives and Associates, Education | Go to your public profile using the Member Directory, and click the "Is This You?" link. Then click the following link "If you like to opt out of this service, click here." |
| switchboard.com | Using intelius.com to pull in records, sponsored by yellowpages.com | Name, Businesses, Addresses, Phone and can get from intelius.com - DOB, Criminal & Civil, Email, Relatives, Property, Income, Credit, Social Media | Click Here |
| usa-people-search.com | Public Records, Phone Records, Credit Reports, Court Records, Marriage Records, Death Records, Divorce Records | Name, Addresses, Phone, Age, Relatives, DOB, Aliases, Criminal & Civil, Property, Neighbors, Businesses | Must mail a letter to them with a list of required information. Go here for list and mailing address |
| veromi.com | Public Records, Phone Records, Credit Reports, Court Records, Marriage Records, Death Records, Divorce Records | Name, Addresses, Phone, Age, Relatives, DOB, Aliases, Criminal & Civil, Property, Neighbors, Businesses | Must mail a letter to them with a list of required information. Go here for list and mailing address and scroll down to #7 |
| abika.com | Using various services to pull records. It is a Search Engine Type Site to find people information. | Name, Aliases, Addresses, Businesses, Phone, DOB, Relatives, Associates, Criminal & Civil, Property, Email, IM, Web sites, Employment, Education, DMV, Credit, Finances, Social Media, Online Photos | Abika is a search engine type service using various other services to pull in records. You will have to go to each of the services that it uses to opt-out. |
| zoominfo.com | Using intelius.com to pull records. It is designed to find business people | Name, Businesses, Job Title, Email, Phone, Employment, Education, Business Address, Web site | To opt-out, you must email a link to your profile on their site requesting they remove it to: remove@zoominfo.com |
| ameridex.com | Paid only site using Public Records, Death Records, Phone Records | Name, Phone, Addresses, DOB, Death | To opt-out, go here |
| peopledata.com | Using various services to pull records. It is a Search Engine Type Site to find people information. | Name, Aliases, Addresses, Businesses, Phone, DOB, Relatives, Associates, Criminal & Civil, Property, Email, IM, Web sites, Employment, Education, DMV, Credit, Finances, Social Media, Online Photos | The site peopledata.com is a search engine type service using various other services to pull in records. You will have to go to each of the services that it uses to opt-out. |
| lexisnexis.com | For professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting, academic markets - Must have an account to lookup records which include all public, phone, credit, court, employment, and online type records, Marriage Records, Death Records, Divorce Records | Name, Businesses, Addresses, Phone, DOB, Email, Associates, Aliases, Relatives, Criminal & Civil, Property, Income, Employment, Credit, Online Activity, and other Public Activity | You may only opt-out if you are a government official, the victim of identity theft, or can show proof of potential harm and may do so through this link |
| pipl.com | Using various services to pull records. It is a Search Engine Type Site to find people information. It locates any information across the web that contains the Name and the location information. | Name, Businesses, Addresses, Phone, DOB, Email, Associates, Aliases, Relatives, Criminal & Civil, Property, Income, Employment, Credit, Online Activity, Web sites, Social Media, and other Public Activity | The site pipl.com is a search engine type service using various other services to pull in records. You will have to go to each of the services that it uses to opt-out. |
| peoplesmart.com | Public Records, Phone Records, Online Services, Credit Reports, Employment Records, Court Records, Social Media, Driving Records, Marriage Records, Death Records, Divorce Records | Name, Businesses, Addresses, Phone, DOB, Email, Relatives, Criminal & Civil, Property, Income, Employment, Credit, Social Media | You can opt-out here |
| mylife.com | Only contains information if you registered and provided the information. Does pull in Social Media, Addresses, and Relatives from public records. | Name, Age, Addresses, Relatives, Education, Social Media, Employment | Log into your MyLife account with your username and password. Select the "My Account" drop down on the top right side of your screen and click "Settings". On the My Account page, click the "Delete Account" link. |