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FACEBOOK/MYSPACE/LIVEJOURNAL | PEOPLE-SEARCH DATABASES |
PHONE LISTINGS | GOOGLE RESULTS | BLOGS AND WEBSITES | THE IRS | EVERYONE ELSE
People-search databases
There are about 220 people-search databases on the Web, and they contain huge collections of names, addresses and other very personal information. To find and erase myself from them, I head to ReputationDefender (reputationdefender.com), a site where, as CEO and NYC native Michael Fertik tells me, “We Web-kill you. We Web-assassinate your ass.” Um, ouch.
They scour some 30 of the biggest people-search databases (the service costs from $4.95 per month). But of the 442 listings under my name, only two are actually me. After a free search on the scary database PeopleFinders (peoplefinders.com), I find myself: age, hometown and the names and ages of my family members. PeopleFinders tells me that they will remove my information only if I send a snail-mail letter full of even more personal information—previous addresses, a signature—to a California office. Yeah, right.
Invisibility possible? You can chip away at these databases, but you can’t erase everything. A new listing with your middle initial could appear or, of course, a new database could launch and you’re back where you started.
Anne
Sun, Mar 09, at 07:53pm
career background checks. And the reporter, editor, webmaster and their attorney all AGREE the article may very well
can damage the young person's future, yet they refuse to remove the young person's name from the article because it will reveal the TRUTH :
Anne
Sun, Mar 09, at 06:05pm
Save yourself, your reputation and your future. Never, Never speak to newspaper reporters. Even if you spend a great deal of time and effort giving them the exact truth, they will twist and omit and take your words out of context - Just so they have "a story with content". And you or your child will suffer.
Anne
Sun, Mar 09, at 06:01pm
And that truth is, (maybe not all newspapers), but this one in particular, THE ST PETE TIMES does not want the public to know their articles are very often inaccurately written just for the sake of creating a SENSATIONAL story, with no regard for the truth or facts and with absolutely no concern for who's future they may permanently damage, including a minor's. And by the way, their attorney suggested we create a BLOG in order to correct this, so how ironic this story appeared. Save ...
Anne
Sun, Mar 09, at 05:50pm
What's really a serious problem is when a reporter and editor of a so-called reputable newspaper such as the St Pete Times ADMITS they did a very shallow and inaccurate article and a Google search of one of the people , A MINOR, mentioned in the article shows the article with all it's inaccuracies... and these inaccuracies are libelous to the minor's good name and reputation, and these inaccuracies have the potential to permanently damage the MINOR's college applications and future career ...
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