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The site has a link at the bottom of user pages to opt-out. They keep you listed but remove your address and telephone number.

petilon 10y ago
The opt-out is for information they added on top of what is in your voter record. They don't let you opt out of information that's in your voter record.
- nommm-nommm 10y ago
  Because your voting record is public information.
  - krishanath 10y ago
    Sure, but we need new laws on how public information can be used. Just because you want to register to vote shouldn't mean your date of birth can now be made freely available to identity thieves and potential employers who can use the info to discriminate against you.
    - krapp 10y ago
      >Just because you want to register to vote shouldn't mean your date of birth can now be made freely available to identity thieves and potential employers who can use the info to discriminate against you. Yes it does - that's exactly what "public" information is. Maybe you can argue that some information shouldn't be public, but some things can't be hidden, like your date of birth or your name or your DNA, and those things are up for grabs by anyone who can collect them, for better or worse.
      - krishanath 10y ago
        Again, the government should not collect citizen's personal information and make it "public" information. Even when certain information is known about a private citizen, there should be laws governing what is allowed use of that information and what isn't. Certain uses should require a release from that citizen.
        krapp 10y ago
        But that information was public, more often than not, before the government collected it.
        nommm-nommm 10y ago
        Newspapers even published birth announcements. Dunno if this is opt in or opt out
    - nommm-nommm 10y ago
      There's two schools of thought here - that the day you were born is somehow confidential or that the public has a vested interest in knowing who is on the voter roll.
- adventurer 10y ago
  Maybe partially, but street address is definitely public info.

petilon 10y ago

The opt-out is for information they added on top of what is in your voter record. They don't let you opt out of information that's in your voter record.

nommm-nommm 10y ago
Because your voting record is public information.
- krishanath 10y ago
  Sure, but we need new laws on how public information can be used. Just because you want to register to vote shouldn't mean your date of birth can now be made freely available to identity thieves and potential employers who can use the info to discriminate against you.
  - krapp 10y ago
    >Just because you want to register to vote shouldn't mean your date of birth can now be made freely available to identity thieves and potential employers who can use the info to discriminate against you. Yes it does - that's exactly what "public" information is. Maybe you can argue that some information shouldn't be public, but some things can't be hidden, like your date of birth or your name or your DNA, and those things are up for grabs by anyone who can collect them, for better or worse.
    - krishanath 10y ago
      Again, the government should not collect citizen's personal information and make it "public" information. Even when certain information is known about a private citizen, there should be laws governing what is allowed use of that information and what isn't. Certain uses should require a release from that citizen.
      - krapp 10y ago
        But that information was public, more often than not, before the government collected it.
        nommm-nommm 10y ago
        Newspapers even published birth announcements. Dunno if this is opt in or opt out
  - nommm-nommm 10y ago
    There's two schools of thought here - that the day you were born is somehow confidential or that the public has a vested interest in knowing who is on the voter roll.
adventurer 10y ago
Maybe partially, but street address is definitely public info.