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This service exists, I've used it, can vouch for it. https://www.abine.com/deleteme/landing.php https://www.abine.com/deleteme/landing.php

by jquast 10y ago

LeoPanthera 10y ago
This Reddit comment suggests DeleteMe doesn't work so well. https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/3q0cfz/thinking_about_signing_up_for_safe_shepherd_to/cwb0owe/ https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/3q0cfz/thinking_ab...
- JoshTriplett 10y ago
  Quoting that comment: > Your information will show up on those sites sometimes - it'll pop back up after being removed. That suggests that they're not actually tracking down the sources, just poking the downstream sites that get data from those sources. Much less useful.
  - justin66 10y ago
    The sources include government agencies at the state, local, county, and federal level. Those agencies are not going to hide public documents with your name and address on them just because you ask them to. There's a legal process to, for example, expunge a criminal record. On the other hand, most counties aren't going to seal the records associated with your house or other property you've bought just because you would like them to.
- dbg31415 10y ago
  Can confirm... manually went through and opted out of everything I could find... made me feel shitty because I had to provide photos and ID card photos to do it... less than a year later it was all back again. Hired one of the services to do it the second time around... they got maybe 50% of it... and less than a year again it was all back (note I was still paying the monthly subscription to have it all purged). Worse... I had to tell them what sites I found that they missed and waste time dealing with support issues... and let's be honest neither the companies who put the shit up, or the companies who you pay to take it down, are all that honorable. Extortion, pure and simple. Wish Google would just kill their site rankings, that would largely make the problem go away. Google is allowed to de-list spam sites... why they haven't classified all this crap as spam yet is beyond me.

This service exists, I've used it, can vouch for it. https://www.abine.com/deleteme/landing.php https://www.abine.com/deleteme/landing.php

by jquast 10y ago

This service exists, I've used it, can vouch for it. https://www.abine.com/deleteme/landing.php https://www.abine.com/deleteme/landing.php

LeoPanthera 10y ago

This Reddit comment suggests DeleteMe doesn't work so well. https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/3q0cfz/thinking_about_signing_up_for_safe_shepherd_to/cwb0owe/ https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/3q0cfz/thinking_ab...

JoshTriplett 10y ago
Quoting that comment: > Your information will show up on those sites sometimes - it'll pop back up after being removed. That suggests that they're not actually tracking down the sources, just poking the downstream sites that get data from those sources. Much less useful.
- justin66 10y ago
  The sources include government agencies at the state, local, county, and federal level. Those agencies are not going to hide public documents with your name and address on them just because you ask them to. There's a legal process to, for example, expunge a criminal record. On the other hand, most counties aren't going to seal the records associated with your house or other property you've bought just because you would like them to.
dbg31415 10y ago
Can confirm... manually went through and opted out of everything I could find... made me feel shitty because I had to provide photos and ID card photos to do it... less than a year later it was all back again. Hired one of the services to do it the second time around... they got maybe 50% of it... and less than a year again it was all back (note I was still paying the monthly subscription to have it all purged). Worse... I had to tell them what sites I found that they missed and waste time dealing with support issues... and let's be honest neither the companies who put the shit up, or the companies who you pay to take it down, are all that honorable. Extortion, pure and simple. Wish Google would just kill their site rankings, that would largely make the problem go away. Google is allowed to de-list spam sites... why they haven't classified all this crap as spam yet is beyond me.