MyLife uses scare tactics to get you to sign up for a membership to see the results.įor instance, MyLife told me "you have arrest or criminal records" and offered me the chance to view these, provided I pay $1 for a three-day trial membership that could be canceled only if I called in. The worst offender: MyLife won't let you opt-out without calling the company first. The company adds that it "will not sell the email address that you provide as part of the opt-out process, or use it for any other purpose, without your prior consent." MyLife Then type in your address and request to be let out. From there, search for your name (and add the state you live in). You can save a step by going straight to the privacy policy (hidden way down, at the bottom of the front page). (A drop-down menu offers these choices: The info is incorrect, I'm getting too much spam and junk mail, I'm being harassed and I just want my information to be private.) Then WhitePages asks for you to offer your phone number and get a call back, from which you'll be asked to type in a confirmation code.
You will then be asked to confirm and then to give WhitePages a reason you don't want your personal information stored in their index. Search for your name, copy the URL created and go to the opt-out page, which is so hard to find, we're just going to give you the URL here. Spokeo says it will then quickly remove the data. Click that, type in the URL you copied and your e-mail address. At the bottom of the page, in small letters, is Opt-Out. Start by looking up your name, copying the URL that's been created for you, hitting the BACK button on your browser and then clicking the PRIVACY tab. It's the easiest of the sites to work with and most responsive, but it's still a five-click process to remove your data. Your phone tracks you: What your wireless carrier knows about you How did my info even get there? Reselling your personal data pays off for Spokeo
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