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Remove your information from the Internet (PeopleFinders)
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Opt out of Peoplefinders (Updated Tutorial)

This tutorial shows you how to easily delete your personal information from peoplefinders. If you previously opted out from peoplefinders, your should not find your data. To confirm your continued absence from the site, please follow this tutorial…
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Get LexisNexis Reports. Then opt out!

LexisNexis is a legitimate source of personal consumer information for many businesses. This information includes real estate transactions and ownership, lien, judgment and bankruptcy records, professional license information, traffic…
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How to opt out of CheckPeople

Checkpeople is one of many, many data broker sites sharing invasive personal data that originates from public records. This site used to have a quick and easy automated opt out option which they replaced with a USPS opt out requiring 60 days…
Opt Out of MyLife
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How To Get out of MyLife Directory Site

MyLife compiles personal data from several Internet sites with a stated mission of "helping people find and connect with others by managing the information they choose to share with the world." The founder's stated goal is to "create and protect…
delete yourself from socialcatfish
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How to opt out of Social Catfish

Social Catfish is a newer site gaining in popularity and showing up in early search results. While there is no doubting the value of helping to connect people and also helping to determine if people online are really who they say they are, I'm…
Opt out of peoplesearchnow
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How to opt out of PeopleSearchNow

It is a good idea to remove your personal data from People Search Now because it is showing up frequently in search engines when a person's name is entered. The good news is that it's a fairly quick and easy removal procedure. The better news…
How to Opt Out of Spytox
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How to Opt Out of Spytox

Spytox questionably calls itself the "world's most trusted white pages directory" but it is yet another one of many sites that gather and share loads of information most people would prefer to not have so easily available online. To be clear,…
Remove online personal information
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Find your private online information

In order to understand the dangers of having your personal data easily accessible online, the best place to start is to find evidence of it. Once you have a sense of what information others can easily locate about you, then you…
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Keeping personal information off the Internet

Before I'm hired to remove personal information from the Internet, clients understandably want to know if it will stay off permanently. The reality is that multiple factors can cause personal information to come back. The purpose of this…
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The Right To Know vs. The Right To Be Forgotten

Edward Snowden’s 2013 NSA surveillance revelations brought privacy concerns into the consciousness of more people than ever before and then last month’s European Union ruling against Google raised privacy awareness to an even higher level.…
Opt out of peoplesmart
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How to opt out of peoplesmart

Opting out of directories can feel like fighting a losing battle, but I recommend doing it to make it harder for others to locate your personal information. I recently tested a couple of services that claim to remove…
Remove info from the web
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Opt Out of BeenVerified in less than 2 minutes

BeenVerified is a search engine that provides personal information such as age, contact information, driving citations, arrest history, felonies, misdemeanors, bankruptcies, judgments, liens and more. There is no need to view a paid report in…