So, my dad has been/still is in the hospital and I have been getting his mail and checking phone messages about every 3 days. To my surprise, he has been getting a $h!t ton of mail and phone messages.
After doing some checking, his name is on a website offering cheap pay day loans. They list his address with a map to his house, his phone number and full name. I am so pissed. While checking, i decided to check on my own name and again was surprised to find my name on sites listing my full name, address, and on some sites, a map to my house.
Further checking found that this information is public record and anyone has access to it and these companies harvest this information and sell it to advertisers. I think i kind of knew this, but I'm still shocked. My name showed up on 15 websites.
Removal;
Trying to 'opt out', when offered, has been a time consuming task. One site tried to charge me to remove my info. I currently have more important things ot worry about.
Here some tips if anyone else wants to take this on:
How to Remove Your Personal Information from Google and Internet
If anyone has other suggestions I am open to hearing them.
Thanks for letting me vent!
Barry