Privacy

AlisonMT Posted: Apr 08, 2003 12:18 PM

Privacy

Along the lines of the posting from a while ago re plugging phone #s into Google, you might want to take a look at this and remove your info...

>>Here's an interesting information site...www.anybirthday.com type in your name and you'll get your birthday and year.
BTW--You can remove your name from the site.

alina Posted: Apr 08, 2003 12:28 PM

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neither fh nor i are there... I guess we're lucky

ChristineC68 Posted: Apr 08, 2003 12:28 PM

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that's pretty scary.

more so then the map/address thing (esp. if your number is listed)

Valenia Posted: Apr 08, 2003 12:28 PM

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This one bugs me more than Google. Google was giving away no more info than a phonebook provides... Are they getting these dates from school enrollment or what? They have me, but at my parent's zip code where I haven't lived for 8 years.

alina Posted: Apr 08, 2003 12:32 PM

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Valenia, if I am not mistaken, most colleges won't release info on their students/alumni...

They're claiming that their info comes from 'public' records, but I don't know what they define as 'public' records, short of it being an arrest record/court hearing.

AlisonMT Posted: Apr 08, 2003 12:35 PM

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I don't know, but they had me at my parents' zip code too and I haven't lived there since 1991!! They also had both my parents (who NEVER do ANYTHING online) listed!!

NYCMeghan Posted: Apr 08, 2003 12:38 PM

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this is freaky

how do I get my info off their site!???!???

AlisonMT Posted: Apr 08, 2003 12:40 PM

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Click on the Privacy button then on 'Opt Out Option'

NYCMeghan Posted: Apr 08, 2003 12:46 PM

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thanks!

Valenia Posted: Apr 08, 2003 12:48 PM

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When I said school, I was guessing public high school. I went to a private university so that shouldn't be in public records.

alina Posted: Apr 08, 2003 12:56 PM

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valenia, thanks for the clarification.

But then it would be weird that mine didn't come up (or in fact anyone's with my last name) and same goes for FH. We both went to public HS. And so did my siblings, who also didn't come up.

If they got it from there, then it would be a difference which state you went to HS in... FH in NY, me in PA. Perhaps the policies are different for releasing this type of data.

LizD Posted: Apr 08, 2003 01:02 PM

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How easy are they trying to make things for stalkers or people who want to steal your information for credit or identity? It's scary that with just a few sites you can know everything about a person!!

shamma Posted: Apr 08, 2003 01:08 PM

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Hubby's own was not there and neither was mine. Boy, what will they think of next. IS anything private

Thrilled Posted: Apr 08, 2003 01:09 PM

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Mine was there - same zip as when I was at college - and FH's was not. How infuriating.

mims107 Posted: Apr 08, 2003 01:44 PM

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FH is there, but not me. There are other people with my name born in my birth year, but none of them are me.

Rob-luvs-me Posted: Apr 08, 2003 04:55 PM

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This concerns me because I pay to have my number unlisted!!!!!! Doesn't that defeat the purpose

Jenny5150 Posted: Apr 08, 2003 05:14 PM

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Guys, you know by 'opting out' you're only confirming your information.

Your best bet is to probably leave the info as is and not give any more info.