removing private info from websites (mylife.com, intellius etc.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was innocently googling myself and found a detailed description of myself on mylife.com with my name, age, sex, address, and phone numbers (correct info) and my religion, income, race and relatives' names (incorrect info).

Just a PSA for those who want to remove their info from these search engines. This article has really useful information on how to get it done. (I spent 20 minutes doing this now tonight instead of posting on DCUM).
https://medium.com/@tamaragane/how-to-remove-your-information-from-sites-like-mylife-77f89aff1aff

How is any of this private information? Remember when the phone book used to have everyone's address and phone number? This has never been considered private.

You could opt-out of the phone book.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who cares if they have wrong info on you

Mine says I may have a criminal record, which is untrue and could be damaging.

[Anonymous]

I emailed and got a response that my information will be deleted in 7-10 days. My profile stated that I have an arrest or criminal record which is absolutely false. Fortunately, they only had my maiden name, so it was less likely to affect me. Either way, I feel better without that information out there.