Spokeo.com is a search engine that aggregates social networking information about a person and sells it to anyone who is willing to pay with payday loans or otherwise. This aggregated data may include demographic data, estimated property and wealth values, and estimated interests. Search results on Spokeo offer to provide a "Credit Estimate" and "Wealth Level" information, as well as information about a target's mortgage value, estimated income, and investments.
The Spokeo website contains an opt-out form that allows users to prevent specific Spokeo pages from displaying search results for their names, phone numbers, or email addresses. If you don't want your information to be available to anyone that is willing to purchase it, then remove your listing from the site.
How to Remove Yourself:
1. Search for yourself on their site to find the URL of your page http://www.spokeo.com/
2. Copy your URL
3. Go to Privacy Page http://www.spokeo.com/privacy
4. Paste your URL in the space provided and submit
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
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