BeckyFL Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 I was sent this by a fellow health co-op member. I checked it out and the information for both my husband and myself (some in error) were online as well as a picture of our home. I deleted ours as per the instructions. Here was the email I received in case anyone else wants to delete theirs: "We were informed of a website that contains TOO MUCH personal information available to anyone, and for a minimal fee even more information is available. When I looked myself up - it stated age address phone number home value home details annual income who lives in the house and EVEN a street picture of my home I realize that all this information is available, but I don't want to make it eay for someone to "steal my identity, etc" If you find your information on SPOKEO.COM, You can delete your profile. Copy the URL on your page In the lower right hand corner go to PRIVACY copy the URL into the delete box you will get a confirmation email to your email Mine sent to my PUBLIC email address - not my personal one ) My profile was deleted within 3 hours. Please tell your friends and family" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I talk to the trees Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Okay......I'm sorry. Yes, I think it's a good idea to have one's personal information deleted from a place like this. But I have to confess, I had a little fun with it! I looked up Barack Obama, and do you know what? According to Spokeo, He's not interested in politics!:lol: But they did manage to get the photo of the house right! (Sorry. Too much free time on my hands, right?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 My name is just too common. There were a lot of people with my name listed but none of them were me. ;) My hubby had a "profile" on there, our address is the only thing there. Well, there was also a photo but it wasn't my hubby, he has a common name too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Okay......I'm sorry. Yes, I think it's a good idea to have one's personal information deleted from a place like this. But I have to confess, I had a little fun with it! I looked up Barack Obama, and do you know what? According to Spokeo, He's not interested in politics!:lol: But they did manage to get the photo of the house right! (Sorry. Too much free time on my hands, right?) :lol: reg. Obama. I was glad to see we were not listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 I don't want some of that information so readily available. I realize some of y'all can pinpoint me in 2.3 seconds. But I'd rather have a tad bit more anonymity from at least the idiots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyFL Posted March 19, 2010 Author Share Posted March 19, 2010 I'm so glad to hear that Obama wasn't interested in politics. We are getting ready for Teenpact and reading Real Citizenship. I felt BAD that mine said that, but no more! LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 :eek: WOW they had all my information pegged to a T (other than it said I had no kids :001_unsure:) That is REALLLLY scary! Thank you sooo much! I also didnt realize how many me's there were :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 We were in there, but a lot of the info was wrong. Dh does *not* love to read. And I do *not* drive a truck (neither of us do, for that matter). :lol: The pic of the house isn't even my house, but probably the same one that can be found on googlemaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmschooln Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Thank you. Hmm, dh is married, but I'm only in a relationship.:confused::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 LOL. The only information that was correct about me was the information they probably got from the county home website. Every thing else was Wayyyy off. But, when I put information into websites, I often just make things up like DOB and such, so that may explain it. No worries for me. Dh doesn't exist apparently. I searched for my parents as well but they had over half of that wrong too, including that my dad is Asian and my mom is Caucasian/Asian. LoL My dad is just about the exact opposite of Asian you can get, as a big, burly Norwegian. :lol: And while my mom is a bit of a mix, there is nothing Asian about her either. This website doesn't concern me, because it is the same information you could get in 2 minutes of effective Google searches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 That's hysterical! My home is apparently valued at over 1 million :eek:, and I enjoy playing football. We also seem to have an extra person in our house and have lived here six times longer than we actualy have. Wow, and we have no central heating! But at least it knows I'm female, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 :eek: There was a picture of my home with DHs car in the driveway!!!! AAACK!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 :eek: There was a picture of my home with DHs car in the driveway!!!! AAACK!!! The photos are from google. The photo on my dh's page wasn't my house. Our houses are actually on private drives, google cannot take pictures on private roads or driveways without permission. It's just a photo taken close to my street. Helpful info: http://maps.google.ca/help/maps/streetview/behind-the-scenes.html http://maps.google.ca/help/maps/streetview/privacy.html eta: You can request removal of an image We provide easily accessible tools allowing users to ask us to remove any images that feature inappropriate content (for example: nudity), or to remove any picture that features the user, their family, their car or their home. Below, you can review the steps to make a request. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy101 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Well I'm more insulted than anything. I do not consider myself in my "late 30s" tyvm. (I am mid 30s!!) I am not a gemini I have no idea how it can put me in a 1million dollar house in a below average neighborhood. (I do not live in a 1M$ house, but I think our neighborhood is solid lower to middle middle class) And if it had to have a picture of my house, my couldn't it have picked a photo other than when we were cleaning up after the worst ice storm in our state's history? And I have profound and deep hatred of shopping, especially retail shopping. And I'm deleting my profile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Well I'm more insulted than anything.I do not consider myself in my "late 30s" tyvm. (I am mid 30s!!) I am not a gemini I have no idea how it can put me in a 1million dollar house in a below average neighborhood. (I do not live in a 1M$ house, but I think our neighborhood is solid lower to middle middle class) And if it had to have a picture of my house, my couldn't it have picked a photo other than when we were cleaning up after the worst ice storm in our state's history? And I have profound and deep hatred of shopping, especially retail shopping. And I'm deleting my profile. I've looked up a few other names, and I think the 1M+ house and below average neighborhood must be the default setting. It's been on every one I've looked at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 I've looked up a few other names, and I think the 1M+ house and below average neighborhood must be the default setting. It's been on every one I've looked at. I was Mrs. Nosy Pants too, and looked up friends (and family :blush:)....all said $1 million plus. I'm not into astrology, but they got my sign wrong too (good sign that they don't know my b-day). They also said I had "some college", and I have a degree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 It says the Estimated Value of my house is 1M+ !!! ;) I only wish........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I talk to the trees Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 That's hysterical! My home is apparently valued at over 1 million :eek:,. Oh, yeah, I forgot about that! Our house is also worth over a million dollars, too! Somehow, I just don't think a realtor would go for it- "Well we must be able to get more than that for the house! Spokeo says it's worth at least a million!":lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 did you sign up to see the info? I was trying to, it looked like it was going to have access to my yahoo account if I did, so I stopped. how did you all get on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imprimis Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Thanks for the heads up! That was creepy, and most of my info was spot-on....I deleted, but wonder if it's a good idea to check back every so often to make sure my profile doesn't make its way back on there in a few months.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catiejoy Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Thank you for the info-I was able to remove our information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjzimmer1 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Our was there but pretty vague but still I'd like to delete it if I could. But I didn't see anywhere to delete it. DO you have to register first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodhaven Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Wow! I just found myself and my DH on there! Deleted us both. I also found my MIL and FIL on there, but it wouldn't let me delete them today. Told me to come back "later" and try again. Funny - it says my MIL is in her 80's (correct) and that my FIL in in his 30's!!!!!!! Ha! Very funny! They are VERY PRIVATE people, so I'm going to delete this stuff. It would bother them very much to know so much info. on them is available - even if some of it is way off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imprimis Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Our was there but pretty vague but still I'd like to delete it if I could. But I didn't see anywhere to delete it. DO you have to register first? No, just copy the URL on your profie page, click on privacy on bottom right, paste URL into delete box---you have to provide an email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessAriel Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Some of my info was wrong, too. I tried deleting several hours ago and it still isn't off. Is this just a scheme to get email addresses posted on there, too? I used my secondary one instead of our family email address. I am really tired of these invasions of privacy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catiejoy Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 In response to: I tried deleting several hours ago and it still isn't off. My email said to please allow at least a day- however ours was deleted immediately - does anyone know if you have to check back ever so often or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 It says the Estimated Value of my house is 1M+ !!! ;) I only wish........... Me too!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra in NC Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Our information was inaccurate, too. I deleted my listing. Did you notice that everyone has a low credit score according to this site? Sandra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lollie010 Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Checked it out and I do not exist. Yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2Smile Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 checked it out and deleted both me and my hubby, they say we are upper class! I wish! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Snopes says that info doesn't ever seem to be permanently deleted and anyone can delete anyones info without verifying who they are. They suspect it is a way to gather e mail addresses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sputterduck Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 I am not on it. My parents are not on it. My best friend is on it with far, far too much info. yikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiseOwlKnits Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 I deleted myself and DH as well. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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