Go to www.spokeo.com and type in your name. It's pretty scary to go out on the internet to find information about yourself. This is what I found out that was listed about ME.
It listed my name (middle initial is incorrect) address and my old home phone number that we no longer have as of July 2009. It also listed my husband's name, but his age isn't correct. I would guess that is because he and his Dad have the same name so instead of giving his approximate age of 30 years old they put him at approximately 60 years old.
Under my Photos & Profiles there is a picture from Uppercase Living. I sell this and I'm guessing they pulled it from an aviator/photo from one of the message boards I've posted to or even the Twitter account I use for the business or could be my Facebook account. My age, gender, ethnicity, zodiac sign, marital status, that I DO have children, hobbies, I'm a home owner, how long I've been in my home, estimated value of my home and my neighborhood listed as below average (which it isn't) is listed. There are also other facts about my house posted on the page.
Okay, so some of this is public knowledge that can be looked up on a county assessor site, but what is scary to me is that it lists that I have children. It also shows an ariel view of my home and my address is listed. Some of my coworkers and friends have actual street view pictures posted of their homes. You can also click on the picture and move the camera 360 degrees and look at neighbor's houses up and down the street!
I’d recommend that you look up your name. If you want to make your information private, click on the privacy setting or go to http://www.spokeo.com/privacy to request that your information be removed.
Pass this onto your friends and family! I’m sure that they don’t know there is so much information out there about themselves!
Tricia
Uppercase Living
http://Iowa.UppercaseLiving.net
http://www.facebook.com/ULCreativeGal
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