https://www.instantpeoplefinder.com/optout.php goes directly to a 404. Honestly doesn't surprise me, but there's a special place in tech hell for these people.
Data Broker Opt-Out List
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
> It lead directly to the last big financial crash, Erm no. 2008 was directly linked to Greenspan (Fed), Freddie Mac (Federal) and Fannie Mae (Federal), all government run entities, which stopped making proper risk evaluation when issuing loans. That's not deregulation, that's a problem with how these government agencies actually functioned. https://www.fool.com/investing/dividends-income/2008/09/10/t... > If not the…
That's the narrative that one side of the ideogical divide went with. The other side blamed deregulation such as the removal of Glass-Steagal
The citation is also a hotly written article from 2008. A more objective explanation from recent years would cite a bit of all of it.
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#33Pardon my ignorance,is this US specific (or mostly US)? Why is this stuff allowed?
The US has been dismantling the rule of law for decades. They call it "deregulation". It lead directly to the last big financial crash, and it also is largely responsible for predatory schools, prisons, universities, banks, and much more.
I would argue that it's not only deregulation.
It's the fact that we exist in a middle ground between proper regulation and a proper free market. Either of those, and we'd be able to do fine. As it is, we get the downsides of both.
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#34For EU-citizens, any legal data collection would have to be opt-in, right? If I've had no business with any of these companies, there should be no reason for me to have to opt-out.
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#35For EU-citizens, any legal data collection would have to be opt-in, right? If I've had no business with any of these companies, there should be no reason for me to have to opt-out.
Despite this, loads of companies still do opt-out with impunity.
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#36I get a lot of hotel offers, essentially robocalls. Is there an opt out for the same?
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#37By opting out sometimes you have to provide them with even more information than what they initially had.
Exactly as most are asking for email which inadvertently can confirm the identity and if you use the same email for other services, they can get even more data about you. I guess it's a matter of trust, how much do you trust their 'opt out' promise.
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#38If anyone cares, there are a nontrivial amount of companies who have your 'private' LinkedIn info. I don't know if they make fake accounts to friend you, recruiter profiles, or buy it from LinkedIn. I asked one to please remove my info, and they sent me a CCPA form. I told them I didn't live in California, and an agent acted confused and told me to just fill it out, it's the only way to remove it. In short, don't tru…
crunchbase is one such place. they harvested everything from my LinkedIn, I asked them to remove my profile they say it's not possible unless I also send them additional data (scan of my passport). they say it's impossible to remove my info because it is "crowd sourced" which may be the case today but from the data they have on me it is from when they had no users yet and when they scraped sh!t from linkedin:
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Hello,
To comply with various privacy laws, we require the completion of this form to remove the person profile you have mentioned. If you would like to delete your personal profile page, please complete this form here.
Best, Erika
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Dear Erika,
thank you for the information.
I have never signed up to this site and therefore do _not_ consent to any information about me being stored on your systems and I do not care who creates these profiles. It is your responsibility under GDPR not to store information about me without my explicit consent and I therefore kindly ask for information about me to be deleted, further I expect any future profiles about me to be blocked from getting created and such info not to be stored also in the future.
In case information is not deleted within 30 days I will hand over this matter to my lawyer and also file a report with my data protection commissioner in the EU.
best regards,
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dear ,
Thank you for contacting Crunchbase!
Please note, if you have an active trial or subscription we recommend that you cancel first before moving forward. Instructions on how to cancel your trial here. And instructions on how to cancel your subscription here.
If you would like to download or permanently delete your user account information, please complete this form here.
If you would like to delete your personal profile page, please complete this form here.
If you would like to deactivate your user account, please reply to this email to deactivate your account. You can contact support@crunchbase.com if you wish to reactivate your account at a later date.
Keep in mind, your user account is the private information that you can use to control your billing, login information, and alerts. A profile page is what displays externally on Crunchbase - these are completely separate. Because Crunchbase is a crowdsourced platform, any registered user can add or edit any profile page - profiles are not explicitly linked to any user.
Please feel free to reach out if you have any additional questions - we'll be happy to help!
Best,
Erika
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#39"DeleteMe, PrivacyDuck, OneRep, Reputation Defender and Reputation.com all offer different opt-out services. However, these are not comprehensive, as some data brokers do not allow third parties to remove listings."
This seems odd. I'm curious if anyone has substantiated it? PrivacyDuck seems deeply ethical, and I would assume they would inform users if this was the case.
Here is their guide for reference, that walks you through exactly what they do: https://www.privacyduck.com/resources/ (Assuming I understand correctly what they are saying; please correct me if I'm wrong!)
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#40I'm surprised they have my name and address though it's a few years outdated.
How did they get it?
If I opt out, doesn't it confirm that what they have is accurate and make my data even more valuable?
Given the nature of these sites, isn't it sketchy to provide DL to opt out or am I being paranoid?