I have been upset recently by a colleague googling me and found my full name on several 3D Printing sites I used to use. I guess I signed in with my google account and so it just pops up now that I’ve deleted all my socials.
I have a fairly uncommon first + last combo so the cursory google search and then sending “delete my data” emails from the email they know from the 3 data brokers who popped up seems good and now just my linkedin is showing (this is the ideal state).
Is there more I’m missing? should I go for a deleteme subscription in case I missed anything? Other sources I should go to?
I really don’t mind sending my own emails to these pests, but is that really all the services are doing? Or is there a backend I’m missing?
My experience with easyoptouts lasted about a year. During that time I saw my info respawn on spokeo. Apparently spokeo was drawing the data from LexisNexis, which easyoptouts also says they submit a request for removal to-- but Consumer Disclosure Reports from LexisNexis before and after using the service were identical.
This is not to say that the service is not worth the low price, but vigilance is key.