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Spokeo - breach of privacy
Nic Coury, Photographer
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Monterey | CA | | Posted: 3:57 AM on 04.06.10 |
->> So there's a site called Spokeo (http://www.spokeo.com/).
It's an advanced phonebook with far too much personal info: pictures, credit score, profession, age, address, house value, how rich you are, how many people live in your house, etc., etc.
Remove yourself by going to Privacy (bottom of the page) and entering your page URL on there.
Not very cool in my opinion.
~ nic |
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Drew Hierwarter, Photographer
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Kingsport | TN | USA | Posted: 8:03 AM on 04.06.10 |
->> I just looked at mine. The majority of the information they had on me was incorrect, but there was enough that was correct to make me uncomfortable. So I removed the listing. (I hope)
Thanks for the heads up. |
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G.J. McCarthy, Photographer
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Dallas | TX | US | Posted: 8:26 AM on 04.06.10 |
->> Wow that's some old information -- my hometown, which I've not lived in for years, plus a really old PO Box.
My favorite is the "Lifestyle & Interests" section, which was only about half right. I do "love reading," and who doesn't enjoy "family activities," but I saw nothing in there about smoking crack and loving it, or racing miniature donkeys for sport.
Not very cool indeed.
- gerry - |
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Eric Canha, Photographer
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Brockton | MA | United States | Posted: 9:00 AM on 04.06.10 |
| ->> I just learned that I am Hispanic! My house was listed as being worth 1Mil and various less funny inaccuracies. |
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Luke Johnson, Photographer, Student/Intern
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St.Petersburg | FL | USA | Posted: 9:49 AM on 04.06.10 |
| ->> According to that website, a lady by the name of Lisa Johnson lives in my house and is my mother. Last I checked I don't know anyone who's name is Lisa Johnson. |
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Clark Brooks, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Urbana | IL | USA | Posted: 10:13 AM on 04.06.10 |
| ->> See, it pays to be a member of Facebook, MySpace and other social networking sites so information can be collected and correlated about you :-) |
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Michael Johnson, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Geneseo | NY | USA | Posted: 11:49 AM on 04.06.10 |
| ->> Wow...I'm Married? I need to call these guy's and find out when that happened. I hope she's a super model with a lot of money. |
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Derek Montgomery, Photographer
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Duluth | MN | USA | Posted: 12:06 PM on 04.06.10 |
| ->> I also had a kid, was quite wealthy, had a terrible credit score and lived in a low-income neighborhood. Kinda hard to be a breach of privacy when every aspect of what they have listed for you is about as wrong as it could be. |
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Dave Prelosky, Photographer
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Lower Burrell | Pa | US | Posted: 12:08 PM on 04.06.10 |
->> Two things,
First the glaring errors: I like cats?, I have no furnace?
Second, this is the stuff that any credit reporting agency would have access to. Remember that you are indeed eligible to a free, annual, look at your personal data, and you are entitled to report and correct errors. |
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Scott Morgan, Photographer
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Rockford | IL | United States | Posted: 12:17 PM on 04.06.10 |
->> Apparently there is a guy named Barack H. Obama who lives in a middle class neighborhood in Chicago with his wife Michelle. He doesn't have kids, and isn't interested in politics.
Uncanny how much they know about us. |
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Dominic Hanna, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Bear | DE | United States | Posted: 12:30 PM on 04.06.10 |
->> Not only was I married, apparently I also had children, that's news to me. Way too much incorrect info for my taste, so I had it removed, and they did so quickly.
from the privacy page;
"Spokeo aggregates publicly available information from phone books, social networks, marketing surveys, real estate listings, business websites, and other public sources. Spokeo does not originate data or publish user-generated content like Facebook or MySpace. Rather, Spokeo indexes third-party data in ways similar to Google or Bing. Spokeo does not control or maintain any aggregated third-party data, and therefore cannot guarantee its accuracy or currentness. Spokeo does not publish any information for children under 18. Please read our full privacy policy."
There is also a banner for a company "ReputationDefender" which they seem to be promoting. The free form to remove the listing is just below that. |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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| ->> Except that virtually all the info for me is wrong, including my address, phone number, home, kids, etc ... it seems like a good resource :0) |
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Bruce Twitchell, Photographer
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Coeur d'Alene | ID | USA | Posted: 12:59 PM on 04.06.10 |
| ->> Try looking yourself up on http://pipl.com/ . There is a lot of information on there as well. |
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Daniel Putz, Photographer
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Owings Mills | MD | USA | Posted: 1:06 PM on 04.06.10 |
| ->> Spokeo swung and missed on me. lol |
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Michael Ip, Photographer
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New York | NY | USA | Posted: 1:18 PM on 04.06.10 |
| ->> Wow. I apparently am worth over $1 million! I like this site. |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 1:49 PM on 04.06.10 |
| ->> Sweet!!!! I don't exist! |
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John Germ, Photographer
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Wadsworth | Oh | USA | Posted: 1:53 PM on 04.06.10 |
->> ">> Sweet!!!! I don't exist!"
Chuck - sorry, the site was updated prematurely. You can expect black SUVs at any moment to get reality back in line with the site. Sorry for any confusion. |
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Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer
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McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 3:06 PM on 04.06.10 |
| ->> The information on me was wildly incorrect but my wife will be only too happy to learn she's 30+ years younger than she thought... |
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Wally Nell, Photographer
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CAIRO | EG | EGYPT | Posted: 4:04 PM on 04.06.10 |
->> Bruce, I looked myself up on that pipl.com site and what do you know, I found some images of mine being illegally used! Now to go after them...
Fortunately the images are registered with the copyright office.
Thanks for the headsup... |
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Tim Huntington, Photographer
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Monterey | CA | USA | Posted: 7:08 PM on 04.06.10 |
->> Funny,
I was in there twice - I'm either single or married to a man and everything else was just about as inaccurate - quite amusing. |
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Mark Peters, Photographer
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Highland | IL | USA | Posted: 8:16 PM on 04.06.10 |
->> ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH........
Say it ain't so....I'm apparently still married to my ex-wife! But at least her house is worth >$1MM. I'm thinking it's time to get her to pay child support if she can swing that! |
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Sam Santilli, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Philippi | WV | USA | Posted: 8:22 PM on 04.06.10 |
->> I am not listed!!!! Gee, this witness protection thing is really good, gotta call my marshal now and thank him.
Nic, I thought you were Greek. |
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Sam Santilli, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Philippi | WV | USA | Posted: 8:23 PM on 04.06.10 |
| ->> Actually, Eric, I thought you were Greek. |
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Mike Huffstatler, Photographer, Assistant
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Rancho Cucamonga | Ca | United States | Posted: 8:37 PM on 04.06.10 |
->> You know, I was going to use the privacy option and "opt-out", but I didn't like the idea that they need to get a valid email address to do it. Uh yeah, we only need it to verify you want off our lists. Wink wink, nod nod. Yeah, thats it. just to verify.
The categories they place me in, and other data sort of felt like a daily horoscope...very generic and essentially meaningless. You will meet someone nice today. You will wake up either happy or sad...blah blah blah
Time to dust off the old stand-by junk collection email. :) |
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Steven Ickes, Photographer
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Mechanicsburg | PA | USA | Posted: 12:21 AM on 04.07.10 |
| ->> Although they simply aggregate information from various different sources I really don't like the idea of having all my information listed in one place without my consent. Although I sometimes feel as if we're all just spitting in the wind I've chosen to opt out. |
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PJ Heller, Photographer
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Santa Barbara | CA | USA | Posted: 2:02 AM on 04.07.10 |
->> So what did they do when you contacted them? I see they have my images posted there as well.
->> Bruce, I looked myself up on that pipl.com site and what do you know, I found some images of mine being illegally used! Now to go after them...
Fortunately the images are registered with the copyright office.
Thanks for the headsup... |
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David Meyer, Photographer
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PJ Heller, Photographer
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Santa Barbara | CA | USA | Posted: 2:34 AM on 04.07.10 |
| ->> One more question . . . how the heck do you get off of pipl.com?? |
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Wally Nell, Photographer
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CAIRO | EG | EGYPT | Posted: 4:03 AM on 04.07.10 |
| ->> PJ, I am still in the process of making sure the images were not licensed to the person. It seems to have come off my images held with ZUMA. If they did not license them to this person, ... well I need to cross that bridge when I get there. It makes it more difficult to follow a proper procedure being this side of the world, and not currently in the US. |
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PJ Heller, Photographer
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Santa Barbara | CA | USA | Posted: 7:39 PM on 04.09.10 |
->> Wally (and others):
I contact pipl.com about the images that were posted there (and also about taking down personal info).
Here's the response (they didn't address the question of taking down personal info):
Pipl is a search engine, we do not own the content we find, we simply show a preview of the data or a thumbnail image in our results and link to the original page so that our users can consume the content from its original provider.
Presenting relevant results in a search engine this way is clearly not a copyright violation, in the same way that a similar search results page on Google http://images.google.com/images?q=%22Pj%20Heller%22 does not violate your copyright.
For more on this issue you can read the court ruling from 2007 on this matter at:
http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/487/487.F3d.701.06-55854.06-55877.0...
Sincerely,
Dan Hillel
Customer Service
Pipl |
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Scott Serio, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Colora | MD | USA | Posted: 8:19 PM on 04.09.10 |
| ->> Pipl is a scary resource. Great for cops. Not great if you have a stalker or a debt collector after you. Wow. |
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Jon Gardiner, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 9:37 PM on 04.09.10 |
| ->> Wow! I actually forgot the name of the street I lived on 15 YEARS AGO... Thanks www.spokeo.com. |
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Andrew Nelles, Photographer
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Chicago | IL | usa | Posted: 11:23 PM on 04.09.10 |
->> Wow it says I'm married, in my early 50's and that I "Read about interior decoration." Also, according the the profile, I'm somehow older than my parents, who it says I live with.
Gave me a good laugh. |
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