Happy to see this. I had a similar idea once. About every 6 months I spend a day searching a few search engines for my name. My name is fairly unique. At least one person shares my first and last name. I have seen them appear in results, listed with criminal charges that were mine. The ones that show up, I look for ‘remove my data and do not sell my information’ instructions. If they are not there, I look for a contact page and e-mail them. in the email i include:
links with my data i want removed
links with my data misrepresenting other people, also with a request to remove
companies that blatently disregard me or remove my data but return it later, by accident or not, after some time has passed, will also get requests to remove:
arbitrary links to random people which have nothing to do with me but might be confused thanks to enough similarities.
many of the same requests, from several different e-mails, basically spamming them.
the idea, which is probably pointless, is to taint the data on the sites that don’t comply. i also assume the companies that return my info later, are tagging all removal requests together, because why would i want to remove the data of a completely unrelated stranger? i’m wishfully thinking they end up with bad data that damages their reputation. i call it ‘fauxkakke’ aka 'fake bukakke.
the template:
I understand this information is gathered from public sources and can still be found through other data brokers. I still wish for the linked profiles to be removed from your site.
{links}
If you claim that I have to pay a fee to remove my personal information from your website, I will file complaints at the following sites:
https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us/requests/https://www.bbb.org/consumer-complaints/file-a-complaint/get-startedhttp://www.reddit.com/
This is not meant to be threatening. I have no ill feelings towards your company. I also am sending e-mails to other data brokers. I am merely exercising my right to privacy.
Happy to see this. I had a similar idea once. About every 6 months I spend a day searching a few search engines for my name. My name is fairly unique. At least one person shares my first and last name. I have seen them appear in results, listed with criminal charges that were mine. The ones that show up, I look for ‘remove my data and do not sell my information’ instructions. If they are not there, I look for a contact page and e-mail them. in the email i include:
links with my data i want removed
links with my data misrepresenting other people, also with a request to remove
companies that blatently disregard me or remove my data but return it later, by accident or not, after some time has passed, will also get requests to remove:
arbitrary links to random people which have nothing to do with me but might be confused thanks to enough similarities.
many of the same requests, from several different e-mails, basically spamming them.
the idea, which is probably pointless, is to taint the data on the sites that don’t comply. i also assume the companies that return my info later, are tagging all removal requests together, because why would i want to remove the data of a completely unrelated stranger? i’m wishfully thinking they end up with bad data that damages their reputation. i call it ‘fauxkakke’ aka 'fake bukakke.
the template: