Data Mining

No, not by the NSA. By ZabaSearch. Look yourself up.

It’s scary.

Update:

Apparently opting out is sort of possible:

In order for Intelius to ‘opt out’ your public information from being viewable on the Intelius website we do require faxed proof of identity. Proof of identity can be a state issued ID card or driver’s license. If you are faxing a copy of your driver’s license, cross out the photo and the driver’s license number. We only need to see the name, address and date of birth.

Please fax information to our customer service department at 425-974-6194.

If you are not comfortable doing this you can send us a notarized form proving your identity and we will be glad to remove this public information.

** Please note removing the data here does not prevent public records from sending us new information in the future. To permanently have your records sealed you will need to contact your county’s record
department.

It may be time to stop making county records so public. (I know it would cut down on the junk mail I get.) You can see the problem here, though. First you have to find out about each data mining company, like ZabaSearch, and then do something to be left out of their search. Nothing prevents another company from coming along and making the data available.

What fun.