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Old 09-25-2006   #31 (permalink)
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Privacy?

Zabasearch uses among other sources, voter registration roles (hence the birthdates), drivers license info, city directories, etc. You can run, but you can't hide!

After a car accident, my lady was deluged with letters from lawyers and chiropractors. When we were burgled some 26 years ago we got letters and phone calls from burglar alarm companies.

Much as I dislike it, it's a price we pay for living in a free society. And for having a a Freedom of Information act.
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Old 09-25-2006   #32 (permalink)
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Yep, anyone can use it if they're inclined. I think the calmest way to deal with the possibility of identity theft (in addition to properly destroying documents, etc) is just to get your credit history periodically. When we refied, the credit report was excellent, but showed 4 inquiries. It's been a crazy year, but we could identify all four inquiries and there were no breaches.
Identity theft insurance is cost-effective and probably a good idea.
I'm gonna look into that one of these days.
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Old 09-25-2006   #33 (permalink)
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found my info. This site even lists your birth year. Pretty creepy.

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Yep, anyone can use it if they're inclined. I think the calmest way to deal with the possibility of identity theft (in addition to properly destroying documents, etc) is just to get your credit history periodically. When we refied, the credit report was excellent, but showed 4 inquiries. It's been a crazy year, but we could identify all four inquiries and there were no breaches.
So true !
I check mine every few months. Also buy a shredder and shred all the junk mail you get, there is a lot of information in the junk mail.

There are a lot of other search engines just like the one Beer Dude posted.
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Well I'm there. Funny thing is it has my current address, but my ex's phone number
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