Info@wiperts.com
Why Does My Information Keep Getting Re-added Online?
If you’ve done exhaustive browser searches of yourself and found that everything from your name to your address and salary information is being posted online you may have tried to delete information and remove your information from the internet. There are some things you can do to remove google search results and other information and there are some internet removal service companies that will help you remove information so you don’t have to do anything. The problem for most people, though, is that eventually, that information gets reposted. You may have all the information about you found on a google search takin offline only to see it slowly creep back onto the internet in six months or even a few short months later. It’s a very frustrating situation, especially if you’ve paid a service to remove the data for you. To have it be re-added again a short time later seems like a waste of money.
The reason your data keeps getting re-added online is because many companies will simply remove the data when you send a written request, but will quickly repost the information as soon as they get a chance. If you opted out officially, then they are restricted from doing this. In particular, telemarketers can be fined or sued for continuing to call after you’ve opted out using the US Federal Trade Commission’s website. Also, if you are constantly posting your personal data online in open forums and on social media, then your personal information will be picked up and posted by new websites and other companies who might not have even had your information before.
The best way to avoid having your personal information reposted again and again is to stop posting private information such as your name, address, family member names, former spouse names and other information online in public sites. Since social media sites sell your data to data brokers, you shouldn’t even post this information on your private social media pages and accounts.
If you’re using an internet removal service to find and remove all instances of your name, address, former spouse names, and other information then make sure you use a service that offers continual scanning. Continual scanning services check the internet for a re-post of your personal information. When a post is made on a website with your name or address, or other information you don’t want online, they will act fast to get it offline and try to find out where the post came from so they can stop it at its source. Companies who offer this service are valuable and preferred over those who do not because they make sure you are not paying multiple times in the span of a year to have the same data removed over and over again.
