Why Should You Remove Your Personal Data from the Internet?
So, you might have a few accounts online. Those few turn into twenty accounts. Then you end up with hundreds of accounts online, all for various things including shopping, social media, and meet up groups. Your personal information being openly online is just not a concern for you, as you are always busy doing something online.
However, it should be a concern. All these websites you have signed up for, now have your personal information. That personal data is free to be shared with spammers, and if your account is hacked, hackers as well. You did not think of that, did you? It is important to remember, whatever you put out there on the internet, is now available for all to see.
Even if you think something is private, it is not. Your personal data is out there, free for anyone to grab. The right hacker in the right place may find all they need to know about you, in order to make a purchase using your money. Or maybe they found you and are hacking your computer now. You would hate for that to happen, right?
But what are the chances of that happening? Slim to none, or so you think. There are many reasons you need to remove your personal information from the internet, but what are they?
What Could Possibly Happen?
- Privacy
Well for one, your privacy is being invaded every day by these companies. They know all the information that you shared with them, including your name, where you live, and more. Some can even track you via the GPS on your phone. So, nothing is ever going to be private for you, ever again.
- Advertisements.
Have you ever noticed, if you buy a baby bullet, suddenly, all the ads you see are for more baby bullets? Why would you be seeing these, unless you have been tracked? Oh, but you have. Advertisements on websites are tailored to your interests, or what you have viewed online. Even if you did not buy that book you viewed, you may still see ads for it on a book website.
It can get annoying, yes. But how do you stop it? That is the question, isn’t it?
- Reputation
That embarrassing photo got out again, didn’t it? You see your friends sharing it, and it pops up in your news feed on all your social media websites. You now have an uncomfortable nickname because your friends found this photo of you online. And of course, they just had to share it with everyone. Now it is out there for the world to see. Everyone knows now, what you did. And you will now live with it for the rest of your life.
- Social Media
Social media is a great way to connect with others, especially hard to find friends of the past. Say you have reconnected with so many great people that have missed you. And they message you to see how you are doing. Every day. On your social media websites that you frequent. And they keep bugging you, day in and day out. It is getting to be a little annoying after a while, and you cannot seem to stop them. Even deciding to not respond to them does not help, because it makes them send more messages because they are worried about you. You end up hearing the notification sound your phone makes in your sleep. When will enough be enough?
- Stalkers
So, one day, this guy messages you online. He says hi and seems to be very nice. You keep talking to him, and a few weeks later you notice something. He seems to be sending you a lot of messages lately. Why is that? No big deal, you will just ask him about it. He suddenly confesses his love to you and begs you to meet him in person. You say no, and close out the chat window.
That is the end of that, or so you think. He keeps messaging you, so you end up blocking him. He is gone now, right? Well, he knows just enough information about you to find you on your social media accounts. Now he is bugging you there too. So, you block him again. He ends up creating a new profile and asks you why you blocked him. He keeps bugging you and just will not stop.
What will you do then?
How to Remove the Data
So, you have all these problems now, due to sharing your personal information online. What do you do now? How can you safely remove all your personal data that is now online? You dread thinking about it, all those accounts, how are you going to do it?
- Emails
First of all, you should close any accounts you want to get rid of that are associated with your email accounts. Then, when you have checked all your online accounts, and you are 100% sure your email accounts are not connected to any of your accounts, close your email accounts.
- Social Media
Wow, do you have a lot of embarrassing pictures on your social media accounts? You might as well close those too. Though any images shared by your friends may still be available, at least your account will be closed.
Also, check your accounts that may be linked to your social media accounts. You may want to remove the link to them before you close your other accounts.
- Search Results
Can you do a search online and find yourself? Most likely, yes. If you find your name, address, phone number, date of birth, or any other personal information about yourself through searching online, you may want to take care of that. You can do that by accessing those websites and deleting those accounts.
However, what if you cannot access those websites? What if you were not the one who put that information on there? Now you will have to contact each and every website that has your personal information and request its removal. Have fun with that. It may take a while, but it could be doable. If you have the patience for it.
On the other hand, some search engines may let you remove your personal information by request. This is because some of the information it may contain could be related to your social security number, bank account information, credit card number, or any other information that can be removed by law. Legally these search engines must remove your personal data. They are liable if they do not, so there is a good chance they will do this for you. However, any information that is publicly available, such as your name, mailing address, phone number, or date of birth will most likely not be removed by them. You are expected to do it yourself.
- Publicly Available Information
Speaking of personal information that is publicly available, there are people search websites that will find that information and place it for all to see. Usually you can see part of this information, but they request a fee for the rest of it. On the other hand, some of these websites contain all this information for free. It can be difficult to get this information removed because you will have to prove your identity to them.
Other times they will charge a fee for the removal of this information. Since the information is publicly available, they will try to show their innocence in all this, demanding you prove who you say you are. Even after you show them proof (which will possibly give them even more information about you), they may not remove your information.
Your personal data on these websites may include your full name, maiden name, other names you may go by, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, people related to you, people you have lived with, your date of birth, and more. You could end up seeing the address you grew up on listed there, or your ex-boyfriend listed as living with you. Sometimes this information is up to date, while other times it may be a little dated.
There are many people search websites, so this task may take a long time. It is unfortunate, as a lot of people have their information out there for the world to see, not just you. So, it could be complicated getting your information removed.
- Detailed Personally Identifiable Information
A lot of websites will collect your email address, mailing address, name, and phone number. However, they can also collect your date of birth, gender, sexual orientation, or even your favorite color. A lot of this information can be used to hack your passwords (if, for example, you use your favorite color as your password). And this information can be publicly shared, such as on a social media network or search engine website/email address profile.
It is important to never share this information in the first place, but if you have already, delete it right away. They may also collect other data from you, such as your device information, browser type and preferences, searches you have completed, and more. This information is generally not identifiable, but it can be used for the advertisements you see.
What About the Information You Cannot Delete?
So, you went and did all that, and deleted all your information that was out there. Now you are done, right? Wrong. There is still plenty of information out there that you may have been unable to delete yourself, or you just missed it (due to human error). What do you do now?
Some of your information may have been leaked by hackers and ended up on the dark web. Now you cannot delete that information and there is nothing to be done about that. You have no control over that data now, they do. You just have to accept this fact, because really, you cannot do anything about it.
However, to ensure all the information that was able to be deleted is, in fact, really deleted, and that you did not miss anything, you may want to have someone else do it for you. You really should try to find a website that deals specifically with deleting your personal information online.
You want one that specializes in this, so you know they will delete your information and not retain it for their own nefarious schemes. That is quite simple, as the website Wiperts.com is great for deleting any personal information that may be out there about yourself.
We are the experts in deleting personal information, both identifiable and otherwise. We can delete your personal data because it is what we specialize in. Our privacy policy explains that we will not use any data collected from you for any reason other than deletion of it on other websites and databases.
The only reason we would need to share that information if it was by a valid court order. If we are required to do this, we will let you know, so you are not caught unawares. Now since this is all very unlikely, so you know your personal information is safe with us. Now your full names, addresses, phone numbers, and more can be safely deleted from the internet.
Yes, this is a paid service, but that way you know you will get your money’s worth. We constantly monitor your information to see if it is used to open a new account. If you use it online, you can inform us that it was you that created the account. Then we will know not to delete that information from that company.
When you sign up for Wiperts.com’s services, you know you are in good hands. We request only your full name, your full mailing addresses (all of them, past and current), and both past and current phone numbers that you have had associated with your name. This is so we can find your information online and delete it promptly.
All the information we can remove includes your home address, date of birth, phone number, income information, and anyone shown as related to you. There are also specific websites we can delete your information from, such as BeenVerified, Spokeo, Intelius, Whitepages, MyLife, and more.
The Wiperts.com team has many years of experience with finding and removing people’s personal information from the internet. We have strong technical backgrounds, so you know that we know what we are doing. You also should be rest assured that we will do our jobs right the first time, clearing your requested information from the internet. You can request that certain information of yours stays online, such as your phone number for certain accounts.
This gives you the flexibility you may need if you want to keep certain accounts open. It also helps protect you from accounts you no longer need or that were hacked. Wiperts.com is also very reasonably priced, especially when compared with other similar websites. It is only $59.99 a year per person or $99.99 for two people. If you just want to try the service out for a few months, our six-month plan may better suit you. It consists of $39.00 per person or $69.99 for two people.
Your payment to Wiperts.com is made secure by PayPal, so you do not have to worry about someone stealing your information when you make a payment. And since we continuously monitor your personal information, you know that your information is safe with us. When we see your information pop up unauthorized, we will take the steps to get it removed.
Wiperts.com has a 99% success rate of removing personal information. This is great compared to other similar services. You know your information is safe with us. Once we find your personal data online, we will start the process of removal.
This process can take up to seven days to be completed. Then it may take up to six weeks for you to see the results. This is because we must contact the company your information is being held on and show them that we are working on your behalf. Then the company should comply with the removal of your personal data.
Are You All Set Now?
You are now using Wiperts.com to closely monitor your personal data, and your information has been removed from every website you could think of by yourself and Wiperts.
Now, are you in the clear? Not yet, you need to take these next steps to remain safe while browsing online.
- Use a VPN. A VPN masks your IP address, which makes it difficult to track your home computer’s location. Some VPNs also work on mobile smartphones as well.
- Never use your GPS unless you absolutely need it. This will keep you safe from being tracked.
- Pay with cash instead of check or credit. This way, your financial transactions will no longer be tracked.
Now you are finally free! Free from being tracked, and free from having your personal information shared online. Congrats! Rest well, now knowing people can no longer spam or track you.
