![]() ![]() Instant Checkmate boasts more than 1.4 billion searches on its website. These sites advertise their services as an excellent way to locate friends and relatives, though there’s no stopping bad actors from accessing the information. They get this data from publicly available sources and data brokers. People search sites exist to gather your name, address, birthday, marital status, education level and financial records, employment information and more in neat little packages. RELATED: What to do if a drone is spying on you People with bad intentions mostly use people search sites ![]() It’s creepy how much information this search engine revealed and a search on my own name simultaneously revealed information on others I know.Do you have older relatives who may not know about these sites? While opting out yourself, why not do the same for them? Just type in their information as you would your own, and follow our steps to completion. Services such as these obtain their data from publicly available information – they do not create the content and are therefore unable to remove the content from public records. If the public records are faulty, so will the search results be faulty. While one cannot unsubscribe from public records, it is possible to opt out of search engines that access that information. Opting out on InstantCheckMate will remove information from its site within 2-7 business days. Click on: InstantCheckMate Opt Out(It will open in a new window so you can toggle back and forth to this article, as needed)Ģ. Enter your name in the search box and click the “Search” button.ģ. My search returned two profiles belonging to me and one which did not. ![]() Make an educated decision as to which records pertain to you based on your age, state and relatives and write down the exact spelling of records that pertain to you so you can remove each one. If your name is spelled differently in the results, expect to conduct the same search separately for each spelling. Image B: Enter pertinent information about the records you wish to removeĦ. Enter your information and then hit “Submit.” You will immediately receive an email at the address you listed.ħ. Open the email and confirm your email address to initiate the opt-out process which takes 2-7 business days to complete.Ĩ. Wait a few days and then repeat the steps above to make sure your information was successfully removed. Please remember that removing your information from the Internet in this manner only removes it from a search engine. It does not remove it from other publicly available records, but it’s a great start. If you haven’t already done so, I highly recommend removing your information from Spokeo, another popular search engine. Click the link that follows for Spokeo removal directions : Remove Personal Information from the Internet.Also, either check back on this site regularly or consider subscribing to so you will receive notification of upcoming posts which will take you directly to opt out pages of other important and popular search engines. Wishing you much success in your quest for privacy. ![]() INSTANT CHECKMATE CANCEL FREEįeel free to share your experiences, frustrations and opinions in a comment following this article. If you want to remove your information from multiple directories, but don’t want to do it yourself, click image below: Questions asked within comments (and privately too) will be answered as soon as possible. Information can remain after removal if one has multiple profiles on a search engine but doesn’t remove them all. ![]()
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