People Search Engines: Slam the Door on What Info They Can Collect

People Search Engines: Slam the Door on What Info They Can Collect

JR Raphael, PC World
Mar 10, 2009 10:25 pm

As we slowly put more and more pieces of ourselves online, specialized search engines are making it easier than ever to pull them together into a highly detailed (and potentially invasive) profile of our virtual lives.

In our story "People Search Engines: They Know Your Dark Secrets...And Tell Anyone", we investigated the reality that these new social search engines--which include CVGadget, Pipl, Rapleaf, and Spokeo--can readily collect a mountain of personal details about you that you might prefer stay hidden (or at least widely dispersed) online.

Test requests that we entered at these sites uncovered random details about college roommates and boyfriends from the 1980s, information about former co-workers' political donations, and acquaintances' shopping preferences and musical tastes. Fortunately, you can take steps to limit the information these sites may collect.
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