Central Maine Blog

Folks,

We got an e-mail alert this morning about a new site that has gathered private information for individuals culled from various sources. Unfortunately, they have not asked permission to post our credit rating and personal information. The site is:  www.spokeo.com

Search on your name and drill down to your state, then your city. You will be amazed at the amount of personal information that has been gathered by this group. To remove yourself, do the following. Type your name in the search box and press SEARCH.

In the left pane choose the state, then the city, then the street, Once you locate your name copy the URL (http://www.spokeo.com/search?q=John%20Smith#CITY,STATE), click on Privacy at the bottom of the page. A new window will pop up that looks like this:

1) Paste the URL into the first field

2) Put in your e-mail and type the code. It will act as if it didn't take the entry as the page will refresh.

3) Within a few minutes, an e-mail will arrive with another URL

4) That URL must be copied into a NEW browser window which will remove your listing.