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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Yes, opt-out from Spokeo *does* work
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (privacy@vortex.com)
Sun May 30 17:56:54 2010
Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 14:39:23 -0700
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Yes, opt-out from Spokeo *does* work
http://www.nnsquad.org/archives/nnsquad/msg03639.html
A number of persons have been complaining that they can't seem
to make the Spokeo opt-out work --
(Ref: Privacy Alert: Delete yourself from "Spokeo" -- DO IT NOW!
http://www.nnsquad.org/archives/nnsquad/msg03637.html )
It does work.
But note the following. You may see a repeating captcha request. If
you're entering it correctly (and perhaps also if you're accepting
their sequencing cookie -- *that may be required*) just look for a note
about a confirmation e-mail being sent, and click on the link in that
e-mail to complete the process. (And remember, you don't have to give
them your main e-mail address -- just create a "dummy" e-mail address
for the purpose of the confirmation if you wish.) Obviously, you'll
also want to make sure that any spam blocker won't block that
confirmation e-mail.
As long as you eventually receive the confirmation e-mail and click on
the included confirmation link -- and then see the resulting
confirmation page, you should be cool with the deletion -- at least as
far as Spokeo is concerned. For right now, anyway.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren@vortex.com
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
- People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad
- Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition
for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
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