Question: From the Mailbag - How Do I Remove My Personal Information From Zabasearch?
A reader from Georgia writes in with this question: "Will an e-mail to zabasearch be sufficient to have one's data removed from the website?"
Answer: That's a very good question.
First of all, Zabasearch is a free people search engine that scours freely accessible public information and records. It's a free service, but you'll have to pay if you want more detailed information, such as background checks.
In order to keep your personal information private, and to remove your personal information from Zabasearch, I highly suggest you read my article titled How To Remove Your Personal Information From Zabasearch. In this article, I go into detail on how to keep your personal information off the Web, and how to ask Zabasearch to remove it. In addition, you'll want to check out these privacy resources:
- AOL Search Records and User Privacy: The AOL search records debacle released over 500K private search records on the Web in the name of research. These records were almost instantly taken down again, but not before many mirror sites got a hold of them. Now, what are the lessons we've learned from the AOL search records fiasco?
- Search Engines and Internet Privacy: Ever wondered what a search engine's privacy policy looks like? Here's a few for you the next time you'd like some light reading.
- Ten Ways To Keep Your Search History Private: Most of us have no need to hide our search history, but there's no harm in more cautious Web surfing. Here are a few ways you can keep your searching history private.
