freaky website - privacy concerns
freaky website - privacy concerns
#0freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 8:57am
I found my personal information on this database. Along with maps to my home, and an aerial view.
Subject: Personal Information with DOB, address and Phone Number
Beginning this month (May '05) a new database became available to the general public, free of charge, that displays your personal information (names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates).
The database is found at www.zabasearch.com.
I urge you to forward this email to family and friends. Check to see if your name and information is in their database. If so and you want it removed, send them an e-mail at info@zabasearch.com to request it be removed.
After opting out by email, check back after a few days to make certain your information has been removed.
Displaying such information should be a crime.
Zabasearch
Updated On: 6/15/05 at 08:57 AM
#1re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 9:02am
1. That is scary crap. Scary. Scary. Scary.
2. Your Liam quote is one of the funniest things I've ever read...
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#2re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 9:19amUnfortunately, there are many sites on the web that contain an individual's personal information. Some of these sites even sell information about a person.
#3re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 10:18am
and it's all public material, and legal.......
still bugs me, but oh well
#4re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 10:47amalso, if you have AOL, make sure you're not listed in their people search directory... not only does that give you the person's home address, home phone, and backround check, but also gives you a map to their house.
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nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#5re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 10:50amYou're right about it being legal, but that doesn't make it right.
gavrochegirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/16/05
#6re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 10:56amI think we should sue em'!
Up In Lost
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/05
#7re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 10:58amCreepy.
judy_in_disguise
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/31/04
#8re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 11:21amThank God they don't haev that in Canada- that is scary ****!
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#9re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 11:24am
Of course...now we know which BWW-ers are lying about their age!
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#10re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 11:33amI'm sorry, but I have forgotten, Joey, what's your last name again?
#11re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 11:36amyeah there are a lot of databases displaying personal info online, scary ****.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#12re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 11:36am
What's so creepy about it? Good lord, people are paranoid! I read somewhere there there is A BOOK out there where they list everyone's Name Address and PHONE NUMBER! And it's published every year and a big truck comes by and leaves a copy on everyone's door step! It's called a PHONE BOOK.
Do folks just sit around and look for things to worry about?
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#13re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 11:38am
Good Lord, I put in my mother's name and every house she lived in since she was a child came up.
How can they sell "background material" on people?
This makes my skin crawl.
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#14re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 11:41am
Theatrediva, That same thing happened to me. Old, old addresses and phone numbers turned up,as well as, current ones. Scary.
By the way, that school you'll be attending sounds great!
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#15re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 11:41amOn the other hand, it'll make throwing a surprise party for Corine that much easier.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#17re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 11:45amSueleen, I can see right into your backyard!
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#18re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 11:48am
Thanks for the warning, Diva, now I'll have to cover my tush and risk a tan line!
By the way, Namo, on the up side...now we can just have the party at Corine's place!
JbaraFan1
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/04
#19re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 11:49am
Joe, I pretty much agree with you. Yes, we may each (or each residence at least) get a copy of our local phone directory ... and yes, if anyone's listed publicly in any phone book, that info can be obtained from information. I guess the diff. is that the internet makes all this info so readily accessible, it's like receiving every phone book in America at your doorstep instead of just your local one.
I think the only real way to get and stay off of these people search sites is to just have an unlisted number, period. Otherwise, even if you request removal now, next time a new phone book comes out, I think they can relist it.
No huge deal for me. It's not so much scary as just another thing to get used to in the modern age. If I'm found, I'm found! lol
P.S. Now the background check stuff is kinda scary. Seems only people like law enforcement and potential employees ... people like that should be able to pay for and access that. Maybe I'm not seeing something here I should see as to why every Tom, Dick and Jane should be able to do this ... my initial reaction is that this is a bit much. I'm so boring if anyone paid to check my background they'd demand their money back. :)
Updated On: 6/15/05 at 11:49 AM
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#20re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 11:55amOn the other hand, now you know where Greg Jbara lives. So you can show up with a cupcake!
JbaraFan1
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/04
#21re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 12:02pm
LOL Namo ... if anyone took a cupcake there, not sure who'd come to the door, but it wouldn't be Greg. That address is way old!
:)
#22re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 12:02pm
Well, I'm not there.
BUT - my mom is. And my dad is, as three different labels. Two, wrong addresses but right phone number. The third his his name, and his middle initial is the first letter of my mom's name - and that's the right address.
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#23re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 12:04pmI'm there.... under an old address. Big deal. It's like an online phone book. It's all public information.
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bunchamuncha
Leading Actor Joined: 3/7/05
#24re: freaky website - privacy concerns
Posted: 6/15/05 at 12:05pm
The lack of privacy is staggering that most people don't even realize it. You can call any automated airline and say someone's last name and get all their flight information (as the paparnazi's do), lists like this are basically people who order from catalogs or magazine subscriptions and put their full name down. Most information isn't private and as for the background info, real estate agents use it, schools do and legislation like Megan's Law give people info to almost anyone's background.
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