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Are online data removal services worthy paying for?
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<blockquote data-quote="cartaphilus" data-source="post: 1100238" data-attributes="member: 99742"><p>Depends. Sorry for the cryptic answer but yeah it depends. If you are not in the USA then no it's not worth it. Every other nation except the "freedom" nation has rules that guard the identity of their citizens. </p><p></p><p>Now that being said; 99% of the things that the company does can be done for free by you. However what it takes is time...how valuable is your time? I did it but it took me 5 hours. For some of the databases you have to sign up first with your ID to prove you ID....stupid I know. For others the only way to remove it is to request it by snail mail or call them. </p><p></p><p>Now the companies won't be able to do anything more than you can and they will face the same limits as you. Thus, for some of the id trackers they will require for you to be on the phone with them in order to perform a live ID removal....so again....waste of your time. </p><p></p><p>Finally, how much do you trust yet another company to keep your data safe? After all you are handing over your PII to some other faction so they can use it to remove your PII from someone else's database whilst populating their own?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cartaphilus, post: 1100238, member: 99742"] Depends. Sorry for the cryptic answer but yeah it depends. If you are not in the USA then no it's not worth it. Every other nation except the "freedom" nation has rules that guard the identity of their citizens. Now that being said; 99% of the things that the company does can be done for free by you. However what it takes is time...how valuable is your time? I did it but it took me 5 hours. For some of the databases you have to sign up first with your ID to prove you ID....stupid I know. For others the only way to remove it is to request it by snail mail or call them. Now the companies won't be able to do anything more than you can and they will face the same limits as you. Thus, for some of the id trackers they will require for you to be on the phone with them in order to perform a live ID removal....so again....waste of your time. Finally, how much do you trust yet another company to keep your data safe? After all you are handing over your PII to some other faction so they can use it to remove your PII from someone else's database whilst populating their own? [/QUOTE]
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