Recently a Google service called Google Phonebook has sparked a lot of discussion about personal security. Basically, this service allows you to do a reverse cell phone lookup on just about any cell phone number you want.
So why should you worry about reverse cell phone lookup?
Well what this service does is it provides not only the name of the cell phone user but also hers or his address. In addition, if someone wants to take it even further, it can be used in conjunction with Google, Yahoo or Map Quest maps and get step by step guide right to your front door.
Fortunately, at least your e-mail address (so far) is not incorporated in these results. Services like reverse cell phone numbers open a number of new ways in which you can become the victim off an identity theft.
Nevertheless, fortunately for us, Google has enabled us with a way to defend our privacy from malevolent reverse cell phone lookup users and have an option to have your information removed. All you need to do is just fill a simple online form or send a regular mail.
You can do it online here: google.com/help/pbremoval.html or send a regular mail to Google here Google Phonebook Removal, 2400 Bayshore Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043.
Other services however, do not provide you with such an easy option to protect yourself from reverse cell phone lookup. Why is that? Well the reason is believe it or not ;) money. There is a lot of money to be made in selling information, especially personal information.
Because of a huge number of such services I will not go in to listing them, it would just take to long and cover dozens of pages.
So how to protect your information from reverse cell phone lookup?
The easiest way to do it is just do not provide your private info unless it is necessary. Specially avoid web-based forms that offer you some kind of incentives in return for your name, address or a phone number. In 99% of the cases, the reward is just not worth it.
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besides that, in case that you already have trouble caused by reverse cell phone lookup, what you must do is have all your phone numbers changed (regular and cell)), and make sure to demand that with any service you use your private information remains unlisted.
If you run in to service that rejects to do it threat them with a lawsuit, and really consult your lawyer about it. Who knows maybe you can even turn the table and make some money on it.
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