Fox recently offered some tips on how to remove, or at least reduce, your personal data from the internet.<br />While it is almost impossible to completely scrub your online data, the first step is determining what <br />discoverable information about you is actually out there.<br />To start figuring out which sites already have your information, try googling yourself.<br />Data broker sites like 'People Search' are sites that allow users to obtain information about people, usually for a small fee.<br />These sites allow people access to information including phone numbers, addresses, age, birthday and even work history.<br />According to WebFX, there are currently over 4,000 data broker sites that collect information on more than 500 million people.<br />Fox points out that just because you remove your information from data broker sites, there is no way to stop them from continuing to gather information on you.<br />This means that personally going through each and every data broker site and asking to have your<br />information removed is a never-ending cycle.<br />Removal services like OneRep, BrandYourself and DeleteMe can help with reducing or controlling your presence on the internet.<br />For a range of prices, these sites all offer a range of services that revolve around constantly scouring <br />and removing your private data from the internet.
