First it can become a complete invasion of privacy and these databases are popping up all the time. I have been married now for a few years and I now realize that I should have been just a little more careful with my willingness to put my information on the World Wide Web. My wife out of curiosity started doing random searches and wasn't pleased with some results. Well my past relationships where starting to naturally intertwine as possible relatives due to how frequent they were mentioned with me. I began to see the bigger problem when I notice my current addresses being so available to everyone. I thought to myself if I had an ex stalker type this could be very dangerous. On some of these websites are willing to give your telephone number, address, employer and in extreme cases marital status, criminal, possible relative or last known address. These are all recipes for identity theft and much more. So I urge you to start the process of cleaning your online profiles up.

The first thing I recommend you doing is close any social network account you're no longer using. These sites use your likeness to push their products and beliefs on people you use to deal with. They also sell your information to the highest bidder. Don't forget they are in the money making business. Advertisement companies pay handsome amounts to these sites for people and the demographics. Facebook was one of my recently favorite social networks until I notice what they have been doing with their language in regards to the privacy standards. If you must use sites like these to stay in contact with your friends and family, it's important to use the strict amount of privacy standards. For example only share your date of birth and post to your friends. Everything else don't even use or fill out like employer information, location etc. If your friends and family want to know that information let them ask you offline.

Now here are a few helpful tips in your journey to cleaning your online presence. You need to visit all of the sites below and use the option to opt out of their database. I advise you to perform the search and find yourself on their site. Then copy the link on to a note pad or word document because they will expect you to do the leg work. Their form will ask you to reference the profile to be deleted. They may even require identify verification before completely removing you. They make the process painful on purpose, but if you follow the procedure within ten business days you will be removed.

Intelius.com* - Opt-out

Acxiom.com - Opt-out

MyLife.com - To request that a Member Profile or Public Profile be deleted, please contact Customer Care at 1-888-704-1900 or contact us by email at privacy@mylife.com. Upon receipt of these requests, and confirmation that you are requesting that your own profile be removed, please allow MyLife 10 business days to complete this removal. It may be necessary to contact you to validate that you are the profile owner requesting the removal. This is to ensure the correct identity and profile ownership before completing these requests, and is for the protection of our users and their privacy.

Zabasearch.com* -Opt-Out link on website

Spokeo.com -Opt-Out link on website

BeenVerified.com - -Opt-Out link on website

Peekyou.com --Opt-Out link on website

USSearch.com* Opt-Out link on website

PeopleFinders.com -Opt-Out: Annoying form you have to mail in:

PeopleLookup.com* - In order for PeopleLookup to suppress or opt out your personal information from appearing on our Website, they need to verify your identity. To do this, they require faxed proof of identity. Proof of identity can be a state issued ID card or driver's license. If you are faxing a copy of your driver's license, they require that you cross out the photo and the driver's license number. They only need to see the name, address and date of birth. They will only use this information to process your opt out request. Please fax to 425-974-6194 and allow 4 to 6 weeks to process your request.

PeopleSmart.com -Opt-Out link on website

PrivateEye.com -Opt-Out link on website

Whitepages.com -Out link on website

USA-People-Search.com Opt-Out: Yet another form to mail in

Spoke.com - Scroll Down to Access and Correction Section for more info

PublicRecordsNow.com - Still determining how to remove...

DOBSearch.com* - In order for us to "opt out" your public information from being viewable on the public DOBsearch People Finder search results, we need to verify your identity and require faxed proof of identity. Proof of identity can be a state issued ID card or driver's license, or notarized letter. If you are faxing a copy of your driver's license, you may cross out the photo and the driver's license number. We only need to see the name, address and date of birth. Please fax to 516-717-3017 and allow 4 to 6 weeks to completely process your request. It is your responsibility to ensure legibility of your document

Radaris.com - Opt-Out;