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pNational Public Data is back with new owners joining the ranks of other creepy peoplefinding services Heres how to get your profile removed from the siteppNational Public Data a website infamous for its role in leaking millions of Social Security numbers last year has returned with the ability to look up anyones personal information ppThe site shut down in December amid a wave of lawsuits against parent company Jericho Pictures after a breach exposed an estimated 272 million unique SSNs and 600 million phone numbers Since then the site has been relatively dormant But today we spotted the nationalpublicdatacom domain springing back to life with a new interfaceppIt looks like the domain has changed hands In a page about last years breach the sites new owners write Important Notice Jerico Pictures Inc the Florida company that suffered a major data breach in 2024 no longer operates this site We have zero affiliation with them Were keeping this page originally posted by Jerico Pictures Inc intact so its history remains traceableppThe site doesnt explain who the new owners are but a domain lookup shows that its registered to Floridabased Perfect Privacy LLC a company known to help users register a web domain anonymously Meanwhile Perfect Privacy VPN told us it had no affiliation with the National Public Data siteppThe new site functions as a free people search engine which might alarm the public since National Public Data housed a huge trove of sensitive data on AmericansppIt is unclear where the site is getting its data But the new National Public Data says We collect the data you find on our people search engine from publicly available sources including federal state and local government agencies social media pages property ownership databases and other reliable platforms After the data is in our hands we verify and filter it to make sure it is indeed accurate and uptodateppSign up for our SecurityWatch newsletter for our most important privacy and security stories delivered right to your inboxppSign up for our SecurityWatch newsletter for our most important privacy and security stories delivered right to your inboxpppp
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ppThanks for signing upppYour subscription has been confirmed Keep an eye on your inboxppStill what makes the site disturbing is how you can freely look up peoples data and sometimes find accurate addresses phone numbers and dates of birth along with a persons relatives None of the data is behind a paywall That said the new site isnt much different from other peoplefinding services which serve up similar data for free ppThe new National Public Data adds On our people search website you can find pretty much anything you need from someones contact info location age and birthday to workplace relatives and criminal records No need to sift through different web pagesppThe new National Public Data site has an optout form to delete your profile data However many users are likely unaware of such an option enabling these type of sites to continue trafficking their information Heres how to delete your datappSearch your name on nationalpublicdatacomppWhen you find your profile click View Full ProfileppCopy that URLppGo to nationalpublicdatacomoptouthtml ppDrop the URL into the Your Profile Link field and click Request RemovalppEnter an email address and the site will send you a message and ask you to click to confirm deletion You need a separate email address for each profile you want to deleteppConsider submitting a throwaway email account you have access to in order to protect your privacy ppWe tried the optout function and the site appears to remove your data immediately Some in the comments say they havent received the confirmation email Check your spam folder and make sure youre dropping the full URL for your profile into the link box not just the search results pageppWe contacted nationalpublicdatacom and Perfect Privacy and well update the story if we hear back In the meantime sites such as Atlas Privacy have emerged to help people remove their data from the open web and peoplefinding services You can also check out PCMags roundup of the Best Personal Data Removal ServicesppIve been a journalist for over 15 years I got my start as a schools and cities reporter in Kansas City and joined PCMag in 2017 where I cover satellite internet services cybersecurity PC hardware and more Im currently based in San Francisco but previously spent over five years in China covering the countrys technology sectorppSince 2020 Ive covered the launch and explosive growth of SpaceXs Starlink satellite internet service writing 600 stories on availability and feature launches but also the regulatory battles over the expansion of satellite constellations fights with rival providers like AST SpaceMobile and Amazon and the effort to expand into satellitebased mobile service Ive combed through FCC filings for the latest news and driven to remote corners of California to test Starlinks cellular service ppI also cover cyber threats from ransomware gangs to the emergence of AIbased malware Earlier this year the FTC forced Avast to pay consumers 165 million for secretly harvesting and selling their personal information to thirdparty clients as revealed in my joint investigation with MotherboardppI also cover the PC graphics card market Pandemicera shortages led me to camp out in front of a Best Buy to get an RTX 3000 Im now following how President Trumps tariffs will affect the industry Im always eager to learn more so please jump in the comments with feedback and send me tipsppAdvertisementpp
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ppThanks for signing upppYour subscription has been confirmed Keep an eye on your inboxppStill what makes the site disturbing is how you can freely look up peoples data and sometimes find accurate addresses phone numbers and dates of birth along with a persons relatives None of the data is behind a paywall That said the new site isnt much different from other peoplefinding services which serve up similar data for free ppThe new National Public Data adds On our people search website you can find pretty much anything you need from someones contact info location age and birthday to workplace relatives and criminal records No need to sift through different web pagesppThe new National Public Data site has an optout form to delete your profile data However many users are likely unaware of such an option enabling these type of sites to continue trafficking their information Heres how to delete your datappSearch your name on nationalpublicdatacomppWhen you find your profile click View Full ProfileppCopy that URLppGo to nationalpublicdatacomoptouthtml ppDrop the URL into the Your Profile Link field and click Request RemovalppEnter an email address and the site will send you a message and ask you to click to confirm deletion You need a separate email address for each profile you want to deleteppConsider submitting a throwaway email account you have access to in order to protect your privacy ppWe tried the optout function and the site appears to remove your data immediately Some in the comments say they havent received the confirmation email Check your spam folder and make sure youre dropping the full URL for your profile into the link box not just the search results pageppWe contacted nationalpublicdatacom and Perfect Privacy and well update the story if we hear back In the meantime sites such as Atlas Privacy have emerged to help people remove their data from the open web and peoplefinding services You can also check out PCMags roundup of the Best Personal Data Removal ServicesppIve been a journalist for over 15 years I got my start as a schools and cities reporter in Kansas City and joined PCMag in 2017 where I cover satellite internet services cybersecurity PC hardware and more Im currently based in San Francisco but previously spent over five years in China covering the countrys technology sectorppSince 2020 Ive covered the launch and explosive growth of SpaceXs Starlink satellite internet service writing 600 stories on availability and feature launches but also the regulatory battles over the expansion of satellite constellations fights with rival providers like AST SpaceMobile and Amazon and the effort to expand into satellitebased mobile service Ive combed through FCC filings for the latest news and driven to remote corners of California to test Starlinks cellular service ppI also cover cyber threats from ransomware gangs to the emergence of AIbased malware Earlier this year the FTC forced Avast to pay consumers 165 million for secretly harvesting and selling their personal information to thirdparty clients as revealed in my joint investigation with MotherboardppI also cover the PC graphics card market Pandemicera shortages led me to camp out in front of a Best Buy to get an RTX 3000 Im now following how President Trumps tariffs will affect the industry Im always eager to learn more so please jump in the comments with feedback and send me tipsppAdvertisementpp
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