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My Life Website

MaryLamb — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 06:15:26 GMT

I just saw a commercial for my My Life while watching a Hallmark Christmas movie. I had heard of this website in passing, but never paid much attention. I decided to google my name along with my life and ended up on a page that was aimed specifically at me. It had pictures from my social media, my employer, my job title, names of my family members, addresses, and worst of all tabs to click on which state that I may have a criminal record and that I may be a sexual predator. It's obvious that this site is intended to lure gullible people into clicking on these tabs which lead to pages allowing you to pay to get people's background reports. I'm appalled not only because I'm aware that there are plenty of downright gullible people who would see this main page and assume that I may be a criminal or sexual predator, but because Hallmark is allowing commercials for this garbage on their channel. I feel like this is just low of Hallmark to promote such garbage, and I'm wondering what course of action to take to end this nonsense.

Re: My Life Website

Lindsays Grandma — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 06:32:08 GMT

This sounds downright scary. The things that are out there are problematic and I shouldn't be surprised when I see them, but I am. It gets worse every day and I don't see any of it going away. The world has become dangerous and it saddens me. I think about my grandchildren and great-grandchildren and wonder what their lives will be like when I am gone. Is there a course of action we can take to end it? I certainly wish I knew of one but it will take a whole lot more than you and I and a few others can think of. It probably will get worse before it gets better.

Re: My Life Website

Anonymous032819 — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 06:42:29 GMT

All of the information is public record.

All the websites do is charge a fee so that the one who is doing the searching, doesn't have to go to a dozen different websites to find out the information.

So, while you may not like the fact that the info is out there, just know that it always has been, long before computers and the internet came along.

As I said, the info is just public record.

If one were to go to their courthouse, they could get the same exact information on anyone.

Re: My Life Website

MaryLamb — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 06:47:38 GMT

@Anonymous032819 wrote:
All of the information is public record.

All the websites do is charge a fee so that the one who is doing the searching, doesn't have to go to a dozen different websites to find out the information.

So, while you may not like the fact that the info is out there, just know that it always has been, long before computers and the internet came along.

As I said, the info is just public record.

If one were to go to their courthouse, they could get the same exact information on anyone.

@Anonymous032819 As ALWAYS, you've complete missed the point which is that the website is suggesting that people may be sexual predators and directing visitors to "click here" to find out the truth. This is not only misleading visitors to spend their money to find information which probably doesn't exist, but misleads others who may not realize that they are being tempted by a a scam to simply assume that the person in question IS a sexual predator.

Re: My Life Website

Anonymous032819 — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 06:51:04 GMT

@MaryLamb wrote:
@Anonymous032819 wrote:
All of the information is public record.

All the websites do is charge a fee so that the one who is doing the searching, doesn't have to go to a dozen different websites to find out the information.

So, while you may not like the fact that the info is out there, just know that it always has been, long before computers and the internet came along.

As I said, the info is just public record.

If one were to go to their courthouse, they could get the same exact information on anyone.
@Anonymous032819 As ALWAYS, you've complete missed the point which is that the website is suggesting that people may be sexual predators and directing visitors to "click here" to find out the truth. This is not only misleading visitors to spend their money to find information which probably doesn't exist, but misleads others who may not realize that they are being tempted by a a scam to simply assume that the person in question IS a sexual predator.

And if one has concerns that someone may be a predator or a criminal, all they would have to do is go down to the courthouse or police station to find out.

Again, public information.

The website eliminates the car trip.

Re: My Life Website

Desertdi — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 08:21:21 GMT

OK......I just looked up MYSELF on My Life:

My birthdate is WRONG

My "spouse" has been DEAD for 20 years

They "guessed" my income and worth WAY WRONG

I have had 3 cars since the one they listed

I never heard of any of my "neighbors" except 2 that passed away years ago

My house is worth more than TWICE what they guessed.............

Re: My Life Website

Anonymous032819 — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 10:18:25 GMT

Exactly.

Which is why I refuse to become Chicken Little about My Life, and other sites like it.

Re: My Life Website

cherry — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 10:27:27 GMT

I am not sure you can do anything. The net is like the wild west sometimes, and all you can do is duck..It's a shame, but ,I think this is something that the Gov should regulate. It's more than an average person could afford to tackle

Re: My Life Website

Desertdi — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 11:26:45 GMT

The "stuff" they publish is PURE FICTION.

Re: My Life Website

AngelPuppy1 — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 12:50:00 GMT

@MaryLamb wrote:
I just saw a commercial for my My Life while watching a Hallmark Christmas movie. I had heard of this website in passing, but never paid much attention. I decided to google my name along with my life and ended up on a page that was aimed specifically at me. It had pictures from my social media, my employer, my job title, names of my family members, addresses, and worst of all tabs to click on which state that I may have a criminal record and that I may be a sexual predator. It's obvious that this site is intended to lure gullible people into clicking on these tabs which lead to pages allowing you to pay to get people's background reports. I'm appalled not only because I'm aware that there are plenty of downright gullible people who would see this main page and assume that I may be a criminal or sexual predator, but because Hallmark is allowing commercials for this garbage on their channel. I feel like this is just low of Hallmark to promote such garbage, and I'm wondering what course of action to take to end this nonsense.

@MaryLamb

I totally aree with you! I don't see why Hallmark would even allow this rubbish to be on their channel! I, too, saw this website quite a while back and was disturbed by some of the things which came up under my name. None of it was true. Where they come up with this stuff I have no idea. It is slanderous. Anyone who knows me knows these things are not true, but just the fact that it is out there, is really disturbing and annoying to me. It should not be allowed to happen.

Re: My Life Website

NickNack — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 13:21:35 GMT

I just looked up my name. They do have my age, birth date, and family members correct. I have a newer car than what they show. I don't really think they are saying that you have arrest or criminal records. They are just trying to entice you to look and see. I imagine if you paid for the full report that it would show no arrest records.

I wonder how many people wil pay for this information about themselves or others? I put in a completely false email address to get as far as I did. It's one that couldn't possibly be anyone else's either--just jumbled letters--so that no one else will start getting spam from them.

Re: My Life Website

sunshine45 — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 14:47:51 GMT

how did you all see all of your "information" on that website?

all i see are my name/names, my age (which is correct), one place i have lived, and one relatives name/2 friends names?

Re: My Life Website

NickNack — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 14:55:24 GMT

@sunshine45 wrote:
how did you all see all of your "information" on that website?
all i see are my name/names, my age (which is correct), one place i have lived, and one relatives name/2 friends names?

@sunshine45 There's one other thing you can do without paying, but I don't remember what it is. In addition to what you said, I saw my car (I have a new car since then), what I paid for my house (correct) and what it's worth now (incorrect--it says the same thing as what I paid). Everything that you saw is correct on mine, too. To see what I saw, I did have to put in my name, age, zip code and email address. I put in an incorrect zip code and email address. I just put jumbled letters in for the email address so that no one else would start getting emails from them.

After I got to that point, it gave me the choices for what to pay in order to see the legal records.

Re: My Life Website

sunshine45 — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 15:03:46 GMT

oh okay thanks @NickNack

i did see where it wanted a zip code and an email address and to create a password.

did not go that far.

Re: My Life Website

NickNack — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 15:07:57 GMT

@sunshine45 wrote:
oh okay thanks @NickNack
i did see where it wanted a zip code and an email address and to create a password.
did not go that far.

@sunshine45 It didn't ask me to create a password. I wouldn't have done that if it had asked.

Re: My Life Website

Financialgrl — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 17:46:46 GMT

@NickNack wrote:
@sunshine45 wrote:
how did you all see all of your "information" on that website?
all i see are my name/names, my age (which is correct), one place i have lived, and one relatives name/2 friends names?

@sunshine45 There's one other thing you can do without paying, but I don't remember what it is. In addition to what you said, I saw my car (I have a new car since then), what I paid for my house (correct) and what it's worth now (incorrect--it says the same thing as what I paid). Everything that you saw is correct on mine, too. To see what I saw, I did have to put in my name, age, zip code and email address. I put in an incorrect zip code and email address. I just put jumbled letters in for the email address so that no one else would start getting emails from them.

After I got to that point, it gave me the choices for what to pay in order to see the legal records.

I only added my name - it was listed but with additional info which was incorrect.

Re: My Life Webs

masque — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 20:04:18 GMT

How to Remove Your Personal Information From Mylife, Intelius, Spokeo, Radius, and BeenVerified

https://medium.com/better-humans/how-to-remove-your-information-from-sites-like-mylife-77f89aff1aff

There isn't much about me on the Internet. ( I wear a mask, you know )

Re: My Life Website

OnlyShopsOnline — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 18:25:08 GMT

@Desertdi wrote:
OK......I just looked up MYSELF on My Life:

My birthdate is WRONG

My "spouse" has been DEAD for 20 years

They "guessed" my income and worth WAY WRONG

I have had 3 cars since the one they listed

I never heard of any of my "neighbors" except 2 that passed away years ago

My house is worth more than TWICE what they guessed.............

@Desertdi I've looked up myself, and other family members, on that site. The information is always wrong. It's a shoddy website.

Re: My Life Website

Desertdi — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 19:05:42 GMT

@OnlyShopsOnline What kinda irks me, is that some people WILL believe that junk. Even worse......what if a prospective employer looks it up? I'm retired.....but I understand employers now look up their workers on social media and also do credit checks. di

Re: My Life Website

OnlyShopsOnline — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 19:26:04 GMT

@Desertdi wrote:
@OnlyShopsOnline What kinda irks me, is that some people WILL believe that junk. Even worse......what if a prospective employer looks it up? I'm retired.....but I understand employers now look up their workers on social media and also do credit checks. di

@Desertdi You hit the nail on the head. That's exactly how I feel about it!