There are several companies that crawl the internet looking for personal information about you, compile it, and sell it. They get the personal data from Facebook, real estate transactions, birth/death records, marriage records, news articles... you name it, they collect it.
Most of us share a name in common with other people in this country, so it is likely that information collected, based on name alone, is a contaminated mish-mash of meaningless bullshit.
"There otta be a law", says Consumer Reports. "Tell Congress to give you back control over your personal profile." We should be able to view data collected on us for free and be able to correct it.
Well, my friends, I have a different solution. Let the internet run its course and eventually people will understand that personal information from anyone other than the PERSON is of absolutely no value. It's time we started considering the source before using information of any kind, including personal information.
Don't post things on the internet that you don't want the general public to know about.
Don't believe what you see on the internet, even if you are stupid enough to pay $50 for access to the information. If it's really important, make sure you have multiple sources corroborating the information before taking action.
We've got to stop being so freaking lazy. Being on the internet doesn't make it true!! We've got to start treating it as bullshit first. If we're interested or have to make a decision based on what we see, find other sources!!! Too much work?? Maybe that's why "there otta be a law".
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