Using the Internet Safely For Seniors

Figure 7-4

5.Click the Backbutton (the left-pointing arrow) to go

back to the search results and continue to review listings

about you.

You should use at least a couple of search engines (such as Yahoo!,

Google, Ask.com, and so on), as they’re likely to find slightly different

results. In addition, use online directories, such as http://www.white

pages.comand http://www.anywho.com, to search for your address

information.

Visit government sites that might list information about family mar-

riages, births, and deaths, home purchases, property tax, school records,

and powers of attorney.

If you find listings you want to ask a site to remove, find and click the

Contact Uslink on the site and submit an e-mail requesting that the

information be removed. Not every site will do this, but it’s worth a try

if the information reveals too much about you. Persistence helps.

You may want to build a list of sites that contain

information about you, and you can easily do this

within your browser by bookmarking (saving) the

Look for your name in the search results

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