What To Do If Your Privacy Is Endangered By Reverse Cell Phone Lookup?

Recently a Google service called Google Phonebook has sparked a lot of discussion about personal security. Basically, this service allows you to do a reverse cell phone lookup on just about any cell phone number you want.

So why should you worry about reverse cell phone lookup?

Well what this service does is it provides not only the name of the cell phone user but also hers or his address. In addition, if someone wants to take it even further, it can be used in conjunction with Google, Yahoo or Map Quest maps and get step by step guide right to your front door.

Thankfully your e-mail address is not included, or you could without even realizing it become a victim of identity theft or maybe even worse.

Nevertheless, fortunately for us, Google has enabled us with a way to defend our privacy from malevolent reverse cell phone lookup users and have an option to have your information removed. All you need to do is just fill a simple online form or send a regular mail.

You can go online here: google.com/help/pbremoval.html or just send a letter to Google at: Google Phonebook Removal, 2400 Bayshore Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043.

Unfortunately many other services, avoid providing such a simple alternative to protect your private information from reverse cell phone lookup. Why do they do that? The motive behind it is money. A lot of money can be made in information gathering and selling business, especially if that information is personal consumer information.

Since recently the market has seen an enormous number of such services emerge I will avoid even trying to list them all.

So how to protect your information from reverse cell phone lookup?

Prevention is the key here, just avoid providing your private information except if it is really essential. Particularly avoid filling up web based forms with some type of rewards in return for your address, phone number or name. 99% of the times, the risk is just too high.

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besides that, in case that you already have trouble caused by reverse cell phone lookup, what you must do is have all your phone numbers changed (regular and cell)), and make sure to demand that with any service you use your private information remains unlisted.

If you run in to service that rejects to do it threat them with a lawsuit, and really consult your lawyer about it. Who knows maybe you can even turn the table and make some money on it.