How consumers can opt out of online directory services.

There are dozens of websites that offer online background checks (Privacy Rights Clearinghouse’s Online Information Brokers list indexes several of them). These services cast a wide net over a consumer’s digital data—gathering up facts from court records, criminal records, driving history, voter registration, and sometimes even elements of one’s credit history. Increasingly, these services are also culling information from the social net—an individual’s Facebook profile, Flickr photos, Twitter stream, and more.

How Consumers Can Opt Out of Directory Services:

https://www.privacyrights.org/online-information-brokers-list