The Freedom of Privacy

Credit: newyorkstartupattorneys Pn30

Here's another one to add to our list of freedoms: our assumed right -- that does not exist in law -- to privacy. What's happening in the U.S. is dangerous and could come here. If it is not already here in some other form. Consider the recent storm of media leaks, and this article about Telstra in Australia. And Joanna Black, NZ Listener columnist in the USA, reports her bank account was accessed by someone who stole her identity by buying a copy of her passport biodata page on the "dark web". 

MyLife gathers personal information through public records and other sources to automatically generate a "MyLife Public Page" for each person, listing a wide variety of personal information, including age, past and current home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, employers, education, photographs, relatives, marriages, courts appearances and criminal convictions, political affiliations ...and a personal review section which encourages other MyLife members to rate each other. MyLife claims to have over  225 million Public Pages with information about almost everyone in America, 18 years old and over. Wikipedia

According to the U.S. Consumer Affairs  complaints have been numerous, mainly because of false information and being visible to all. Here are some examples:

I was in the process of getting married and my fiancé family did a search on me and MyLife.com showed up saying I have bankruptcy criminal records, my date of birth was wrong but showing, allowing people to leave False comments without prior approval

If my employer gets a hold of this false info it will cost me my career! Is there a lawsuit against them? I want in! If not I think we all should get together for a

MyLife has mined my information and posted it for public view, and has additional information of mine available for purchase

This business will not correct inaccurate data, even upon request.

They offered the option to remove my information only if I PURCHASE A PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP FROM THEM! What a scam. Essentially, they want to sell me my privacy.

Same experience as everyone else: This company makes up fake "facts" and markets them to unsuspecting consumers.

How do they even get this information!? They even have my CHILDREN'S NAMES! This is incredibly unsettling!!! I am in shock that this is even legal. They give me two "stars" out of five because of my EX-HUSBAND'S bankruptcy. It makes me look like a total loser, and if I were an employer, I wouldn't want to hire me either. I am in utter disbelief about this. MyLife should be shut down!

I was playing on computer and decided to pop my name in search engine to see what others could see. So much false info. Wrong relatives, wrong income, AND IN RED HIGHLIGHT; IT IS NOTED THAT I HAVE A CRIMINAL AND ARREST RECORD, BANKRUPTCIES, LIENS, PARKING TICKETS, and a negative personal score rating of fair based on 1 person review? WTF? Are you kidding me? Any class action lawsuits going on? I am pissed off.

They have me written up as having a criminal background, with an arrest record, liens, and court cases against me which do not exist & never have;.UNBELIEVABLE.

Do not let this company get your credit card! This is a repository for everything ever written about you on the internet.

My patient killed herself after she told me that MyLife.com put all her personal information online which allowed a Stalker to find her again after she worked so hard with the police to get away from him...How can it be allowed and legal for them to put all that personal information about people. Please powerful, wealthy, peoples, attorneys... shut MyLife.com down!!!
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