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Are there people search websites available in the EU? If so, why can’t I sign up for DeleteMe or similar services to remove my personal information from these websites

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (5 children)

In sweden, those records are public and nothing you can do about as a swedish citizen. What goes in the rest of the EU I don't know.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

In sweden, those records are public and nothing you can do about as a swedish citizen.

Wow

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It’s from a time where we didn’t have digital contact lists and no internet. So what if you want to call the bakery down the street? You look up a public record like YellowPages. And the same was true for people too. I know it’s hard to imagine now with plenty of Indian call centers social engineering grandma, but the only real “wow”here is why they didn’t change this yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Oh wait I thought the people's browser search history is public. My English is so great it's actually terrible.

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