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Subject: phone numbers
Category: Family and Home > Home
Asked by: lanny57-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 03 Jun 2004 13:48 PDT
Expires: 03 Jul 2004 13:48 PDT
Question ID: 356052
How can I get my phone number off your website?
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Subject: Re: phone numbers
Answered By: aceresearcher-ga on 03 Jun 2004 15:36 PDT
 
Greetings, lanny!

If you're trying to erase your phone number from as many places as
possible on the web, there are several steps you can take.

The first is to request that Google remove your phone number from the
database that they have compiled from listings provided by numerous
phone companies. You can do that here:
Google Phonebook Name Removal
://www.google.com/help/pbremoval.html 

Note that this page also includes links to phonebook services from:

Anywho            http://www.anywho.com/rl.html
  to remove: http://www.anywho.com/help/privacy_list.html

Switchboard.com   http://www.switchboard.com
  to remove: 
http://www.switchboard.com/bin/cgiqa.dll?LNK=24:3&MEM=1&FUNC=DELETE

Whitepages.com    http://www.whitepages.com/phone-lookup
  AND
Smartpages.com    http://www.smartpages.com/whitepages/?wppage=reverse-phone
  to remove:  http://www.whitepages.com/cust_serv/removal_form
  
Phonenumber.com   http://www.phonenumber.com/10004/reverse_phone.xhtml
  to remove:  http://www.phonenumber.com/10004/cust_serv/removal_form


In addition, this page contains a link to the Reverse Phone Directory
( http://www.reversephonedirectory.com ), which provides links to
these and other online phonebook sources.


While you're at it, be sure to do a Google web search on your phone
number. Plug your number into the Google search box in the format "123
456 7890" (be sure to include the quotes). You may want to contact any
site which returns information about you for that phone number, and
request that they remove your information. (Be aware that they may not
be legally required to do so.)
 

Remember that the only way for your phone number to truly be as
anonymous as possible on the web is to get a new, unlisted number and
give it out only to family and close friends. Don't post it on your
personal website, in online forums, or anywhere else.


For additional information, check out Snopes.com's page on the Google phonebook:
http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/google.htm


Regards,

aceresearcher
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