| Your information may be sold by data
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| | information can be very costly. According
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| brokers to companies and agencies
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| | to an article written by Jay MacDonald on
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| everyday.
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| | commercial data brokers collect most of
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| How many people out there get a credit
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| | their information from public records, or
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| card solicitation in the mail almost
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| | from specialized data providers that mine
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| every day of the week? What about
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| | public records. One such data broker is
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| annoying phone calls trying to sell you
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| | Regional Operating Bell Companies (RBOX),
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| something? Ever wonder how you got a
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| | which provides telephone information for
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| birthday card or a calendar from a real
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| | the white pages. Because data brokers are
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| estate company when they do not know you
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| | business-to-business providers, they tend
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| or your birth date? These companies,
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| | to be invisible to the consumer.
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| agencies and businesses get this
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| | There are websites for companies that
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| information from commercial data brokers.
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| | want to get specific information about
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| In fact, they pay large sums of money for
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| | you. For a low cost membership fee, will
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| this valuable and personal information.
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| | provide you with a person's e-mail, phone
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| Here is a list of the average costs of
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| | number, FBI records, hidden assets,
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| personal data compiled from the data
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| | police record and their credit report,
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| calculator on
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| | just to name a few. There are many more
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| - Address - $0.50
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| | sites out there just like this one. Is
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| - Past Address - $9.95
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| | this not scary? In fact, 142,000 hits
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| - Marriage/Divorce - $7.95
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| | came up when "find personal information"
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| - Education Background - $12.00
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| | was typed into the popular search engine,
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| - Employment History - $13.00
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| | Google.
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| - Phone Number - $0.25
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| | The negative side of data brokers selling
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| - Unpublished Phone Number - $17.50
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| | information is the chance that this
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| - Cell Phone Number - $10.00
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| | information is flawed or totally
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| - Social Security Number - $8.00
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| | incorrect. This can prevent you from
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| - Credit History - $9.00
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| | getting the mortgage rate you want, the
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| - Bankruptcy Information - $26.50
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| | car of your dreams or landing the job you
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| - Business Ownership - $9.95
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| | have always wanted. On a positive note,
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| - Shareholder - $1.50
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| | your ability to obtain credit or
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| - Felony - $16.00
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| | insurance is no longer a process that
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| - Lawsuit History - $2.95
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| | takes weeks or even days. Because your
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| - Sex Offender - $13.00 - Drivers License
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| | information is readily available, waiting
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| - $3.00
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| | for approval on a credit application can
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| - Voter Registration - $0.25
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| | take as little as a few fours or even
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| As you can see, the price for personal
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| | minutes.
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