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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Are there people search websites available in the EU? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago by diy@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

Wow

[–] tjoa 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.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 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.