20 Data Broker Sites Have Your Hambden Address Right Now

Your address is on Spruce Lane in Hambden Township. It is also on Whitepages. On Radaris. On PeopleFinders. On Instant Checkmate. On BeenVerified. On Spokeo. On Intelius. On TruthFinder. On PublicRecords.com. On FamilyTreeNow.

The list goes past twenty. You cannot name them all. You do not have to. They have your address.

How They Got It

You did not give it to them. The county auditor did. The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles did. The voter registration office did. Utility companies sold it. Property records made it public. The cell phone carrier aggregated it. The credit bureau packaged it.

Once one site has it, the rest scrape it. Once the scrapers have it, the marketing lists buy it. Once the marketing lists buy it, anyone with $4.95 can pull your full name, your address, your phone number, your relatives, and a satellite image of your house.

That is not a hypothetical. That is the product page on Spokeo.

What Someone Does With It

The guy who sends junk mail to every homeowner on your road — he bought that list. The solicitor who knocks on your door at dinner time — she bought that list. The person who wants to know who lives in the house with the fishing boat in the driveway — two clicks and they know your name.

Your home address is not private. It is a product. It is sold and resold and bundled and cross-referenced. You cannot opt out of the county recorder's office. You cannot delete the public records. You cannot un-file your deed.

The Only Control You Have

You cannot stop the data brokers from listing your address. But you can stop listing it as your address.

A private mailbox at Mailbox Plus gives you a real street address — 7554 Fredle Drive, Concord Township, Ohio. You use it for bills. You use it for shipping. You use it for anything that asks for your mailing address.

The data brokers still list 1234 Spruce Lane. But no one sends anything there anymore. No packages. No bank statements. No credit cards. No insurance cards. No jury duty summons. The address becomes a dead end. The only thing that arrives at your house is what you want to arrive at your house.

Cleaning Up

Start with the accounts that matter. Your bank. Your credit cards. Your insurance. Switch them to your Mailbox Plus address. Then the online stores — Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Etsy. Switch those too. Then anything that auto-renews.

It takes an afternoon. After that, data brokers can list whatever they want. You are not there anymore.

You can also stop by for notary services when you need to notarize a change-of-address affidavit or a property document. One counter does it all.

Get your private address now. Stop the data brokers from publishing where you live.