The Woman's Connection®: Privacy and Security

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Maintaining Your Privacy and Security

Ever wonder where in the world a direct marketer found your name. It is quite possible that they acquire it from either a mail listing or a credit bureau. One possible way to get off of a list is by either calling or writing one of the three big credit-reporting agencies. You can either call them to remove your name for a two year period or permanently, all it takes is five minutes of your time (its nice they have 800 numbers).

One call to the credit-reporting agencies where they cross share information to remove you.

Transunion 1-888-5OPT OUT (567-8688)

TRW 1-800-493-2392

Equifax 1-800-556-4711

Experian 1-800-353-0809

Beware they will ask for your social security number.

Social Security Administration (fraud line): 1-800-269-0271

To be dropped from those that belong to the Direct Marketing Association send a letter to both:

Telephone Preference Service
P.O. Box 9014
Farmingdale, New York
11735-9014

and

Mail Preference Service
P.O. Box 9008
Farmingdale, New York
11735-9908

On Lexis-Nexis, a powerful search engine, contains information from your social security number to your birth date (even if it is off by a month), credit history, mortgage information etc.

LEXIS-NEXIS
Public Records Department
P.O. Box 933
Dayton, Ohio 45401

Additionally, I requested to be removed from the following databases and any others I might neglect to mention: P-Trak, P-Finder, NYFind, Allrec

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