National Public Data is back online. Protect your privacy from it now - and check if other people-search sites have your information.
Over a year ago,Β National Public Data (NPD), a search site for people, earned a place in privacy infamy for a security breach that revealed the personal data of 3 billion individuals (that's billion with a "b"). Now, after disappearing, NPD is back. As ZDNET sister publicationΒ PCMagΒ reported, NPDΒ is open for snooping againΒ under a new owner, the rather mysterious-sounding Perfect Privacy LLC.
Oh boy. Better head over to nationalpublicdata.com and see if your profile is there. Then follow the handy instructions in the ZDNET article to have yourself removed:
How to remove your information from NPD
Search your name onΒ nationalpublicdata.com.
When you find your profile, click "View Full Profile."
Copy its URL.
Go toΒ nationalpublicdata.com/optout.html.
Drop the URL into the "Your Profile Link" field and click "Request Removal."
Enter an email address, and the site will send you an email requesting that you click to confirm deletion.Β
You'll need a separate email address for each profile you want to delete.Β
