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Protecting your privacy is more important than ever. Anyone in the world, including criminals, can now search your name and information on the internet and find your address, date of birth and much more online. The whole world can view your home on Google Maps and sites are selling your private information and public records without your consent. Violating your privacy is now big business. It's time to fight back!

Share less on the internet. Once something is out there, it may be very difficult to get back or off the internet. Use social networks carefully and share only with family and friends, or people you can trust. Never publish personal data on the internet for criminals and the whole world to see. Check your internet browser for privacy options, and disable or delete cookies so websites can't easily track your activity. Consider using two email address, and keep one only for family and friends. Use the other for everything else. Do business with websites that display a trust seal like the Better Business Bureau or Truste for privacy.

When possible, pay in cash and leave no paper trail. Cash is king for privacy and all you need is a receipt from the seller. Get a P.O. box near your home to stop your junk mail problem and increase your privacy. You can put all your bills in the P.O. box address. Always opt out of everything you can from your banks, credit card companies and so on. Tell them you want privacy and do not authorize sharing!

Buy a shredder or burn documents with your personal details on it. Be safe, and don't provide your email, date of birth, address or social security number unless it is absolutely necessary. Or, give false information if you're not comfortable sharing. Companies and the government like to track all your activity and purchases, so privacy is an ongoing battle. Contact all of the sites that publish your information and demand that they stop. Tell them you do not authorize them to gather, distribute and sell your private information and public records across the internet. Contact your attorney if the sites refuse to cooperate. Be persistent.

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