Your home address, phone number and relatives' names may be sitting on people-search websites you've never visited.Anyone who finds those listings could learn more about you than you're comfortable sharing.
A data broker opt-out can help reduce that exposure, especially during retirement, when protecting your finances, family and home becomes a priority.And a tragic case in Minnesota shows why publicly available personal information deserves a closer look.Here's what happened in Minnesota and the steps you can take to make your personal information harder to find online.Join our upcoming CyberGuy LIVE class: 5 Ways to Travel Smarter and Save MoneyIn this free live online class, Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson will share five practical ways to protect your trip and your wallet this holiday travel season.
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Register for free now at CyberGuyLive.com.WHAT A SCAMMER SEES THE MOMENT THEY GOOGLE YOUR NAMEPeople-search websites can expose retirees' home addresses, phone numbers and family details without their knowledge.(Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson)In June 2025, Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were murdered in a targeted attack.
State Sen.John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were seriously injured in a separate shooting.
Investigators discovered notebooks containing the names of public officials and a handwritten list of 11 people-search websites in the suspect's vehicle.The list included TruePeopleSearch, Spokeo, Pipl, PeopleFinders, BeenVerified, Whitepages, TruthFinder, Intelius, Ownerly, USSearch and PeopleLooker.
The notes described which services were free and what information someone could find through them.However, the discovery alone did not establish whether the web...