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[blahblah07]

I have to say I'm really concerned with the Isearch site. Without paying a dime my PRIVATE UNLISTED PHONE NUMBER is on their site . They say right now they don't have a way to remove listings but will have a PAY supression service in the future. WHAT GIVES THEM THE RIGHT TO PUBLISH MY PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER. I pay to have it unlisted!!!!!

[ghot]

Yep, Isearch is a lawsuit waiting to happen.....a LEGAL alternative would be:
Provide information ONLY after getting permission from "said searchee"
I thank PC World for pointing out this site....I think its time to call a lawyer :)

[MetalHellsAngel]

Yes it's quite troublesome knowing just anyone can get your information off the internet, especially when you pay extra to have your phone number private.

[Buddysdad]

I was quite impressed with the information available through I Search.com . Despite the protests of those people who are finding out that their supposedly "confidential " info is is fact not confidential, there more than likely is no grounds for successful suit. I would be willing to wager that the information was compiled from a variety of public records. That being the case, there is no presumption of privacy nor breach of same and thus no actionable offense.

What you smell is not a lawsuit in the works but merely someone's dirty laundry being aired.

[themooresnc]

Trend Micro lists isearch as a known malicious site!

[JohnGregor1]

and I would be willing to wager that you work for search.com

[mdcomp]

...I hope you didn't wager much. If sued, iSearch will have to prove that no laws were violated. They may also land in trouble if someone uses the information obtained from iSearch for identity fraud. I assume iSearch has done some homework and has retained good counsel, however, they will be sued. Maybe not sucessfully, but it will happen.

[Gberman]

> Trend Micro lists isearch as a known malicious site!
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As does WOT (Worthy of Trust)

[Gberman]

The link for Invision.tv is broken. Invision.com is something else entirely.

[ImaScared2]

For what it's worth........

iSearch has poor (Untrustworthy) rating on WOT.

[Buddysdad]

How much are you willing to put up for your wager? Please let me know where I can collect your bet, as it will be the easiest money I've made in a long time. For the record, I don't work for any company mentioned in this article. Anyone can sue anyone else for almost any reason. That being said however, suing, and suing successfully may be two different animals.

I am of the opinion that if a company merely aggregates publicly available information, their liability is probably fairly limited, as it should be. That is quite different from selling or offering for sale, information that was stolen or misappropriated to begin with.

[meh209]

If you were to actually try the service to see what's found and where it comes from, you'll have noticed that it's all from sources of which YOU have entered this information online somewhere that's publicly and legally accessible.
Social sites appear to be the largest supplier of this information.
If the sites you have entered personal information on provides the ability to deny access to public members, enable that option for every site you've provided this detailed information.
That should help remedy with SOME, if not MOST of the information you don't wish to be displayed. I say most as there will always be one site you may have forgotten or doesn't provide this option to deny access to the info. However there's always the most
reliable way and that would be to DELETE the information you don't want to be found.