The genealogy website FamilyTreeNow.com is sharing your addresses, ages and names of your relatives.
Here’s what you need to do to remove yourself from the internet:
1) Visit https://www.familytreenow.com/optout and follow the instructions:
Step 1: After you click the ‘begin’ button at the bottom of that page, you will be taken to the search page. Run a search for yourself.
Step 2: After you have found yourself in the results, click on the record detail. Verify that this is yourself and not just someone else with your same name.
Step 3: After you are 100% sure this is your record, click the big red ‘Opt Out’ button that is on the page.
Step 4: You will receive an email with a link, click on the link to confirm your optout request.
Step 5: You are done. Please allow up to 72 hours for your request to be processed. Once it’s processed that record will be removed from all places on the site. Note: If you have multiple records that need to be removed, repeat steps 1-4.
The site claims your personal info will be hidden within 48 hours. Do it now!
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