FamilyTreeNow com: Helpful Or Invasive?
The website that claims you can find your family tree, has some people feeling like their privacy was invaded called familytreenow.com.
It's free, all you need to do is simply search your name and it will show you your possible relatives associates, your current address and where you used to live. And all of this information is public. WCCO's Jeff Wagner shows us? Why that has people scrambling to get their information removed part of a journalist, job is to find people.
All right, let's see here, John Lawrenson in this case, we had them search for themselves. On the website familytreenow.com yeah that says everything by daddy. Means, a list of possible relatives. Oh here, with their possible ages yeah dad, just turned 68, as well as current and past addresses. This is what they talk about. It's kind of big brother, it's all out there.
I don't know, why this is helpful or interesting? Why would this be interesting to anyone. Websites goal is to help people figure out their family tree. It says, it pulls information from public records, such as birth marriage and death certificates regardless. Yeah, that's accurate, yep still bothered josh and his family knowing their address and relatives around.
The site see incredible Hall technology, can be used also against, you with having people steal your identity and this is an easy way for them to gather. Gather more information about, where I might have lived cyber. Security experts say, this should be a reminder for people to be careful especially. If they're worried about possible stalking. There is a way to opt out of being on the site and it shouldn't be a surprise that everyone.
We talked with is ready to do. So, the home address, part bothers me. You know, for security reasons but yeah, I would probably opt out. I mean, I really don't have a lot to hide. So, I'm not too worried about it, but other than we're on TV and you never know Jeff Wagner WCCO 4 News. If you'd like to know, how to remove yourself from that site, we have information about that at wcco.com/links.
Doesn't take long to fill out but the site says, it could take a couple of days to get your information removed.
