Frequently Asked Questions
How is my personal information released to internet related data bases?
The most common way your information is released is by YOU releasing your home address when asked for it. Our process utilizes private company Privately Owned Mailboxes to be used as your “home” address. Credit companies, applications for credit, home pizza delivery, UPS, FedEx, with any service that delivers or request’s your home address there is a high probability their next source of income from your business is to sell your personal information to data vendors. The data vendors then sell their lists to many companies to target you for advertisement.
How does “stacking” and opting out of data bases protect me and my family?
By "redaction" or "opting out" of online databases and vendors, you remove your home address from many websites used by people who may not know you and have criminal intentions to locate your true home address to target you. By “stacking” your true home address under several listed privately owned mailboxes you “bump” your true home address off data vendor reports and people finder websites.
As a police officer with my name on many legal documents targeting people who have committed heinous crimes, the best protection I could provide my family was to “hide” our home address and redirect a targeted threat, directed at me or my family, away from our home to various “bogus” addresses that were Privately Owned Mailboxes. US Privacy Associates recommend the UPS Store.
How long does it take to “stack” my address?
This depends on you. If you have friends or relatives that have privately owned mailboxes, mail magazines to all of them so your information is sold to the data vendor companies often. This is the process used most by police officers because it reduces the hassle of obtaining several privately owned mailboxes over a period of time and keeps you from having to move your mail and bills from privately owned mailbox to privately owned mailbox. In emergency protection situations this is the preferred method. Make sure when mailing to friend's privately owned mailboxes, you use your name and have their permission. During the holidays, Opt Out Detective Mike gives away a lot of magazines as gifts.
Does USPrivacyAssociates.com remove my information from internet data bases or data vendor reports?
No. We educate you on how your information is released to data vendors. By providing this education it enables you to do two things: One, you learn how to remove your information from the internet by the use of opt out letters. Two, you utilize how your information is released to online data vendors as a tool to “stack” your personal information and direct the information obtained by on line data vendors to your privately owned mailbox, not your home address.
How long does it take to see my information removed from the internet?
This process can see results in as little as two weeks. On average most information is removed within six to eight weeks.
What about companies that don’t offer a opt out process or don’t honor the opt out request? What about new companies that come along?
This is why the privately owned mailboxes are so important. As you begin using your privately owned mailbox on EVERYTHING this “new” address information is sold to the data vendors. When the data vendors purchase “your” information it’s the privately owned mailbox. Over time your true home address is “stacked” hiding your home address.
What do I do if my privately owned mailbox becomes listed on a data vendor report?
The goal is to have data vendor reporting companies list you’re privately owned mailboxes. That's why we say, "The more, the Better!" If you have a threat against you or your family, you want the person threatening you to become frustrated by only being able to find your privately owned mailboxes, not your home.
What do I have sent to my Privately Owned Mailbox?
EVEYTHING! All credit card statements, bills related to your residence, ebay purchases, letters from family, all packages. Treat your privately owned mailbox as your only address and only place to be contacted by mail. In a short time, the only mail you will receive at your home will be "resident mailers". "Resident mailers" will commonly state, "The Smith Family or Current Resident."
Why did an opt out letter get returned or turned down?
That’s the option of each company. Some companies like Zaba Tools now offer a $20.00 fee to opt out. To do this go to www.zabasearch.com, find your information and click on the link to remove it. (ZabaSearch is a popular search engine used by many.) Some companies the letters are sent to simply don’t have any information on you.
