Complete Social Fish Opt Out Guide To Remove Your Personal Information
Learn how to complete a Social Catfish opt-out to protect your digital privacy.
Like many other data broker websites, Social Catfish collects personal information by scraping the internet and compiling what’s found into a database.
When searching for personal information about someone on Social Catfish, you can find all sorts of data, including:
- Full name
- Age
- City and state
- Map that pinpoints where they live
- Information about family and friends
- Related addresses
Some of this data is available for free, while other information can only be accessed by paying to unlock it.
Many people don’t want their personal information — and information about their loved ones — available to the public. In order to keep your private information protected and safe, many data broker sites have opt-out processes.
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How To Opt Out of Social Catfish
Here’s how to request the removal of your information from Social Catfish.
Step 1: Find your information on Social Catfish
Before you can submit an opt-out request, you have to find your data on the Social Catfish site. Go to the Social Catfish homepage and search for your information. There are multiple ways to use the search bar:
- Name
- Email address
- Reverse phone lookup
- Online username
- Street address
- Reverse image search
If you’re not able to find your data using your first and last name, try a few different search options. Before you assume your information isn’t on Social Catfish at all, you want to make sure you’ve exhausted the possibilities. Even trying common misspellings of your name can turn up results.
Note that if your information is found on Social Catfish, it can take a few minutes for your profile to load. This is common with some people search websites, and it seems to build tension by making you think there’s a ton of personal information available about you. However, even if a data broker claims that shocking information was found, that doesn’t mean it actually was.
Step 2: Enter your contact information to access your Social Catfish report
If Social Catfish finds your data, you’ll have to enter your email address and phone number to access it. Enter your contact information and then click the Unlock My Report Now button.
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Step 3: Navigate to the correct Social Catfish opt-out page
Start on the Social Catfish homepage, which you can find here. Scroll to the bottom of the page. In the footer, under the Legal section and the Do Not Sell My Personal Information header, select one of the following links:
- Law Enforcement Professionals: If you’re a member of law enforcement, click the Opt-Out Requests (Law Enforcement) link.
- Non-Law Enforcement: If you’re not in law enforcement, click either the CPRA Privacy Requests (CA Residents) link or the All Privacy Requests (OR, CO, NV, ETC) link. Both of these will take you to the same page.
While the links look like they’re only for people in certain states, the opt-out page says that Social Catfish will “accept and honor requests from residents of all U.S. states.”
Step 4: Follow the opt-out page directions to remove your public records from Social Catfish
While the regular Social Catfish opt-out page and law enforcement opt-out page are a bit different, they have similar steps to follow. For this tutorial, we’ll be giving you directions specifically for the regular opt-out page.
First, select your state from the drop-down menu.
Then, fill out the opt-out request form with your first name, last name, email address and URL to your profile on Social Catfish.
Check any authorization boxes that apply, then click the blue Submit button.
Step 5: Check for the verification emails from Social Catfish
Once you’ve completed the process, you should have a couple of emails from Social Catfish that confirm your removal request has been submitted.
One of the emails says you should hear back from Social Catfish within 15 days, so keep an eye on your inbox to see if they send you an update.
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Why Should You Protect Your Personal Data Online?
Whether you’re looking at your Social Catfish profile or additional information on a different data broker site, various sources can host a ton of your personal data and impact your online privacy.
These sites collection information — far beyond your full name and phone numbers — to compile detailed profiles with information you may not even know is online.
Other personal details and private data that a data broker like Social Catfish may collect include:
- Criminal history
- Financial records
- Job history
- Past phone numbers
- Profiles from dating sites
- Property records
- Social media profiles
When it comes to your personal reputation, even just a picture that puts you in a bad light can be enough to damage your digital presence.
And for business owners, when customers search for your brand online or information about the CEO, you don’t want them to find detailed profiles with information you haven’t vetted.
Keep Your Private Data Safe With Expert Help
Data broker sites like Social Catfish collect public records and other easily attainable information. In this way, Social Catfish and various people search sites can be used as an online investigation site to find all types of information about you.
At InternetPrivacy.com, we offer data removal services to get rid of your personal information from people search sites like Social Catfish. We’ll help you protect your identity and the identities of your loved ones. Our services include deep web scans, data removal, ongoing monitoring and detailed reporting.
You deserve to protect your personal and sensitive information online. To keep it from getting into the wrong hands through a data broker or people search sites, you can trust our decade-plus of experience defending individuals and businesses on the internet.
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