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This Website Lets Anyone Access Your Personal Information for Free

January 13, 2017

Websites have long been compiling personal information and making it searchable, but one website has now made that information much more easily accessible to anyone and, unlike other comparable sites, for free and without making an account, reports The Washington Post.

 

FamilyTreeNow.com pulls its information largely from the public records, compiling profiles on people that "include the age, birth month, family members, addresses and phone numbers for individuals."

 

This poses a safety risk for people – particularly those with dangerous occupations, such as social workers or police officers. There’s a greater possibility that disgruntled individuals can use the information provided by FamilyTreeNow to target co-workers, associates, or their family members.

 

The website allows you to opt-out, although you may have trouble getting your request through, according to The Washington Post. CNBC has reached out for comment to FamilyTreeNow via Twitter, but has yet to receive a reply.