People search site
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A people search site or people finder site is a specialized search engine that searches information from public records, data brokers and other sources to compile reports about individual people, usually for a fee.[1][2]
Early examples of people search sites included Classmates.com[3] and Whitepages.com.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "What To Know About People Search Sites That Sell Your Information". ftc.gov. Federal Trade Commission. July 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ Komando, Kim (February 19, 2023). "Take your privacy back: How to remove your personal data from people search sites". USA Today. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Classmates.com Becomes Probably the First For-Profit Social Networking Site : History of Information". www.historyofinformation.com. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
- ^ "A Short History of People Search: How It Has Transformed Over Time".
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