Ask HN: Who really gives your personal info to Intelius, Instant Checkmate, etc?

Re:Ask HN: Who really gives your personal info to Intelius, ... by bogomipz on Monday March 06, 2017 @11:36PM (#13808307)

Thanks for the tip, from the link:

"There is, however, a loophole that keeps data brokers from accessing your updated address. When you fill out the online form to change an address, you can indicate a temporary change that provides six months of forwarding that can then be extended for another six months. That information, unlike the changes marked as permanent, is not included in the master list sold to data brokers."

And the online link for online change of address with the loophole:

https://moversguide.usps.com/icoa/home/icoa-main-flow.do?exe...

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Re:Ask HN: Who really gives your personal info to Intelius, ... by stretchwithme on Monday March 06, 2017 @11:43PM (#13808326)

Yes, but will they fail to forward the mail as reliably as they fail to forward permanently forwarded mail?

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Re:Ask HN: Who really gives your personal info to Intelius, ... by dredmorbius on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @12:35AM (#13808476)

Correct.

(I've mentioned the temporary forwards tip elsewhere in the thread myself.)

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