Blockshopper.com Reviews

Disclosure of Personal Information. I've contacted them twice over the past week requesting they delete my personal information with no response. Are there any active class action lawsuits or others means available to force them to comply?

Contacted the website to have my personal information removed from their database. Received the same email from “Scarlett” stating they will not remove the information because it is public records. While this is true, I do not think it is right for someone to be able to Google search my name and find where I live. If someone wants to opt out of having their personal information on the website, they should respect the person‘s right to privacy and safety. I would be interested in joining a class action lawsuit against this company.

I have the same experience as other people writing review on this company, they breach privacy and ignore requests to remove information, and in my case the information is no longer correct since I had sold the unit but they still ignore my requests to remove it. There must be something that can be done about. Obviously I’m not the only one bothered by the conduct of this company? It’s scandalous.

Contacted the company numerous times to remove my private info from their website. They keep responding with their Scarlett ** fake email with an automated response. I also called the phone number with no luck. They are getting private info from the county websites which are not Google searchable and they are converting into a Google searchable format without owner's consent and make it available on Google. I am filing a lawsuit with Chicago Cook County court against the company for privacy violations for punitive and civil rights. If anybody wants to join let me know.

I have contacted this company numerous times to remove my personal information from their website. They refuse saying it is public information. Now if someone googles my name it gives them my full name, my husband's name, how much we bought and sold our house for, the full address and directions on how to get there. This is a HUGE privacy issue. I want my information gone from this website!!!

My experience with this website is unfortunately awful. I think the company or website goes against personal privacy. They should be the ones sharing their own personal information too instead of being two face and say public records and anyone can get the info but sharing it with the worldwide web isn’t right. Everyone at Blockshopper company should have their information public shown but instead they say it public information. I think they are just terrible individuals that should be in prison or someone in the government should put them and other places out of business.

It’s so awful that I have been able to opt out of my personal information from every other website but this one. Guess who showed up at my door? Someone I desperately have worked hard to get away from. My stalker told me they were able to find me because of this website. Everyone has some type of search for homeowners' information through the counties that they live in, but it’s not visible through a Google search. So confused that a website like this is able to be used, I guess it will take someone getting hurt or worse to shut it down.

Most websites offer opt out options but Blockshopper.com does not and refuse to remove my information of our name, address and property features. I understand they can purchase our information from county where the property is but they have no right to display our names without our permission. I contacted Blockshopper.com many times and they refuse to remove our information. Where is the justice? Anyone can Google someone for where they live. I do not mind if they paid. At least we know who is inquiry about it with the charge information. What purpose do Blockshopper served? Maybe I should Google this Charlotte person live?

These people put information about your home online, including your name and address, purchase price, etc. These personal details are easily available to anyone, including my students in my case. They enable stalking and give you little recourse. You have no control over what they post. They will not remove it except if you prove you are being stalked or are certain types of government official or...a few other extreme situations.

Blockshopper blasts my address to the world via their site and they have not responded to my request to remove it. Can anyone recommend how to deal with this? This is such a breach of confidentiality and would like to understand how this is legal.

They may deem themselves fighters for freedom of information, but what about protection of privacy? They literally have home addresses posted beside people's names - I wonder if the employees of this company are also searchable? (Highly doubt it). Hypocrites.

They post private personal info including names. Such a huge privacy issues especially if someone is being stalked or targeted. And it shows up in Google searches. When you email them they do not respond. Very crooked. What can be done about this website?

Although the information is public, it should not be this easy to search for someone's name. If they want to publish tax records, they can put that information. But the name should be deleted or coded. This is an affront to homeowners. Take this site down.

I googled myself online for privacy concerns, I encountered Blockshopper.com posting detailed information on our previous real estate property sales history. After reading all of these reviews, I waste no time to contact the Blockshopper.com personnel but to contribute complaints to Consumer Affairs hoping they will help to take down the reports online for privacy reasons.

We have recently moved and our information was nowhere to be found until Blockshopper popped up. I have an ex who has been trying to find my whereabouts and continues to search for my information. Filing a report won't do anything, as many have mentioned already. They should be ashamed of themselves! If something happens to my family, Blockshopper.com you will be sued and by many! I might as well start the process now!

THEY PUBLISHED MY INFORMATION W/O MY KNOWLEDGE. This company needs be taken down for publishing other people's private data and profit from it, impose danger to other people because of their wrongdoing. Where are the law enforcement when you need them? Please take this company down!

I asked for my personal address information to be removed due to domestic violence and they repeatedly challenged me on the request. I find it disgusting that any organization would not honor a simple request to protect their own privacy and safety. This company should be shut down. Just wait until you get sued when someone gets injured. TERRIBLE!

Publicizing and marketing my data without my authorization. These disgusting bottom-feeders draw on public records to publish data on homeowners into a publicly available and searchable medium. This is an abhorrent invasion of privacy as this type of data is not normally so easily available. They proceed to sell advertisements on basis that people will visit their website to go through this data and click on ads.

We have pleaded with them to remove our name and address from their website for our SAFETY but they have ignored our request. We even supplied a Police Report # and they still ignored us. They are a horrible and careless company.

I emailed this company 3 times but our information still remains public after several months. We adopted 4 children with biological parents who were incarcerated for violent crimes to their children as well as other children. I explained this in an email but I only get the same emails from them: Blockshopper publishes public records. Property ownership, sales and property tax information is listed publicly in multiple places. Please refer to our FAQ page for more information. We will, however, in certain circumstances where a security risk can be demonstrated, edit a homeowner's name in our database so as to make it less searchable by Google, etc. Your name will be amended to “Not Available”.

I sent an email requesting removal 5 days ago. Per the website they are to respond within 24 to 48 hours. I've never seen a site so difficult to have your information removed. It is a matter of safety for myself and my daughter. I've shared this information so that if something happens as a result of their failure to remove it there will be a lawsuit.

The owner of Blockshopper wants to keep his name and address private but sees nothing wrong with listing yours for the entire world to see. I went to whois.com to check the info on the website: Name: Registration Private. Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC. Mailing Address: DomainsByProxy.com, Scottsdale Arizona 85260 US. Phone: +**. Ext: Fax: +**. Fax Ext: Email: BLOCKSHOPPER.COM@domainsbyproxy.com.

My elderly mother and I recently moved after being harassed by a neighbor. We went through great pains to ensure no one except family members had our new address. Lo and behold, I googled my name and up came my full name and address. I understand that this is a public record, but this information should not be so easy to search for and find. I searched the Blockshopper.com website to see how I can get my information removed, and their page said to contact Scarlett **.

I've requested sites like Blockshopper remove my information from easy online access due to identity theft. Most sites have accommodated by removing at least some if not all information, except for Blockshopper. Full name, address & loads of other info that should not be available to the public at the touch of a button - all still there.

This website releases the full names of me and wife with full home address in the same title line for Google search result. Although the information is legitimately obtained from publicized government database, releasing this crucial personal information to search engine in such format is irritating and jeopardizing.

It's unfortunate that companies like this are allowed to exist. Most companies that display personal information provide an opt out, no matter how hard it is to find on their site. This one requests a court order for stalkers or that you are in law enforcement (?!) - how ridiculous. They display personal information including addresses, which for me is proving to be very scary. I do not want anyone to be able to google me and find my house, which is why I try not to list this anywhere. This is the beginning of some very threatening situations, and while I'm not at a court order stage (yet) - it is unfortunate that this company allowing for the start of this and won't stop until someone gets hurt. Who does this and how easy would it be to mask the name of a homeowner on an address if the intent is to help home buyers. Even tax record sites do this, which are way more reputable.

They claim it's public records. The difference someone has to search hard through public records to find your personal information (MY ADDRESS). When I google my name this website pops right up with my HOME ADDRESS! The county pages/public records DO NOT! How frightening is that, Scarlett **? Should I google her and find your home address? What made me google my name is because I recently had some very disturbing sent to my HOME ADDRESS! Thanks a lot Scarlett, I hope karma finds her real soon!

The company has been publishing my name and home address, putting my spouse and children at risk. I have a job that receives death threats often, and there is no excuse for Blockshopper's commercialization of distributing public info. I am pro-transparency, but this is a violation of my personal safety. I have requested (via email and calls) they remove my records with no response. Someone please tell me how to join a class action or turn these people in. I have submitted a complaint to the FTC. I am so thankful for these reviews to help empower a movement against this devious company.

I contacted Blockshopper.com requesting them to suppress my information from their company's public search results for privacy reasons. Reputable companies providing similar services honor such requests, but I received a reply from Scarlett ** denying my request. Based on other reviews here, it appears that Blockshopper.com in fact is not a reputable company.

This company is HORRIBLE and refuses to take down personal content even after an incident against my safety took place due to this website. They need to be taken down and especially Scarlett **. She is a horrible person and I don't know how she sleeps at night. If they don't take down my info I plan on joining/starting a lawsuit against them.

1) Email your elected officials (at both the county and state level) pointing out that companies like Blockshopper.com are jeopardizing people's safety by aggregating real estate property transaction records with other personal information (photos, employment, names and details of your spouse and children, etc.) obtained from a multitude of other sources and then even making maps and directions to where you live. Thousands of people nationwide have requested removal only to often be rudely refused or ignored (even for requests involving minor children) because Blockshopper.com (and its highly controversial owner Brian Timpone) repeatedly prioritizes revenue above the safety of human beings.

This company found a horrible way of making money, by posting peoples personal info. If you google your name, this is the only Crap Company that reveals your address, etc. The CEO of this company should realize they are evil, and change some tactics. We need to work together to close, and sue them asap.

This website is creepy by publishing names and many personal details of home buyers and denying opt out. The information published may be public in nature, but doing so in commercial manner is not right. This is a sample of abuse of freedom of public information. Will join any class action against unethical practice of this company.

I, too, have had run-ins with Block Shopper. With the including of names, this is a horrible infringement on our safety, and a great example of the digital intrusion into ALL of our lives. Will it take someone to get hurt (or worse) to realize that Block Shopper is just a bad idea?? Scarlett ** refused to remove me as well. Can't wait to see a petition to a lawmaker (Block Shopper is out of Chicago) about forcing Block Shopper to take names off.

Worst company out there!!! I asked to be opt out for my name just my NAME and they said no. I emailed Scarlet ** and has not replied back to the other emails I have sent out. Unwilling to save people lives of any matter. They dont care. I hope they sue the crap outta them.

Blockshopper.com should not show names. Prices, addresses is ok, but no names. It is major security issue. I really feel there should be a law to restrict them from posting people name on their website. They are very rude, not cooperative at all. I requested them multiple times to remove our names from their website. We don't have problem with house address or prices listed on their website but it is very unacceptable to display owner's names on their website.

I have contacted this company (followed all of their guidelines listed on the FAQ page) and asked to be removed from their listings. They pull pubic information and make profit on listing it all in one place. I have asked them to remove me from their database, 3 times now. I have been denied, due to the fact they tell me they like to be consistent in their business model and removing me hurts this. So because they want to make money, they won't remove me. Not only are they rude, but they have no concern for public well-being and my numerous attempts to ask them to remove me for my safety and the safety of my family.

Blockshopper Management has no regard for privacy or security. Numerous repeated requests to opt out of having personal information listed on their site and they just ignore. The management and folks at Blockshopper need to have all their personal information exposed.

This BlockShopper.com company is violating California Law because they refuse to register to do business in California. Their new LLC is called Locality Labs LLC and they are registered in Delaware in case anyone needs that information for legal service. They have changed LLC 3 times to run from lawsuits. I'm on a government program that entitles me to privacy and Blockshopper refuses to obey the California law that protects me. They are not paying state tax in California since they are not registered to do business in California. They sell and make lots of cash in the 38 million population California. They are evil bullies. They think they can hide behind the internet and not obey laws. Brian Timpone CEO belongs behind bars.

I requested that Blockshopper remove my name and address from their listing and they refused. This is extremely scary that someone could run my credit card during a purchase, search my name and then be led by Google maps directly to my home without much effort. Shame on blockshopper and any real estate company that advertises on their site.

Scarlett, please post your personal information on StalkerShopper so we can all send you a lovely thanks for nothing gift and like all of you, I've also been met by the same unwillingness of BlockShopper to remove my family's personal and property information from their Internet posting. Scarlett ** (real name?) of BlockShopper cites that they have legal access to public records. While that's true, they're clearly abusing such access and are placing our personal information in the hands of criminal opportunists, stalkers, identity thieves and the like. I suspect that their service is a smorgasbord for cyber criminals, including those who don't even live in our country.

Refused to remove my personal information from their website. I understand that it is public record, but the way they lay it out is a major security issue. They should used some good judgement. How about just name initials? Or maybe get the people to sign up first- at least this way sensitive information wouldn't be so openly available. Anyway, one day I might meet one of the responsible for this site and that will be fun.

Blockshopper.com should not show names. Prices, addresses is ok, but no names. Sometimes they give information about real estate customers. But... the CEO Brian Timpone 's information about himself is wrong. His real address is**. Phone number should be **. How do you like that Timpone- boy? His wife is Patricia Ann Timpone (Patricia Ann **). His parents Leonard Timpone and Helen Timpone (**). Helen passed away at 2008. Sister - Kara. Brother- Brett. By the way, Scarlett is one of Brian Timpone's kids name.

I also had an experience talking to a fake 'Scarlet' when asking to remove my listing. If Google keeps it up, I think the general public should make efforts to get it removed. This website is just asking to get sued if G-d forbid someone gets stalked or worse using it for public address records. I would say not to mention the havoc it would wreak on their conscience, but clearly they don't have one.

I am a victim of gang violence. I am also disabled with Progressive MS and have trouble walking and seeing. I am defenseless against an attacker. Block Shopper was sent by certified mail a demand to remove my name and home address on their site. That were also informed that I'm disabled. They also have had a dozen e-mails sent to them. I received a mail back from Adam ** telling me no they won't remove me from their site. I am a participant in California's safe at home program. All participants are protected under California law 6208: 1. Any company doing business in California can not disclose the location of a person on the program on the internet in any form.

This company should be shut down. It is not safe to keep all names and address available. It is simply unacceptable to have company like that around.

I requested Blockshopper to remove all my info from their website and they refused to do it. I don't want my husband's info or mine to be exposed online. I am working on removing our names from most websites, but this one is a real NIGHTMARE.

These guys take public record and aggregate it to one searchable websites, much like Spokeo and other such sites. However, Blockshopper does not allow people to opt out of being listed in the database like other services do. This is a major privacy concern of course. I contacted their director Scarlett ** (purportedly a fake name) and she refused to remove or change my record. This company needs to be sued.

The company provides false information about my house. It also discloses all my information against my wish. I suffered monetary and criminal damages for their disclosing where I live. I emailed Scarlet ** who was very aggressive, inattentive, offending, and not willing to stop their harassment and damages to my life caused through their website.

Blockshopper DOES also help people...

Why in God’s name do they think it's anyone's business who sold for what and where people live? This is putting people's lives in danger. Why aren't they putting themselves on this list if it's ok for everyone else to be on it? I have a right to privacy. I can't get a job because my employers are under the impression I'm well off or something.

I could care less about them putting up my address and what I paid. But do they really need to list our names along with our home address, for every stalker to search through? Blockshopper.com needs to be shut down! Shame on any company that advertises on their website!

Horrible...so Scarlett ** is a fake name. Even she doesn't want you to know where she lives, yet her employer is a-okay with posting YOUR info, including your home address, your name, birth date, etc. They are so unwilling to work with you, it's not even funny.

Like all of you, I've also been met by the same unwillingness of BlockShopper to remove my family's personal and property information from their internet posting. Scarlett ** (real name?) of BlockShopper cites that they have legal access to public records. While that's true, they're clearly abusing such access and are placing our personal information in the hands of criminal opportunists, stalkers, identity thieves and the like. I suspect that their service is a smorgasbord for cyber criminals, including those who don't even live in our country. I've chosen to educate my elected representatives about BlockShopper so that they can enact laws that can protect the public from such unscrupulous businesses. They include county, state and federal representatives. I encourage all of you to do the same in all fifty states!!

I asked Blockshopper.com to remove my name, address and personal information from their site but they refused stating this is public access info. However, in the internet age where your audience/exposure is no longer limited, there needs to be laws restricting publishing personal information that is clearly a violation of privacy. I really hope they get sued!! Most companies now will even say, “Your name or your address will not be published without your consent.” Blockshopper has taken advantage of an antiquated system and is using it for monetary gain and from what I've read lately, to tarnish individuals by publishing other personal information as well, strictly for embarrassment or smear campaigns. They are scumbags and I truly hope they are forced to make changes.

I own a company, so now I have to be leery of firing anyone because they will now do a 30-second search, find my address and hunt me down. This site is dangerous.

I will only echo what every other angry home buyer has experienced with this disgraceful pseudo-paparazzi site. My wife and I sure as hell did not expect our house purchase information to be published without consent. The existence of this site is an assault and slap in the face to every hardworking and law-abiding homeowner. It is a violation of our privacy done in a public square. It is a ludicrous and illegal site. Just because it is public record doesn't mean that anyone can post information on the internet.

My full name is now indexed from Blockshopper's site, used as a "keyword" search in all major search engines and information about where I live, with a Google map (street view). I do not agree with this information being posted without my consent and I want both my name and my wife's name removed. I sent Blockshopper an email politely requesting they remove both my name and my wife's name. As many people have already posted, Blockshopper is not willing to work with you. I received the following response: "BlockShopper publishes public records. Property ownership and sales information is listed publicly in multiple places on the Internet and in other publications. We get our data from the county - it is the public record. It's our goal to be accurate and consistent, so we don't simply edit the public record on any request."

In discussion to remove our information from their public site for protection of a minor's information involved in a custody dispute, they flat out said no. The emails have gone back and forth continuing to ask and plead for privacy. They say no. "We abide by all local, state and federal laws in regards to privacy and the first amendment. You can contact the county in which you reside. If they are willing to remove you from the public record, your information will drop off our database during our next update from your county." Are there any privacy rules that can help us in this situation?

BlockShopper posts "public" information about personal real estate transactions on their site. This information includes names, addresses and sales prices. They use information that belongs to others, but that is made available as a public record as the content for their site. For my transaction, they used other social networking sites such as LinkedIn to crawl through my resume and fabricate a news story without verifying source accuracy. They then published this story on the web and probably in the real estate section of newspapers that commission them to do so. This careless and reckless business model puts the safety and privacy of everyone at risk by publishing personal information that is owned by others. They hide under the guise of public record and make a profit at the expense of personal privacy and safety.

You are posting my name and personal address without my permission on a public website putting me and my family at risk. I am asking you to remove any information regarding me which puts me at risk for identity theft.

Blockshopper.com unwilling to remove my public record - Like others, I Googled my name and was shocked to see my address displayed. I emailed Scarlett ** and was even further shocked to receive a reply indicating that Blockshopper.com was unwilling to remove my public record. The exact wording is "... so we don't simply edit the public record on any request." Why not? This is my personal safety at risk. This public information should not be so readily available to the entire world and I'm outraged that Blockshopper.com does not have the moral integrity to respect people's requests.

Blockshopper has made it easy for disgruntled employees to find my home and go after my family. Will it take a criminal act for authorities to shut down the site? Other sites have an opt-out option. Why is it okay for this site to continue providing information so easily to the public? What about the JR high kid who wants to bully another kid? He can easily find addresses on this site with his smartphone. In no way would he bother to go to the county offices for the information. Dangerous! A great tool for stalkers and bullies!

BlockShopper refuses to remove my personal information off of their website, claiming that it is a matter of public record. That may be true, however, every other similar "people finder" website gladly removed my information upon request. If someone wants to get this public information, they can go to the courthouse and do the searches for themselves. I am in a business where disgruntled employees may harm me or my family. Easy access to my address, including a picture and directions on how to get there, is unacceptable!

Blockshopper is profiting off of our information that we have not released to them for use. Aren't we entitled to that profit? While I understand that most of us are not looking for a profit, but rather to remove our information from being so publicly available, a class action lawsuit might be a way to get Scarlet, Brian **, and Edward ** to listen. Consequently, their information isn't available on the website. Can we get some organization started?

As mentioned in all other complaints, BlockShopper is posting the exact home address for myself and others. This creates serious safety concerns given the nature of my and many other people's employment. There is absolutely no public interest in what they are doing as they claim on their website - it is only a privacy violation and creates serious risk. I have similarly asked them to remove my information, but they refuse to do so.

Blockshopper has published a lot of my personal info on their site. My girlfriend has an ex who is crazy. I fear for us both. They don't care and won't help. I'm very frustrated.

I dislike very much my name and address being displayed on BlockShopper.com! License plate numbers are public records also, yet we don't publish the name and address of a particular license plate owner on the World Wide Web! If someone has legitimate need to find where I live and how much I paid for my house, make them go through channels and do not let it display via an easy Google search!

I asked Blockshopper to remove my information as there is a certain level of anonymity needed. They flatly said no and didn't address me nicely at all. They were extremely rude about it and are worthless individuals, who on their website claim to be good listeners. False claim #1. They don't give a crap about anyone else except their stupid, useless business. If someone really needed the information for financial/estate purposes, they could contact the county for this information. Stalkers would not go as far and now they don't have to. Blockshopper's slogan should be "Are you a lazy stalker? Try us and you won't have to put in any effort at all!" Your website sucks anyway. Oh and it rates #... #... Oh, it didn't make it on the list of top 100 websites. Awesome job! How's that feel?

My wife works in the financial sector and doesn't want her name on the internet for safety reasons (there are examples of people using information like this to commit crimes). I asked Blockshopper repeatedly to remove her name from the internet search and was flatly refused (they will consider it if there is a restraining order or other legal document). While I believe in free information, this is far too detailed and accessible. Google my wife's name and her name, our address and a map to our home, as well as other personal data, are the first search result. There is absolutely no rational or good reason for this.

Blockshopper firmly asserts its right to publish the details of a real estate transaction involving my current co-op that doesn't represent an outright sale, but the results of a divorce settlement. For some unfortunate reason, this information is now near the top of any Google search of my name, obscuring my professional information. When I complained to Blockshopper about publishing this misleading information in a way that embarrasses me, they told me to take a hike. Is anyone doing anything to stop them?

I searched my name and was quite unhappy to discover my name, address, map of how to get to my house and how much I purchased my house for all on the same website, Blockshopper. I contacted the company to please remove me from the list and they told me they would be unable to as it is a matter of public record. We need to shut them down.

This site Blockshopper.com should be shut down. It has too much info, even a map and picture of my house.

My complaint is the same as everyone's; my name and address published for the world to see and no option to opt out like most sites. When laws were enacted about "publicly accessible information", we were not living in the internet age. I refuse to believe those laws wouldn't have been modified to include an opt-out feature for anyone who respectfully requests it, since the distribution is far greater than it was before the web.

This has crossed the line. Scarlett, who I am sure is not the real name, has refused to take my info. Typing my name in Google should not give that much info, anyone needing to steal my identity can do so easily now. A class action lawsuit should start and the government and officials should be made aware.

I recently discovered that a quick Google search of my name reveals my home address listed at Blockshopper.com. Once on the site, clicking my address will show a Google "street view" image of my house with directions on how to get there! I am extremely concerned about this. I work in child welfare with parents who are often not happy with actions taken to protect their children. Any one of them could search my name, find my house, and seek to do harm to me and my family!

BlockShopper will not grant requests to opt out of their listings. The only way to stop them is to change the U.S. law. Please contact your congressmen/congresswomen, senators. Very Important: Contact Senator Leahy of VT, who is working on privacy legislation. Put BlockShopper.com in subject line.

Blockshopper needs to be shutdown. Period. This is an absolutely outrageous website that exposes everyone and claims the info is from public records so they will not modify or remove it from their website. I do not see property address, family members, date of sale and other personal details of their management team and their families on this website. Call your local politician to help shut this down now!

You are posting my name and personal address without my permission on a public website putting me and my family at risk. I am asking you to remove any information regarding me which puts me at risk for identity theft.

I have requested several times for blockshopper.com to allow me to opt out of their site/database. I have never authorized the release of my personal information to them or their affiliates and yet they have posted my home address, the names of all who live with me, a map to my home, and an array of other personal information.

This website has posted my name and personal address without my permission on a public website with my private financial information. I have sent them a cease and desist letter. They are putting me and my family at risk for ID theft and other criminal actions.

When a search is done on Google with my name, it shows up with a Blockshopper link. The link displays my home address. Due to the uniqueness of my name, it shows up on Google. In spite of my repeated request to Blockshopper, they don't remove my name. I have told them I have nothing against listing the selling/buying price but to please remove my name from the website. This is causing us sleepless night due to endangerment to our family. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

They are making money off us. Every time someone clicks on their "news" about us, they make a little from advertising. They are taking advantage of the 1st amendment protection of the press to basically profit off our names, all the while putting us in danger if anyone ever wanted to find us. Write the managers a letter to tell them what you think. They get their info from the county records. You should talk to your register of deeds to get them to require, as a condition of use, that people not post the information they find onto the internet. Make these guys actually spend their time at city hall to collect the info.

I have submitted complaints against this company with every state rep in my state and a few others. I have submitted a complaint with the IL Attorney General and nothing. I, too, fear for my family's safety. I work in a bank and deal with escalated customer issues, so you can imagine I am not exactly popular and people have posted my name and work email address online. When you search my name, the first 2 sites that come up are information regarding my name and bank. The next is Blockshopper information with a map to my home.

I have repeatedly requested Scarlett at Blockshoppers to remove my name from their listing. They have not given me any answer. They list my home address and full name posted on the Internet, available to anyone who does a Google search of their name. We fear for ourselves and our children's safety. They refused to remove our name from their listing. Please help us.

If everybody in America is upset, why does the goverment don't do anything about it? It is time to take action and not complaints. I am into politics. I will send info to a higher level. Please shut them down, or this will end very badly. Some people are crazy, and this freak Brian ** is exposing people to a very dangerous world. There is another freak named Naveen **, who owns 75% of people searches. The number one is Intelius, US Search. White pages, etc. They both need to be shut down. I hope this helps. They think people is stupid, but they are not.

Thank you for previous post re-contacting state commissioner or congressman. I will do same in NY State. Blockshopper completely ignores many people's requests for privacy concerns in regards to publishing exact home addresses & rest of info and makes people living in fear waiting for something bad to happen based on personal situations (stalkers, threats of any kind, etc). I really hope one day they will be prosecuted for ignoring all of the above.

I e-mailed BlockShopper.com many times requesting the removal of my personal records from BlockShopper.com. However, they refused. After so many attempts, I decided to contact my Congressman’s office and filed a complaint about BlockShopper.com. I am waiting for the Congressman’s response. I am planning to contact my Senator’s office and escalate to that level. I would suggest to everyone that is involved with BlockShopper.com to do the same thing by contacting your Congressman and Senators and build up the pressure to shut down this BlockShopper.com scheme. This is very unprofessional website and to have this go on would impact and create future problems.

I have repeatedly requested Scarlett at Blockshoppers remove my name from their listing. They have refused even though I have cited information from the FTC requiring them to give individuals the option to opt out of having their home address posted on the internet available to anyone who does a Google search of their name. My husband and I are working on a controversial documentary that we expect will make certain religious extremists unhappy with what we have to say. I explained that I don't want a Google search to turn up our home address. We fear for our and our children's safety. They refused to remove our name from their listing. Please help us.

The Blockshopper.com is refusing to remove my personal information from their websites. I have security concerns which is related to my estranged father to learn where I live. This is not a threat that police can help with however, company is making this information available for anyone who wants to know where I live.

Scarlett ** is a dirtbag. Don't bother emailing her to remove your name; she'll just waste your time. What a disgusting company. I see that their daily revenue as a whole is worth $128.00.

They are listing my name without my permission. The spokesperson for them is one Scarlett ****. She advised me that all information is public via the county. I told her to remove my name and that if she wants to provide my information to anyone, she has to point them to my county and they can personally retrieve it with no grief from me.

Blockshopper is posting every possible detail about me to anyone with a Google news feed, to one of my companies, or colleges. Please shut this website down. Now, everyone at your firm with a Google feed on the firm's activies (via the name), gets your real estate transactions, as they happen. It is not only embarrassing, but also somewhat threatening to job security at this time. Not to mention, all the other potential consequences listed below.

I asked BlockShopper to remove our information from their website. They replied: "BlockShopper publishes public records. Property ownership and sales information is listed publicly in multiple places on the internet and in other publications. We get our data from the county-- it is the public record. It's our goal to be accurate and consistent, so we don't simply edit the public record on any request."

Not a complaint, but a "review". I love that Blockshopper lists the name, address and amount paid for homes of people in the areas they cover. It is so much easier than going to the recorders office myself and looking up this information (which I can do for free for every home in America). I can look to see if my neighbors rent or own and the date and purchase price of their homes. Best of all, when I make a bid on a home for sale, I can look at the price a home was purchased for and get an idea of how much equity the homeowner has. Way to go Blockshopper! Love you guys!

I agree with all of your comments. This is not only a serious invasion of privacy, it is a very serious safety issue. Will it take someone being injured (in addition to those already being stalked and harassed) for this site to be held accountable? Those in the legal profession and government should take note of this website. As mentioned by others, this is the one site which does not abide by any privacy laws. A class action suit is definitely a terrific start. Any sponsors for this website should also be encouraged to steer clear. If anyone has suggestions on who should be contacted to ensure our private information is not exposed in such a serious way, please post this information for us. Thank you!

I have a home for sale in Philadelphia. This website has posted all of my personal information, in addition to incorrect information about the home for sale. I have contacted them, but I suspect this will not work. All of the similar consumer affairs complaints I see about this site, point toward no action being taken by the site. This is unethical, and should be stopped.

All of our personal information (i.e., home address, name, value of our home, sq. footage, etc. ) is made public by this awful website who have absolutely no regard for people's confidentiality. I contacted them and requested that they remove our information from their data base. She was quick to tell me that they would not & have every right to make my information public as they had retained my information from public websites (but refused to elaborate).

I hate this website. I really do. This Brian Timpone needs jail time. Or, somebody maybe end it up getting hurt because many people are very upset. The government is aware of this but they need to do something very soon. Otherwise, more enemies are on his way. We are going to make this public on TV and radios in all the states that he works. If I were in his shoes, I will be very scared, because people are crazy and you don’t know what reaction people can have. So please, shut down this website. We are asking you for help. Please do this soon. Thanks.

They are publishing my home address, its location, and all of my personal information when my name was googled. I have done the same as all the others by contacting Scarlett. I asked her nicely to remove my name and got the same answer that they will not as it is public information. I have asked other websites to remove information before and they have done so with no problems. I do feel that a class action lawsuit is in order to stop these people and shut down their site. Someone from an Internet chat room found my house, said they were painters, and tried to break in. I had to call police.

Please shut this website down before it gets worse. This man, the owner, Brian **, is a crazy man. He thinks people like his website, but everybody hates it. Americans hate him and he has many enemies, but he doesn't care. We are a group of people in L.A who are lawyers, doctors, consuls and we are going to talk to the government so he can shut this website down in the next couple of weeks. This needs to have justice. I have never seen anything like this in another country. This is dangerous and we need to stop this.

This man Brian ** should be in jail. This man is exposing Americans to many things, making our privacy public to the world. Everybody has enemies, and this is nasty--what he is doing. Just because he is a lawyer, he thinks he can do this. Well probably, he failed to be a lawyer, and he is angry at the world. That's why he wants others to feel like him--like a bug.

Blockshopper is a site that posts all people's information online for all to see without the person's consent. They include the homeowner's full name, date on which the property was bought and a sale price. I contacted the site 5 times arguing back and forth to be removed from their website. I have a stalker who found me again recently (thanks to them) and I have explained the situation to them. They asked for proof such as Order of Protection to be scanned and emailed to them. This is outrageous, I shouldn't have to have an order of protection to be removed from that website. I hope they burn in hell, what a disgrace!

I too asked Blockshopper.com to remove my housing information from their site. Before their existence, someone couldn't just Google me, and find my home and a map to the front door! They refused. I've sent the request in writing and called their office, and they keep saying "its public records". True, but they also have the ability to remove the tags that allow search engines to pick up the information or better yet, they should not have you in their database if you've requested to be removed. I also took them to the Better Business Bureau (BBB), but they were totally useless. This must be corrected. I am sure a privacy law is being violated, if they blatantly refuse to honor requests.

Blockshopper.com had someone with a similarly spelled name with mine purchase a property in the same state. They then pulled my personal information from my LinkedIn page to build a profile for all to see. When I asked to be removed, as I am not the same person, I was told that personal information was extracted from public records. This is not true, since I am not the owner of the record. They continued to refuse my request and now do not even respond to my e-mails. Do I have a legal claim here?

Blockshopper website has all personal and family information listed. It is impossible to remove it since the contact person, Scarlet, tells me that it is public information. If I purchase a house, at a certain price, at a certain date, it doesn't mean that everybody with a click of a button can easily access this information. It should be a choice to share my personal information with others. We all heard about identity theft; however, our information is public already and nobody does anything about it.

They have my personal information online, making it accessible to anyone - my name, last name, address, home information. Just google my name and you will see my name, home address, how much I paid for my house, date when I bought it, etc. I know it is public information, but I didn't authorize them to make it accessible online.

I asked to have my personal information removed from this website and was denied. Just because this information is "public record" does not mean that everyone wants this information advertised on blockshopper.com.

I actually just did a search for Scarlett ** on Block Shopper and her home address and her personal information is not being displayed. Why is that? According to Scarlett, everything she posts is public record so her posting should be included as well. Why the exception? If a person requests their information be removed, it should be removed.

Why is it legal for a company to put everyone’s personal information onto a website such as theirs? It is pathetic that we live in a country that allows this. I have seen all the complaints listed on Consumer Affairs about this company. Why has nothing been done?

Our clients name, picture, linkedin website was all posted on this website with her home address and her personal information. We never advertise our clients/sellers name online, and she was very upset, just as we are since we never advertise without getting written permission. We requested the website/article to be taken down , but it was refused by Scarlett Simpson. This website creates a danger for the privacy of clients/sellers and their family.

This website is illegally advertising the name and addresses of the folks who are buying and selling homes. What they are doing is the equivalent of any financial website showing the details of every person who buy and sell a stock on a given day. It is a true invasion of privacy.

I have contacted Scarlett ** via email at ** on 7/11/2011, requesting that they remove my name from their site because of a very serious stalking issue. I was told they can't. On 7/19/2011, I emailed BlockShopper COO Eddie Weinhaus at ** to make the same request that my name will be removed from this false public records site. After a few email correspondence, I was sent to Scarlett ** again. I explained to both of these people, that I have moved across the county to make it harder for that stalker to find me. I am very concerned for my and my family's safety since this site makes it too easy to locate me. A similar site, Spokeo, removed me. I want BlockShopper to do the same. They are not a county or federal site, I do not feel that they should be allowed to post my whereabouts on their site.Please help me. Thank you. I do not want telephone calls, please.

This company is using information they are extracting from the county tax office to list people's private information in a public database while providing easy Google and other search engine searches to give this information. In other words, someone can search my name and my personal information pops up in Google, including my address, the value of my home, etc. This is not lawful and is not in the best of interest of citizen's privacy and the right to remain anonymous, along with the cost and location of their homes remaining anonymous.

This is a blatant disregard for safety under the guise of public information. Unwanted individuals coming to my home.

Company has been informed on multiple occasions to remove personal information including my home address from their website due to personal safety issues concerning a stalker. The company continually ignores requests. I have already had to move to a new state because of this person at great personal and financial expense. I will now again be forced to move, incurring significant financial loss resulting from declining value, upwards of $40,000 on my new home due to the actions of their website.

Blockshopper publishes everyone's name, address when they purchase or sell real estate along with personal information such as employer, work. It is an invasion of privacy. I have called them and emailed them many times and have been told this is public information. This needs to be dealt with and would like to know what Consumer Affairs is doing to address the situations since there are many complaints over years. What is your response CA? Get working on it. Why we have no rights to privacy - living in the US is just ridiculous, so this website and their devious owners can profit off our pain is unacceptable. It encourages identity theft and stalking. Please address the situation. We'd like to hear from you! Emotional. Psychological and physical stress.

This is a negative evil website because this man Brian **** uses your name, address, a map of location and what you pay for your property when you buy it from him. To sell another’s property, this man needs to pay all the people’s names that he is using because I am victim too. I did not allow him to use my name for any kind of business.

This is a toxic website for all Americans. Please do something about it. All Americans are very upset about this please read the website. I hate blockshopper.com. Thank you.

Though Jones Day and their Chicago Law firm filed suit against Blockshopper.com and this Blockshopper.com website Owners: Timothy Landon, Brian Timpone & Edward Weinhaus about trademark infringement, the law firm was also victimized by Blockshopper.com by having their home addresses with their full names published and accessible in Blockshopper.com.

My name, address and price paid for home are available on their company website. I contacted the company by email since they do not return calls. They said it was their right to have the information on their website. I feel it violates my right to privacy and want it removed.

Scarlett ** very curtly answered my request to remove my information from her website, saying that it is public information. But this very personal information is the first thing that comes up when people search my name. Perhaps those of us who have been damaged by Blockshopper should get together to file a class action lawsuit.

I think that it is such a disgrace for your public records to be free and at hand of all sorts of people. I had an incident where someone came to my house looking for someone, all because they googled my name to see where I lived. Just as another consumer stated, if I did not opt to have my phone number and address listed, why would I want my home address listed? All a person needs to know is your name, google you and you can end up dead from your personal as they call it public records being listed. The only people that should have access to your personal information is your family and the law. This is insane!

This website has published all my information! How much I bought my house for, when, my full address, everything! I called and emailed them but they totally refuse to remove it! Anyone can find me. I fear for the safety of my little children. How can someone just decide to publish my information without my consent?

This site has pulled information given to LinkedIn and has violated the user policy by reproducing and posting information given to LinkedIn. They have re-posted employment information and linked my name to that, along with address information.

I just recently came upon this website Blockshopper.com. I had googled my name and city and came upon my full name and address listed. I do not have my name and address published in the phone book. And I do not wish to have that information displayed for all the public due to the profession I am in. I have contacted Scarlette ** and Robert via email and they were absolutely no help. I researched this company and saw many individuals with complaints and lawsuits. I'd like to know how I can be deleted from their website now, as soon as possible. Please help. My family is in jeopardy to this website.

It is horrifying that anyone can research my name and find out my exact address and price I paid for my house. I try to remain private as I have had problems in the past with security. I remain unlisted, I set all my accounts to the utmost privacy and yet, all my information is blasted to the world. Although from public records, surely this must be an invasion of privacy.

A friend discovered my family's listing on this site. Our neighborhood is crime-ridden due to gentrification and the last thing I would ever do is publish our full names, addresses, tax information and how much we paid. Who's business is that?! Certainly not everyone online! I complained to Scarlett ** and she said there are plenty of sites that do this and they aren't removing anyone's names as mentioned on their site. I explained I felt for my family's safety and privacy but she obviously didn't care.

Has anyone verified whether what BlockShopper is doing is violating the "Right to Publicity" laws? That is the right to control or profit from the use of your name or likeness. Celebrities use this law to prevent businesses from putting their name/image on merchandise without their permission and also to earn royalties whenever their name/picture is used. **

Blockshopper.com claims to use public information, but every home owner in the city of coverage is not listed. I've done my research. My parents’ name aren't linked to Blockshopper’s at all but mine is. If they want to publicize information that a person would normally have to get from county records, that's fine. But to be thorough and fair, they should check to see if the person they are about to post has been a victim of some kind of criminal act. I have been and so have many others. Now the person who tried to murder me only has to google my maiden name and he has access to my address and new name.

Blockshopper.com uses county recorder data to very prominently and publicly display homeowners' addresses and purchase prices on the web. When I contacted ** to request my and my wife's names be removed, I received the curt reply that this is public information and they are allowed to display it. This is appalling and unacceptable. Aside from the very obvious invasion of privacy, this creates danger for single women, the elderly, public figures and other targets. We received threats from crazy former neighbors who now can find us with click of a mouse.

They refuse to remove my name from their site. So, I set up a Facebook page called “remove my name from blockshopper.com”.

My address and the amount we paid for our house come up on Google when my name is searched. I feel this is an invasion of privacy.

I usually Google my name to see what comes up, especially any information that is personal. To my realization all of my personal information comes up in the second page of my name search. I am mostly scared for my safety since I'm a big blogger.

They are erroneously listing my wife as a previous owner of property. She was never part of the transaction, and we weren't even married at the time of my ownership or sale. By listing her, the company is invading our privacy by publishing information that is inaccurate. She and I are being stalked online, and this is making it much more difficult to avoid this person.

My address and escrow history, via Blockshopper, have been creeping up my list (when I goggle my name) and my address is now first on the list. Their response is that it is public record. I understand that it is public record; what I keep asking them is how that obscure public record got listed so high on my page! No response to that question. This is a true safety risk for my family. Given the number of similar complaints, I hope something is done soon. Does anyone know of further recourse?

My name, address and amount I paid for my house is available for anyone to see on this site. I have requested they remove my name and Scarlett ** responded that this is public information. I am aware of that, but to find out where someone lives just by searching for their name is totally irresponsible and could cost a life, or at the very least, identity theft. Please stop them from making this information so readily available.

I, too, asked Scarlett to remove our information since we are not listed in the phone book. She refused to remove the information. Funny how she does not give us her real name, and her information is not on the website! Foul! Thank you, Scarlett, for making criminals have easy access to our information. You are liable!

Over the past month I have discovered through two of my patients that my home address is listed with this website. This is outrageous. No one from this company contacted me to get my permission to publish my name and address. I'm a psychologist, and publishing my home address is a boundary violation that compromises my integrity and work as a psychotherapist. It also could potentially endanger my life. Interferes with my work by providing unnecessary information about myself to my patients, presents risk for stalking, calling me by tracing my address to phone number, potential threat to my safety.

I googled my name and was horrified to find my address, pictures of my home and other information on Blockshopper. I have always taken the appropriate steps to avoid my information becoming public because of safety concerns. I cannot believe that this is allowed with all the identity theft and horrible crimes committed out there. This company and any others like it, need to be stopped. Safety of citizens should be a major concern.

It has been brought to my attention that when my name is Googled, my full address is the first entry listed on the web site provided by BlockShopper. I contacted Scarlett S. to request that my name be removed and this is her full and only response: "BlockShopper publishes public records. Property ownership and sales information is listed publicly in multiple places on the internet and in other publications. We get our data from the county-- it is the public record. It's our goal to be accurate and consistent, so we don't simply edit the public record on any request."

Blockshopper has a site for anyone to find you by your name or address by Googling it. When asked to remove my information, they stated that they could not. I have explained that with domestic violence in my past that this leaves me feeling that my safety has been compromised.

This company has all of my addresses listed on their website. When anyone, including stalkers, google my name, it can be readily found on their website. I asked them to remove it from their website and they told me when I have it removed from the county website, that's when they will remove it. People who are violent who I didn't want to know my address has found my information on their website.

This company unnecessarily lists your name and address. Your information is easily found using a name search in any search engine. Please join my Facebook page, Block Blockshopper.com to protest their practices to their advertisers.

I requested my name to be removed from the internet; they refused, said it is public record. Also the information they are listing is incorrect, and I am being contacted by bill collectors after my ex-husband. Are there no laws to protect our privacy and identity anymore? How can they put all this private info out on the internet for the world to have access to? As others have complained, I am also concerned for my safety.

I entered my full name on the google search engine and the second website available had my full name with my full address, as well as how much I paid for my house (this was all in the web link for Blockshopper.com)! I am greatly concerned for my safety because I am a clinical therapist at a mental health hospital and I work with severely mentally ill patients who could google my name and have access to where I live. I contacted a representative at Blockshopper.com named Scarlett asking my full name be taken off of their website. She responded back promptly saying that "the public needs to know who is buying houses" and refused to take my name off.

These people are publishing my name and address on the internet. It's coming up very early in a Google search. I have gone to great pains to stay as anonymous as possible on the internet. I belong to no social networking sites, except Linkedin, and there my address is not accessible unless I permit it, and I do not. They adamantly refused to remove my name and address from their site. These are despicable people and they need to be shut down.

This service published private information from a recent home purchase. My address, profession, where I went to school, how much I paid for the house were all available to potentially threatening ex-patients. I requested to be removed from their listing, citing the risks to my life. This data cannot be obtained from Google or other search engines; yet they say it is a public domain. Google does list the multiple complaints against this parasitic company.

If you google my name, you can see my home address and how much I paid for my house. There is no way to contact these people and from reading others' complaints, it seems as though that they're not removing their private information when asked to do so. My privacy and safety are at risk!

My name, along with address is posted to this site. I requested that my name be removed. Scarlett refused, claiming it was public information. It's my name, I don't want it there. Respect my request please, don't abuse my privacy. I can't think of one good reason to post my name with my address. Only negative ones see below.

I was as mortified as all of the others who have sent you their comments when I found that a simple Google search returned information about my newly purchased home. I am a professor at a local university, and a former prosecutor. I am concerned for my privacy and safety. While this information is "public" according to certain definitions, they should not be allowed to post it in this manner.

They have my information posted to where I live, how much I bought my apartment for. I am really afraid that someone who wants to harm me can just Google my info and present him/herself here so easily. Years ago my boyfriend’s insane boyfriend went to jail for assault, rape and drug charges and he mentioned that when he gets out that he'd "kill" all of her friends and family.

Blockshopper has crossed the line between freedom of information, privacy and consumer protection. I was alarmed to learn that a simple web search on Google.com would yield my name, home address and all the house statistics. While I recognize this is public information, no other web search engine, organization, indexes and uses data in this way. I understand the need to keep home price statistics in the public domain, but there is no need to associate your name with it in this manner. I have requested that this for-profit company remove my name from its database and they have refused. Please tell me what recourse I have.

As a single woman and a victim of identity theft, I politely requested Scarlett ** of Blockshopper to delete my name from the site. I don't care if the property info is there as in zillow. But she flatly refused saying the information is public. I believe the laws have to change and my information should not be on these for profit sites. They are not governmental and have no real right to publish my personal information. I would like to join a class action suit if possible. Any for profit site should be required to have an opt out feature.

As everyone else has stated, this is a gross invasion of privacy. I will boycott any advertisers that I see on the Blockshopper website. That is the only way I can make an impact. However, if anyone is interested in a class action suit, count me in.

I searched my name on Google and on the first row were my name and my husband’s with our personal address. I feel completely violated by these internet pirates. I sent them an e-mail asking them to remove our names from their website. Scarlett's answer: "BlockShopper publishes public records. Property ownership and sales information is listed publicly in multiple places on the internet and in other publications. We get our data from the county - It is the public record. It's our goal to be accurate and consistent, so we don't simply edit the public record on any request." This is abusive, intrusive behavior. Somebody has to stop these irresponsible parasites. Our privacy and safety has been compromised by these people. I filed a complaint with the FTC today. If a class action lawsuit is in progress to get these people, I am very interested.

This is amazing. No action has been taken after over a year of complaints. Unable to opt out even after contacting them. How is this legal? It is a complete violation of my privacy and unsanctioned distribution of highly sensitive information.

This company is posting private information that can be searched on the web. My name and my home address! This has to stop! Please do something! My privacy has been violated.

Suddenly my name shows up on all Google "name search" by all kinds of strangers. My family members all over the globe reported this. I have reported a healthcare worker who harmed a patient to the state authority and this person is a risk for our family. Our property addresses should not be public to protect us from stalkers and people who hate us or are racists. I wrote to same mysterious "Scarlet **". I was unable to find her property address on "block shopper" to send the legal papers. This is a gross disregard of personal information on Google search. We looked up the owners; most are just greedy University Of Chicago private business owners and game players with other people's lives (home & family). The state and federal law must step in as these large private business owners and their children now do not have any regard for the "common" person. Stop them.Try to "google" the founders and Scarlet ** (fake name?) and their properties do not show up on "BlockShopper". How come?

As soon as I Google my name, my entire address come up and how much I paid for my house. Is this not a privacy issue? I have contacted several people at this company. Everyone is rude. Is anyone filing a lawsuit against this company? Any attorneys out there?

If my name is Googled, Blockshopper.com is one of the top links where they display my home, how much I paid for my home, my spouse's name, etc. I am aware that my home purchase information is a matter of public record. However I do not feel Google and Blockshopper have the right to make the information apparent on the Internet. This information could be misused and I feel it is horribly invasive of my privacy.

Blockshopper Las Vegas has all my personal info on Google search regarding my above property (not my home address). They listed the above address saying "claim this property", but I am the owner and it is not for sale. If you Google search my name, you will see what they are doing. How can they list my property? I emailed them but no response. Please help!

This site publishes my name and home address. I have concerns for my personal safety. I explained my situation, and asked to have my address removed. I received a form letter saying that it's public information, so they have a right to publish it. I disagree. I feel that I have a right to opt out.

I am another victim of Blockshopper. Along with the many others, they have put my life in great and imminent danger as a single woman living alone by posting my address and pictures of my home, cars, and other private information about me on Google. What legally can be done? How can we stop this abusive profiteering on the privacy of vulnerable people and putting them in harm's way? I have been stalked in the past by a violent ex; now he can again. I just found this on Google and am terrified! This caused fear, loss of sleep--endless tort grievances, cost of getting a wall of security built, seeing a psychiatrist about my fears, etc.

They have posted my personal information and I want it off their website. I have a tenant who found my information on their website and did physical damage to my property. I asked Scarlette nicely to please remove my info and she refused saying it was public information. I should be able to opt out of their postings for security reasons.

I was horrified when I noticed that my personal information on this site. As a victim of cyber stalking, I begged ** to please remove my information from the site. She responded by saying that if I send her a police report they would "amend" my listing and this is public information. While I am completely aware of that, sites like this make it easier for criminals to do harm to innocent people. I am mortified! I just sent her the following message:

I was checking information from my credit report that was not accurate and when I googled my name, it came up on the Blockshopper Phoenix website. They have both my husband and my name and all my neighbors! Here I am trying to do everything I can to protect my credit and my safety and they have everything except my social security number and children's names!

I contacted Blockshopper (Scarlett **) and asked her to remove our name and address from her site, because of the sensitive nature of one of our careers. She just responded with the fact they are using public info. From what I've read, that is their pat answer and they are making money from using our information, besides putting us at further risk.

I googled my wife’s name. On the first page of the Google search appeared both my name and my wife’s name, our address, how much we paid for our property, and it indicated that we are in foreclosure. This got me really worried, so I called my lender. There was no problem and all accounts were current. What was more worrisome was the fact that Blockshopper made my wife’s information so prevalent on Google search. I am concerned for both of our safety, privacy and reputation.

My LinkedIn job info was combined with the sale of my home and made into a "Press Release" without my consent. This "Press Release" was written using my company name so as to get picked up by Google Alerts and other news feed systems. I subsequently received dozens of questions from members of my company and industry asking why my job history was combined with a recent real estate transaction and made into a formal announcement.

I googled my address and my first name, last name, address and a map of where I lived appeared along with the same information for all of my neighbors. I don't mind my address being mapped but not with my full name next to it. I requested that my personally identifiable information be removed and they refused. They say they are using public information. However, this public information was published on paper files for tax purposes, not publicly posted online for everyone to view. I am unclear as to why it is vital to their website data that our full name be listed along with our address.

They posted a disclosure of mine and my wife's names and address and members of the household online without permission. I opt out of any information sharing with all companies I deal with. My telephone and address are unlisted. My concern is identity theft or stalking and when contacted them, I was told there is nothing I can do about it because they have First Amendment Rights and I have no privacy rights regarding this. How will I be able to prove their disclosure lead to have caused it if and when it happens? My privacy is requested and when asked for her home address, I was told no and BlockShopper does not post any of their employees personal information online.

I have my information withheld at the county where I have purchased my house. Doing a public search of their websites does not reveal my name anywhere. In fact searching the Internet does not reveal my name anywhere except blockshopper.com. When I discovered that my information was made available to the public I contacted these folks asking to be removed. I was told that as this is public record that was that. So why is it that the county does not release my name yet the blockshopper does? What benefit is it to have my name on their site? Note I could care less about publishing how much I paid for my house. I could care less about them publishing my address. Why on God's green earth publish my name? Are they trying to encourage identity theft? I feel that I'm personally being threatened by the actions that blockshopper.com has chosen to take. This threat is continued in their bullying actions by stating that this is public record and I'm powerless to change it.

This company publishes my name, address, a picture of my home, home value and specifics on the internet, picked up by Google. I work for Child Protective Services, I am a custody evaluator and I have worked with the police providing services for kidnapped children. They refused to take my address down and are placing me and my family at serious risk.

Blockshopper has posted personal details including my name, spouse's name, home address, and home value on a public website without my permission. They've submitted this information to search engines such that my personal information is now immediately visible just by typing in my name on any search engine. When I requested removal of this information because of my family's history of having been victimized by burglary and homicide, Scarlett ** requested documents attesting to this, and then ignored my follow-up attempts to contact her.

I am joining the group of individuals I have seen protesting the website **. I have asked them to remove my name from their site, and they have refused. My concerns are with safety, and "I should have the right to request a non-government entity to remove my name. They provided a list of persons/occupations that can request to remove such information, which is a joke. If they can anyone should be able to. Furthermore, I wonder how many others such as TV stars, musicians, or others as such, can have their names removed.

After reading other people's frustration dealing with this company, I decided to email Google asking them to do something about this irresponsible company. "This site refuses to remove my personal information from their website (Blockshopper.com). It has my address, picture, property tax, and more. Can this be blocked from your site? If you search google, there are so many complaint against them. They are risking millions of American life. Shame on them!". If we all write to Google, lawmakers and other individuals, something might get done. This site makes people's personal information readily available by simple search. This is dangerous and invasion of privacy.

This site is garbage. I just love how they post your personal info and say it's public and won't take it down unless the county makes it private, or you have a stalker and a police report to prove it. They should at least have to take it down when asked. Do we even have the right to privacy or not?

I am concerned that my data (my address, my education, my past work place, current work place, etc) is on Blockshopper, and appears when my name is searched on google. The seriousness of the privacy infringement by Blockshopper is that it aggregates info and makes it available by name. The argument that it is public data does not hold. Public data is spread out in various sources but Blockshopper aggregates all this info and make it available by name search.

I was in email communique' with a "Scarlett". I sent an email request to her as provided on Blockshopper.com's website. I simply asked her to please remove my information from Blockshopper.com's website. She replied with saying they cannot. Here's is the latest as of March 2010. "Our policy is that we do not remove information from out database unless required by the laws of that state/county". The following was her earlier response to my request, "Your name is a part of the public record. I suggest contacting the county if they are willing to remove you from the public record the information will drop off during our next update from your county". I explained to her that my state and county maintains a real property database which is legal and has been in existence for decades, therefore, this new Blockshopper.com is not necessary or was even authorized. When one googles ones name, this Blockshopper stuff comes up. When Blockshopper was not here our private/personal information didn't come up. They are making it so easy for anyone to collect information. There must be some law against this. In addition, they are rude people and I may even say predatory. I don't like them. There is no good reason for this and this is not good business. It appears that they (Blockshopper.com) have taken the liberty to provide personal information without authorization from the civilian/public.

Now that I informed them that I complained to the Consumer Affairs people and my attorney, Block shopper has added two more listings of my information! I asked them nicely to remove my information and now they have three entries for me! This company needs to be shut down! I am emotionally distressed over the fact that my personal information is out there now for my residents to see and locate where I live. I have taken great strides to hide where I live so angry tenants cannot find my home and Blockshopper.com has now added entries on me! Please make them stop. I will be finding a therapist to help me deal with this emotional distress.

I google myself frequently because I have apartment homes and every once in a while a tenant will get pissed off at me. I do not want them to know where I live. Blockshopper.com has published my name, address, trust information, amount we paid for the home and other information I do not want my tenants to have access to. Every other site that had information about me has removed it. I recently had a tenant get upset, find where I live, send me threatening letters and keyed my cars for over $5,000 worth of damage. She found my information on Blockshopper.com.

These guys published my full name and address in Google! They give my wife's name, my kids' names, my relatives. There are photos of my house including the backyard. An open invitation to burglars. How can they do this? When I contacted them, they said "tough luck". Someone's got to stop these guys!

My privacy is being violated by their posting of my personal information on their website. I have been getting a lot of marketing stuff in the mail and knocks on the door for other offers like offering to buy my property at a low price (my purchase price is posted).

Same as everyone else. I googled my name and up came my full name and address, my wife's name and every bit of information about my home and where I live including photographs (no doubt stolen from Google). When I asked them to remove it, I got a curt note telling me that they wouldn't because it's public information. I cannot find any public records where I live to validate their claim. In any case, when someone asks them to remove the listing, they should do it. I am just angry enough to go after them now.

I requested to have my name removed from their site, as I have concerns about staying safe. Blockshopper.com did not care and refused to remove or abbreviate my name. May the employees of blockshopper.com experience the difficulty that they have put innocent private citizens. I will not shop with advertisers like Google, Verizon, and realtors who affiliate themselves with blockshopper.com. These people who threaten my welfare have taken advantage of me.

Blockshopper.com is posting my name address and cost of my home as well as aerial photos of where my home is and how to get to it. It comes up in a Google search. I'm worried about my safety because this information comes up in a Google search only with Block Shopper and I don't want it to.

Blockshopper refuses to provide an "opt out" on their site which exposes personal information at a dangerous level. Even when informed that there were safety reasons to protect my family, they refused to remove my info. Apparently, the only way to stay off this website is to not own a home. Isn't that a violation of civil rights?

Blockshopper.com is a paid advertisement website that takes information from linked in and other websites to create dangerous, false information and is an invasion of privacy. They need to be shut down. Invasion of privacy. Falsification of records.

I I asked to be removed from their unauthorized website where both my own and my wife's personal information are on display. I had written, "Please remove us from your list immediately. This is very disturbing and a complete invasion of privacy. I expect a response back within 24 hours." Their response was, "BlockShopper publishes public records. Property ownership and sales information is listed publicly in multiple places on the internet and in other publications. We get our data from the county-- it is the public record. It's our goal to be accurate and consistent, so we don't simply edit the public record on any request."

My wife is a social worker who regularly interacts with the public over very emotional issues. For her safety and as a matter of county policy, our home address and phone number are unlisted. Yet, we were recently alarmed to find that our home address shows up as the first result when one puts her name into Google now.

This company publishes and distributes on search engines private information. This information is drawn from municipal government records which are not entered into internet search engines and therefore is protected by municipal servers. The questions are: How does BlockShopper download the information? And does the government express permission to enter the information into universal search engines?

I have asked repeatedly for my name and address to be removed from their website. Like many others, I have been told that it is public information. Yes, I realize that; however, via the state sites, my name is not "googleable"! And, if I can opt not to have my name and address published in a phone book, I should have the right to opt out of having my name and address listed on the Internet. This is a violation of my privacy and I want it stopped!

Blockshopper totally invaded my privacy by putting personal information in one place for all to see. We have small kids and are now concerned for their safety. The site not only shows what we paid, and where we live (aerial view) , it also tells my professional biography. I received numerous emails from people telling me that they received google alerts with my information showing up. I work for a company that is high profile, and the publicity is not good. Even if Blockshopper.com's actions are not illegal, they are immoral.

They have invaded my privacy by listing my name, address, and property description and location on their website. I asked them to remove my name from their website and they refused.

I am one of the homeowners listed on this site: **. Please remove the reference to me and my husband, as well as our unit number. I have just completed the arduous task of changing both my work number and cell number to avoid being found by somebody who has been harassing me for years, and your site could possibly enable the behavior to continue, potentially leading to disastrous results.