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An entry from Intelius appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 17 April 2007.
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[edit] Recent News

Recently intelius unveiled a contrversal program thathad possibly 90 millon persobnal cell phone number ad maybe 70 millon in the near futre, should this be entered in the article?

I have entered this into the article, however wikipedia will not accept my sources for some reason. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.221.141.197 (talk) 09:30, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ongoing Vandalism

It seems like the vandalism here has 1) Removed all references to all other founders besides Naveen Jain 2) Updated statistics about the company without providing new references 3) disidentified Intelius as an online data broker in the infobox 4) Added a bunch of webportals without citation 5) removed all discussion of InteliSign 6) ***Removed all criticism*** 7) Substituted ambiguous term "data verification services" for "telemarketing leads" although the source article could have changed (It's Intelius itself) 8)Removed specifics of the Paul Cook discussion with Bloomberg 9) Deleted the awards section in favor of a bunch of links about Naveen Jain.

It seems like someone affiliated with the company might be making edits. Rather than simply revert to my last edit, I thought I'd observe WP:OWN and do something no one else was doing when making these sweeping changes, namely, USE THE TALK PAGE. From now on, as I correct the extreme vandalism that has plagued this page, please assume that I do not share consensus for any changes except for reverts to correct the vandalism. WHICH SHOULD ALSO BE DISCUSSED. Please and thank you. ClaudeReigns (talk) 12:08, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

It seems there is no criticism or room for discussion on this page, reading more like a product placement for Intelius. The page needs a criticism/privacy concerns section,

Regarding the section about a potential criminal customer base, the link cited was a sample search report showing that a random person (in this case, Intelius sample subject Lori Ortiz) could have their address history purchased for a very small fee (a current promotion will reveal all of the information provided in the link for $2.95). When posted, the link reverted to the Intelius homepage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.221.141.197 (talk) 22:30, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Restoration

In the absence of any discussion, I reverted pretty much everything but the categories at the bottom and the improved reflist template. Hopefully I haven't ruined the work of minimalist editors who have acted in good faith... but I can't assume so, therefore you have my apologies. GOING FORWARD, please notate well and ACCURATELY all edits in good faith, DISCUSSING ALL CHANGES. I'll drop back by occasionally to add a character or two just to provide restore points. ClaudeReigns (talk) 12:40, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Delete personal records?

Is it possible to have your personal information removed from their database? If so, how? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wrcousert (talk • contribs) 07:58, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Personal records can be removed by faxing a copy of your driver's license and a notarized letter to the company. Include either of these with your opt-out request form and then fax it to Intelius at (425) 974-6194.As for finding the opt out form, not sure how to do that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.221.141.197 (talk) 22:22, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Foundation

Some of the information in the foundation could not be verified by the provided links (or any other information I could locate in news articles on Intelius), and was altered to fit the information I was able to gather (such as Jain's removal from the CEO position in December 2002, instead of being CEO in January 2003), nor could I find verification that Jain was still employed by InfoSpace in 2003, considering he was removed from his post in December, although one article mentioned he remained a board member until June. The concept of the Non-Compete clause does not only restrict currently employees, it places time constraints on when a person can leave one job and begin a similar corporation using training and skills acquired through the first job. Thereby, Jain did not have to be Employed by InfoSpace when he began Intelius in order to be sued by InfoSpace. Unless someone can locate a source stating that he was in fact still an employee of InfoSpace in January of 2003. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.221.141.197 (talk) 18:26, 29 February 2008 (UTC)