Privacy guides

Understand where your personal information appears.

A focused set of guides on people-search sites, data brokers, public records, and the privacy work that can reduce public exposure.

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The Data Broker Opt-Out Proof Log: What to Track After You File

A practical proof log for data broker opt-outs: what to save, when to recheck, and how to spot relisted profiles.

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My Privacy Agent privacy library

A deliberately small collection of useful guides: what to check, what to remove, what proof to keep, and where the limits are.

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Google Results About You: How to Find and Remove Your Info (2026)

Use Google Results About You to find and request removal of your phone, address, email, and government ID from Search—then remove the source page too.

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Remove Your Phone Number From the Internet Before It Becomes a Scam Magnet

A practical checklist for finding exposed phone-number records, removing broker listings, locking carrier settings, and reducing SMS scam risk.

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Why Data Broker Profiles Come Back After an Opt-Out

A practical recheck plan for catching data broker relistings after an opt-out and keeping proof when your profile returns.

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Data Broker Identity Verification: What to Share and What to Refuse

A practical guide to data broker identity verification: when to provide matching details, what to avoid, and how to keep proof safe.

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Data Broker Opt-Out Appeal Email: What to Say When Removal Fails

A practical appeal email template for stalled or denied data broker opt-outs, plus the proof to include before escalating.

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How to Opt Out of FastPeopleSearch (and Why Your Profile Comes Back)

A careful guide to the FastPeopleSearch removal route, the evidence to save, and why one site’s opt-out does not remove copies held elsewhere.

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Inside the Data Broker Industry: How Your Name Becomes a Product

How data brokers turn public records, commercial data, and identity matching into searchable profiles—and what an opt-out can and cannot change.

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Why I Built This: I Searched My Own Name and Found My Family

I searched my own name and found a public profile connecting my household to addresses, phones, and old email accounts. Here is what I decided to build—and what it cannot promise.

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Step-by-step guides

Find the official opt-out path for a data broker.

Browse practical removal instructions with stored verification dates and honest support boundaries.

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