Want to prevent people from harvesting your personal information? Keep reading to learn how to remove your data from people search sites. Protecting your digital footprint is crucial if you want to ...

To remove location data from photos: On Windows, right-click the image, go to Properties > Details, and select “Remove Properties and Personal Information.” On macOS, use the ImageOptim app. For ...

None of us signed up for our personal info to be bought and sold online. Between data brokers, people-search sites and all the other places our details end up, it happens constantly and usually ...

As you think about New Year's resolutions, consider one that protects every part of your life in 2026: removing your personal data from the internet. Not your social media posts. Not your email ...

If you use the internet, you've been in a data breach. Nearly every American is in multiple data breaches per year. There were over 3,000 major beaches in 2024 (registration required), with over 1.3 ...

As Google’s 2024 antitrust loss proved, the company has worked very, very hard to ensure its search engine is the primary roadmap for the Internet. Google scours the Internet for data about everything ...

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23AndMe, the popular genetic testing company, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, and now, users are wondering what to do about ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...