Family Tree and Relative-Finder Sites: How They Expose People Who Never Signed Up
FamilyTreeNow and similar sites build public family maps from public records, exposing relatives, including children, who never signed up or consented to it.
Are Reverse Phone Lookup Sites the Same as Data Brokers?
Reverse phone lookup sites and people-search sites usually pull from the same underlying data, and in many cases they are run by the very same companies.
Helping Elderly Parents Remove Their Information From Data Brokers
Older adults are targeted disproportionately by scams built on broker data. Here is how adult children can help without stepping on a parent’s independence.
Data Privacy for Veterans and Active-Duty Military Members
Frequent moves, VA benefits paperwork, and public service records generate an unusually large data trail for military families, here’s what’s worth cleaning up.
Are Genealogy and Ancestry Sites Data Brokers? What They Actually Do With Your Information
Ancestry, MyHeritage, and 23andMe are not classic data brokers, but they hold an unusually sensitive category of data. That difference matters for your rights.
What Is Global Privacy Control (GPC) and How Do You Turn It On?
Global Privacy Control is a free browser setting that tells every site to stop selling your data, and several state laws now require companies to honor it.
Protecting Your New Baby’s Privacy From Data Brokers
Baby registries, hospital paperwork, and birth announcements all start a data trail. Here is how to keep a newborn’s information out of broker databases.
Data Privacy for Remote Workers and Freelancers: The Home-Office Exposure Problem
Working from home means your home address doubles as your workplace, and freelance platforms, invoices, and public profiles all quietly leak it.
Data Privacy for Small Business Owners and Therapists: When Your LLC Filing Exposes Your Home Address
Registering an LLC or sole proprietorship often means your home address becomes a public business record, and data brokers pick it up from there.
Data Privacy for Physicians and Healthcare Providers: What Shows Up Online and What You Can Control
Medical license lookups are public by design. Data brokers use them as a starting point, then attach your home address and family to your professional name.
Data Privacy for Teachers and School Employees: Protecting Yourself From Parents, Students, and Data Brokers
A public staff directory plus an emotionally charged job means an angry parent or student can find a teacher’s home address in minutes. Here is how to close it.
How to Opt Out of PropertyRecs
The real, verified steps to remove your listing from PropertyRecs, free, no account needed.