Sarah Downey

Sarah A. Downey was a senior privacy analyst at Abine from 2010 to 2013. She’s now an early stage investor at Accomplice, a VC firm in Boston, MA. Angel investor, founder, coach, and early-stage VC. Former startup person, even more former lawyer.

Online, You Are Guilty Even After Proven Innocent

August 23, 2018

Online reputation is becoming more complicated than ever. More and more people are having “Google problems”. They usually look something like: a) someone got arrested, b) the local newspaper wro…

How to Delete Things From the Internet: 7 Tips for Doing the Impossible

August 13, 2018

Ever want to delete things from the Internet? Maybe it’s an article, a picture, a blog post, an account, or a video. It’s not always so easy, but it can be done. We’ve spent years deleting peopl…

How to Push Down Negative Search Results in 4 Steps

July 23, 2018

As Don Draper says, “If you don’t like what they’re saying, change the conversation.” In a perfect world we’d be able to remove all of the unfair, outdated, and negative content about ou…

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