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What DeleteMe’s New ISO 27001 Certification Means for Your Privacy

DeleteMe is now ISO 27001:2022 certified—an internationally recognized gold standard for information security. For our security team and our customer…
Reuben Moretz
March 6, 2026

California’s DROP Privacy Law—and Why It’s a Win for Everyone

If you live in California and care about your privacy, there’s a new tool on the scene: the Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform (DROP). DROP is a fre…
Rob Shavell
March 4, 2026

Everything You Need to Know About the 23andMe Bankruptcy and Your Privacy

Here’s what you need to know about the 23andMe bankruptcy.
Laura Martisiute
March 31, 2025

Who are these tracking companies? Meet AddThis.

AddThis is a social bookmarking service that allows website owners to add social media sharing widgets and buttons to their websites (those rows…
DeleteMe
May 18, 2023

A Short History of Equifax Privacy Issues + Steps to Improve Your Privacy 

Equifax has a lot of data about you. This data could have a significant impact on your life.  Equifax is among the largest data brokers in the United…
DeleteMe
April 13, 2023

Twitter Photo Tagging: How And Why to Opt-Out

Not comfortable with the idea of people being able to tag you in the photos they post on Twitter? You can change your Twitter settings to opt out of…
DeleteMe
April 13, 2023

How to Remove Yourself from Background Check Websites

You need to learn how to remove yourself from background check websites. Why? Because there’s something fundamentally wrong with background check web…
DeleteMe
April 13, 2023

How Secure Is My Password: The Ultimate Litmus Test (2023)

Your passwords are weak.  This is an assumption, of course, but if you’re anything like most internet users, it’s likely to be true.  Consi…
DeleteMe
April 13, 2023

23andMyIdentity: Genetic Testing Privacy

23andMe might be one of the more popular direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies on the internet, but it’s by no means the only one.  In th…
DeleteMe
April 13, 2023

A Guide to Online Presence for Job Seekers

You used to have just one resume:  it was paper, you controlled everything in it, and you gave it to hiring personnel.  You got to choose e…
DeleteMe
April 13, 2023

What DeleteMe’s New ISO 27001 Certification Means for Your Privacy

DeleteMe is now ISO 27001:2022 certified—an internationally recognized gold standard for information security. For our security team and our customer…
Reuben Moretz
March 6, 2026

California’s DROP Privacy Law—and Why It’s a Win for Everyone

If you live in California and care about your privacy, there’s a new tool on the scene: the Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform (DROP). DROP is a fre…
Rob Shavell
March 4, 2026

Everything You Need to Know About the 23andMe Bankruptcy and Your Privacy

Here’s what you need to know about the 23andMe bankruptcy.
Laura Martisiute
March 31, 2025

Who are these tracking companies? Meet AddThis.

AddThis is a social bookmarking service that allows website owners to add social media sharing widgets and buttons to their websites (those rows…
DeleteMe
May 18, 2023

A Short History of Equifax Privacy Issues + Steps to Improve Your Privacy 

Equifax has a lot of data about you. This data could have a significant impact on your life.  Equifax is among the largest data brokers in the United…
DeleteMe
April 13, 2023

Twitter Photo Tagging: How And Why to Opt-Out

Not comfortable with the idea of people being able to tag you in the photos they post on Twitter? You can change your Twitter settings to opt out of…
DeleteMe
April 13, 2023

How to Remove Yourself from Background Check Websites

You need to learn how to remove yourself from background check websites. Why? Because there’s something fundamentally wrong with background check web…
DeleteMe
April 13, 2023

How Secure Is My Password: The Ultimate Litmus Test (2023)

Your passwords are weak.  This is an assumption, of course, but if you’re anything like most internet users, it’s likely to be true.  Consi…
DeleteMe
April 13, 2023

23andMyIdentity: Genetic Testing Privacy

23andMe might be one of the more popular direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies on the internet, but it’s by no means the only one.  In th…
DeleteMe
April 13, 2023

A Guide to Online Presence for Job Seekers

You used to have just one resume:  it was paper, you controlled everything in it, and you gave it to hiring personnel.  You got to choose e…
DeleteMe
April 13, 2023
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