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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

The Myth of Obscure Public Records

How Practical Obscurity Actually Works Practical obscurity used to protect public records with built-in friction. If someone wanted to dig into your…
Katasha Rogers
March 5, 2026

What Should You Look for in a Privacy Policy?

For National Consumer Protection Week, we’re talking about privacy policies. Pretty much every online service, mobile app, and software tool you use…
Sarah Huard
March 4, 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

5 Home Assistant Privacy Settings You Need to Know About

Your smart home assistant is surveilling your every move.  It sounds like the stuff of science fiction and a dystopian future, but it’s true. Le…
Sarah Huard
March 3, 2026

5-Minute Privacy Tips to Reduce Your Digital Footprint

It’s Global Information Governance Day. In theory, organizations spend the day overhauling cybersecurity to keep your data safe. In reality, that’s n…
Sarah Huard
February 19, 2026

Why Digital Privacy Protection Matters for Public Figures

Virginia Heffernan is a cultural critic and journalist who caught the attention of a media personality. She thought she was “pretty unfindable…
Sarah Huard
February 13, 2026

Groundhog Day Is the Internet

Groundhog Day as Internet
Beau Friedlander
February 2, 2026

Hackers Don’t Want Your Password—They Want Your Everlasting Soul

And they use your personal data to get it. Okay, that’s dramatic. But only a little. Brett Johnson is the “Original Internet Godfather, OG cybercrime…
Beau Friedlander
January 16, 2026

2025 in Review: The Year Privacy Got Real

For a long time, privacy felt theoretical, technical, like something you worried about after a breach, after a scam, after your information ended up…
Beau Friedlander
December 23, 2025

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

The Myth of Obscure Public Records

How Practical Obscurity Actually Works Practical obscurity used to protect public records with built-in friction. If someone wanted to dig into your…
Katasha Rogers
March 5, 2026

What Should You Look for in a Privacy Policy?

For National Consumer Protection Week, we’re talking about privacy policies. Pretty much every online service, mobile app, and software tool you use…
Sarah Huard
March 4, 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

5 Home Assistant Privacy Settings You Need to Know About

Your smart home assistant is surveilling your every move.  It sounds like the stuff of science fiction and a dystopian future, but it’s true. Le…
Sarah Huard
March 3, 2026

5-Minute Privacy Tips to Reduce Your Digital Footprint

It’s Global Information Governance Day. In theory, organizations spend the day overhauling cybersecurity to keep your data safe. In reality, that’s n…
Sarah Huard
February 19, 2026

Why Digital Privacy Protection Matters for Public Figures

Virginia Heffernan is a cultural critic and journalist who caught the attention of a media personality. She thought she was “pretty unfindable…
Sarah Huard
February 13, 2026

Groundhog Day Is the Internet

Groundhog Day as Internet
Beau Friedlander
February 2, 2026

Hackers Don’t Want Your Password—They Want Your Everlasting Soul

And they use your personal data to get it. Okay, that’s dramatic. But only a little. Brett Johnson is the “Original Internet Godfather, OG cybercrime…
Beau Friedlander
January 16, 2026

2025 in Review: The Year Privacy Got Real

For a long time, privacy felt theoretical, technical, like something you worried about after a breach, after a scam, after your information ended up…
Beau Friedlander
December 23, 2025
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