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How to Lock Down Your Facebook Privacy Settings
January 28, 2022
When you join social media websites, you might not consider the ramifications of these choices. There’s quite a lot of information out there about you, and it can be difficult to know who sees what. You might even feel it is necessary to lock down your profile in an effort to protect yourself. U…
DeleteMe’s Privacy Predictions for 2022
January 7, 2022
Each year we look at trends in the online landscape over the recent past and try to look for ‘what’s going to change in regard to online privacy issues in the coming year’. Based on what we’ve seen over 2020 and 2021, as well as our recent internal research1, 2022 is looking to be a […]
More Data, Less Privacy: DeleteMe’s 2021 Personal Identifiable Information (PII) Report
January 7, 2022
An “information Big Bang.” That’s how in 2018 data privacy advocate Cameron Kerry described the growth of personally identifiable information (PII). In a thought-provoking piece on data privacy, he predicted “the data explosion that has put privacy and security in the spotlight will accelerate.” …
Incognito — January 2022: New Year Privacy Reboot
January 4, 2022
Welcome to the January 2022 issue of Incognito, the monthly newsletter from DeleteMe that keeps you posted on all things privacy and security. Here’s what we’re talking about this month: If you know someone who might enjoy learning more about data privacy, feel free to forward them this newslette…
Incognito — December 2021: The Metaverse
November 29, 2021
Welcome to the December 2021 issue of Incognito, a monthly newsletter from DeleteMe that keeps you posted on all things privacy and security. Here’s what we’re talking about this month: If you know someone who might enjoy learning more about data privacy, feel free to forward them this newsletter…
Incognito – November 2021: Stalkerware Apps
November 2, 2021
Welcome to the November 2021 issue of Incognito, a monthly newsletter from DeleteMe that keeps you posted on all things privacy and security. Here’s what we’re talking about this month: If you know someone who might enjoy learning more about data privacy, feel free to forward them this newsletter…
Why Brokers, Not Breaches, Are America’s Largest Privacy Threat
June 24, 2021
By Rob Shavell, Co-Founder and CEO of DeleteMe. Corporate data breaches have become so commonplace that they barely register as newsworthy events anymore. The number of records compromised by hacks increased by 141% in 2020, and massive social platforms like Facebook and commercial sites like Ama…
Health Passports Gain Traction: Are We Ready For Them?
April 8, 2021
‘Health passports’ – portable proofs of vaccination, typically in the form of a smartphone app, or scannable QR code – are beginning to be deployed worldwide, and are a hot-topic of debate today in the US; but serious questions remain about their necessity, how they will address priv…
2021 International Women’s Day
March 8, 2021
This International Women’s Day, we want to take a pause to appreciate all the women in tech and here at Abine! Recently, both TV and cinema has given us a better understanding women have been playing in science and technology with Hidden Figures and the Bletchley Circle. Here are a few empowering…
Survey Says: Americans Are Concerned about COVID Passports
March 1, 2021
A digital health passport, also known as a COVID passport, is a technological screening tool that can go anywhere.
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