Staying Private Online
September 21, 2018
Delete Facebook: What will be deleted? By deleting your Facebook account, you’ll be erasing your profile, photos, posts, videos, and anything else that you’ve personally added to Facebook. You won’t be able to retrieve any of these things. Some information, like messages you sent to friends…
August 29, 2018
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Personally Identifiable Information, also known as PII, is any information that can be used to identify an individual. This kind of information can be used on its own, or in conjunction with other information that helps to identify an individual. Some exa…
August 29, 2018
Many people struggle with removing negative content online. Occasionally, the best thing to do is to “bury” negative search results by creating new, positive, content. Note that if you’re looking to disappear from the web, this is not the solution for you. Instead, you’ll be creating more content…
August 29, 2018
Data brokers are corporations that collect huge amounts of personally identifiable information (PII) and package it all together to create ‘profiles’ or ‘listings’ with identifying tags. These tags include things like Social Security numbers, birthdays, past and recent addresses, and more. (For t…
August 29, 2018
1. Keep your contact information private. When a website asks for your information, you don’t have to share it. If you must give it out, use an alias with sites you don’t trust. You can start a separate email account for shopping or signing up for new accounts; be sure not to mix it with […]
August 29, 2018
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is posted online by data brokers that crawl the web for personal information of consumers, and then compile it into easy-to-find profiles. Data brokers compile these profiles using information from a variety of sources, listed below: 1. Government and pub…
August 29, 2018
Blur is the only password manager and digital wallet that also blocks trackers, and helps users remain private online by providing ‘Masked’ information whenever companies are asking for personal information. Masked Email With Blur, you can generate a ‘Masked’ email address for sites that you may …
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