How to Take Control of Your Data
I succeeded in removing our PII from search engine results after two years of tedious work. It takes commitment to privacy to keep our names and other PII out of search results and most data mining websites. I'm obsessively careful and distrusting of everybody when it comes to my information. My husband is not exactly... Continue Reading →
In response to new (anti) privacy laws in the US that allow your ISP to collect & sell your browsing data, you can obscure the information your internet service provider can see about you. Internet Noise story in WIRED When your providers want information, give them false results! IAPP description INTERNET NOISE link © 2019... Continue Reading →
You'll notice after a few days of removing your names from data broker websites that the search engines begin to find older links to your names and profiles. They don't like to come up empty handed. Their first results will show their paying customers' results (sponsored), then the easiest to find information in their webcrawls. ... Continue Reading →
**WSJ Video** In this lighthearted (and creepy) look at online privacy, you'll learn about some new websites. After you sign in to your FB and Google accounts, click the links below. StalkScan Google Timeline Google Activity Tracker When you use any application or software, they --by default-- opt you IN to all the tracking and... Continue Reading →
**Privacy for MilFams** A set of PowerPoint slides containing steps, instructions, and suggestions. Feel free to share. © 2019 GR All Rights Reserved
If the idea of your personal information publicly visible to the world alarms you, then just what can you do? After my initial feeling of panic subsided, I decided on a strategy to remove what I could from the online sources that published our information. Initial damage assessment: what personal data is visible on search... Continue Reading →
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