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Protecting Your Family If You’re Targeted

Mar 15, 2024

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Community Updates

When harassment is escalating, what do you do or say to protect your family members? This is an especially challenging problem we hear from members when their family lives far away or aren't tech savvy. Here's our most common advice.

How To Set Up Your Sponsored Kanary Account

Mar 13, 2024

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How To Remove Yourself From The Internet

By locking down and scrubbing sensitive data from the web, Kanary makes it harder for attackers to build personal and convincing attacks against you and your organization.

How To Close Your Facebook

Mar 13, 2024

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How To Remove Yourself From The Internet

Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has controversial privacy practices, but now provides tools to control your account settings.

How to Make LinkedIn Private

Feb 29, 2024

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How To Remove Yourself From The Internet

LinkedIn, being a professional networking platform, offers users the ability to customize their privacy settings.

How To Close Your LinkedIn

Mar 11, 2024

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How To Remove Yourself From The Internet

If you've decided it's time to bid farewell to your LinkedIn account, we've got you covered. Follow these simple steps to close your LinkedIn account.

How To Remove PeopleConnect Profiles: addresses.com, ussearch.com, intelius.com… & More

Feb 1, 2024

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How To Remove Yourself From The Internet

How to suppress & escalate an exposure on a PeopleConnect site. One of the worst brokers we deal with.

Don't Get Spammed Because Of A Bad Removal Service

Jan 21, 2024

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Community Updates

Always ask a data removal service "How are you sharing my email with brokers for opt outs?" before joining. If you aren't careful, certain removal services spray your email across hundreds of sites. This can lead to influxes of spam and further exposure - the exact opposite of what you're going for.

Pricing Announcements For 2024

Dec 18, 2023

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Community Updates

Because of the increased push back from sites, our engineering costs to provide a high quality service have increased. We are raising our prices in 2024 to cover these costs and continue improving our services.

Scammed On Facebook Marketplace?

Nov 21, 2023

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Resources For Emergencies

Facebook Marketplace is a common place for scammers to lurk and harvest your personal information. Our team is here with advice and post-scam clean up help. If you're dealing with an urgent situation, let us know.

Spyware Websites Taken Down & Owner Fined. What happened?

Oct 13, 2023

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Community Updates

A conglomerate of spyware companies and people search sites have been taken offline due to legal action by the NY State Attorney General. Find out what happened.

How To Suggest A Link For Kanary To Remove

Sep 7, 2023

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Engineering and Design

You can now submit any link for removal faster and with more transparency. No emailing support, no back and forth… just fast removal of any exposure you want Kanary to take a crack for you or your loved ones.

Students at The Garage
Students at The Garage

Startup Founder Questions When Facing A Million Problems

Aug 1, 2023

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Community Updates

Faced with speaking to students, most first time entrepreneurs, what could I say that would stick? I tried to distill the hard things and tricks I’ve learned in the last 4 years of building Kanary.

Kanary Onboarding: Your 10 Step Guide

Aug 8, 2023

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How To Remove Yourself From The Internet

Personal privacy is personal. Getting the most out of Kanary relies on your proper set up and use of the product over time. Here, we want to walk through exactly how we recommend getting started and optimizing the product so you get the best results.

Game Over Image
Game Over Image

GoButler is Finally Offline. What happened?

Aug 6, 2023

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Community Updates

GoButler was a data broker site known for exposing sensitive personal information and refusing to adhere to removal requests. After thousands of complaints and escalations by Kanary and our Members, the site is no longer online.

4 Tips For Handling Privacy Threats On Social Media

Feb 8, 2023

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Resources For Emergencies

Having thousands of eyes on you can quickly become a threat - to your identity, privacy, or your well being. We live in a time where influencers are the new celebrities, and anyone's random tweet or post can go viral in minutes.

A Conversation With A State's Department Of Justice

Jan 31, 2023

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Resources For Emergencies

We talked with members of a State Department of Justice about the resources they provide communities and those suffering from harassment, stalking, and abuse.

a small yellow bird in a maze
a small yellow bird in a maze

A Privacy Maze: Why Sites Refuse Removal & How You Can Help Unblock Results

May 9, 2023

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How To Remove Yourself From The Internet

Sites can be slow to respond to removal requests. We may ask you for a few minutes of your time and help. We recently launched a new feature that makes it easier for you to send opt out emails from your personal email.

Control Your Narrative

Jun 2, 2023

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How To Remove Yourself From The Internet

Despite rapidly evolving privacy laws, the internet still doesn’t forget. So is there anything that can be done to erase your online mistakes from years past? We've put together some suggestions for fixing reputational damage with a focus on personal domains and how that might be just the thing to help you in the right direction.

Data Broker Lists: Why Size Matters… To A Point

Jun 8, 2023

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How To Remove Yourself From The Internet

Many members ask how many sites we cover or compare the largest site lists. But comparing sizes only matters to a point. For Kanary, we only want to bother you when an exposure matters, and we only want to celebrate real wins.

Digital Hygiene And Your Personal Privacy

Feb 8, 2023

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How To Remove Yourself From The Internet

Once your information is online, removing it is harder than clicking 'unsubscribe'. Unlike your half-listening roommate, the internet's memory is long and enduring - and the hackers' reach is broad and deceptive.

Doxxing: From Pitchforks To Keyboards

Feb 8, 2023

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Resources For Emergencies

Pitchforks have become keyboards and the digital mob can publicly manipulate and spread your personal info like photos, addresses, emails, and phone numbers with a single keystroke. This is called doxxing.

Preview of OpenAI
Preview of OpenAI

How to Remove Yourself from OpenAI and Other AI Companies

May 23, 2023

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How To Remove Yourself From The Internet

As we enter the age of AI, the capabilities of language models have reached new heights. But will it be a privacy nightmare? We’ve put together a list of tips on how to check for your information, flag content, and how to request removal to ensure that you stay safe and can keep your information private.

How To Remove Yourself: Opting Out Of The Worst Sites

Jan 31, 2023

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How To Remove Yourself From The Internet

We've summarized how to submit removal requests for the worst brokers we come across as we detect and remove our subscribers' information every month.

Identity Theft & Bad Credit: Can Kanary Fix It?

Mar 16, 2023

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How To Remove Yourself From The Internet

We were proud to be independently recommended by badcredit.org in a recent post about fraud prevention and identity theft. Bad Credit's mission is to inform and educate Americans with bad credit.

Is VPN Your Friend?

Jan 31, 2023

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Resources For Emergencies

A former malware distributor, Kape Technologies, acquired ExpressVPN, CyberGhost, Private Internet Access, and Zenmate. Here’s what you should know and do immediately.

Team Huddle
Team Huddle

Kanary for Free? Give $10, get $10 with Referrals

Jul 8, 2023

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Community Updates

We're thrilled to launch a Give $10, Get $10 referral to reward you for spreading the word about Kanary and helping others take action to safeguard their digital lives.

Kanary’s Guide For Removal Research

Jan 31, 2023

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Engineering and Design

Kanary sent its first removal request on August 29, 2019 on behalf of our founders. Since then, we've spent hundreds of hours researching how to get information removed. Here are the most effective things you can do.

Launching Kanary

Feb 8, 2023

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Community Updates

We launched a couple big changes since our first reddit post 9 months ago. We continue to build with urgency and work with those who reach out to us asking for assistance or looking for advice.

Mozilla Builders Are Fixing The Internet

Jan 31, 2023

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Community Updates

We were thrilled to be a part of the Mozilla Builders Incubator this summer (2020) and continue to support their mission to fund startups.

Image of a PCMag Editor's Rating Badge: Kanary Rated Excellent
Image of a PCMag Editor's Rating Badge: Kanary Rated Excellent

PC Mag Editors’ Choice: Neck & Neck for the Title

May 30, 2023

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Community Updates

Kanary received an excellent rating for 2023 from PC Mag for Editors’ Choice for personal data removal and privacy services. How did we get there? Join us as we dig into the biggest lessons and how our team got to be a top choice for a major tech publication.

CFPB Submit a Complaint Notice
CFPB Submit a Complaint Notice

Privacy Protection Through Regulation | Part 1

Jul 17, 2023

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Community Updates

Kanary summarized hundreds of pieces of feedback from our members who support stricter regulation on a harmful and creepy industry. We also summarized our data from sending millions of removal request and escalations to hundreds of data brokers. We shared our final response and a few recommendations with the CFPB publicly before the extended July 2023 deadline.

Data broker illustration
Data broker illustration

Privacy Protection Through Regulation | Part 2

Jul 17, 2023

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Community Updates

In part 2 of our Privacy Protection through Regulation series, we summarized our data from sending millions of removal requests and escalations and offered a deep dive into the challenges presented in getting private information off of data broker sites. We shared our final response and a few recommendations with the CFPB publicly before the extended July 2023 deadline.

CFPB Illustration of Payment Suppression
CFPB Illustration of Payment Suppression

Privacy Protection Through Regulation | Part 3

Jul 17, 2023

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Community Updates

As a part of the CFPB request, members provided us context for our response. In part 3 of our Privacy Protection through Regulation series, we focus on what Kanary members shared about housing access and credit.

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data broker illustration

Privacy Protection Through Regulation | Part 4

Jul 24, 2023

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Community Updates

We encouraged our members to respond to the CFPB request either directly or by providing us context for our response. Part 4 of our series highlights what Kanary members say about targeted harassment and stalking.

Illustration of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and data brokers
Illustration of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and data brokers

Privacy Protection Through Regulation | Part 5

Jul 24, 2023

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Community Updates

Our final part 5 of our CFPB response shares Kanary members' frustrations towards the industry and regulations.

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Image of Man on Computer

Professional Security Meets Personal Privacy

Jul 6, 2023

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Community Updates

We understand that bad actors don’t discriminate between personal and professional information. Our Deep Dive FAQs offer a closer look at Kanary for Teams to help you understand if it’s the right fit for your organization.

Real World Privacy Threats & How To Prepare

Jan 31, 2023

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Resources For Emergencies

Instead of focusing on stories that typically get headlines, we're going to examine three situations that can impact almost anyone: Social media fame, Justice seekers, and Relationships gone wrong.

Removaly: What Happened?

Mar 14, 2023

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Community Updates

Learn what happened to data removal service, Removaly, after its acquisition and the existing options like Kanary, Deleteme, and Optery.

Resources For Security Emergencies

Feb 8, 2023

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Resources For Emergencies

General guidance for emergencies says to make sure a report gets on file with local law enforcement. If things escalate to legal charges, having a paper trail and records is critical for the law to work in your favor.

Preview of Advanced Team Monitoring Feature
Preview of Advanced Team Monitoring Feature

Security Tools For Teams: Meet Kanary

Jun 27, 2023

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Community Updates

Kanary for Teams is growing fast. Learn more about how it works and the biggest benefits for your organization.

expanded screenshot showing exposure for Helen Baker
expanded screenshot showing exposure for Helen Baker

Show, Don’t Tell. How and Why We Added Screenshots To Kanary.

Jun 19, 2023

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Engineering and Design

Learn about how our team ships through the lens of the screenshots feature. Screenshots allows our members to track and verify the removal of their personal information from sketchy websites.

Blog header image: screenshot of a social media post advertising an account for sale
Blog header image: screenshot of a social media post advertising an account for sale

Social Media Hack? Don't Risk It! Account Security Strategies for Creators & Influencers

Apr 21, 2023

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Community Updates

We’ve put together a list of easy-to-practice tips to keep your accounts, business, reputation, and followers safe.

Image of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau meeting, logo in foreground
Image of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau meeting, logo in foreground

The CFPB is Taking Aim at Data Brokers: Work With Kanary To Get Your Voice Heard

Jun 5, 2023

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Community Updates

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is finally turning its attention to data brokers, taking steps to protect consumer privacy and reshape data practices. Share your experiences and concerns with the CFPB through Kanary or directly, and let's work together for a safer and more transparent data environment.

What To Ask Before Downloading A Contact Tracing App

Feb 8, 2023

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How To Remove Yourself From The Internet

As we see more communities embrace contact tracing, don't blindly accept something that doesn't feel right. In the medical field, you should always be respected and encouraged to get a second opinion.

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