Data Brokers 101: What They Are and How to Protect Your Info
What data brokers know about you, and how to stop them. See data sources, risks, and step-by-step opt-outs. Clean up old social posts with Redact.
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FTC Targets Facebook: Is Your Family’s Data Building Unsafe AI Worlds for Your Child?
The FTC's 6(b) probe into AI companion chatbots and whistleblower claims against Meta spotlight growing risks to kids' data, safety, and digital footprints.
Quitting Social Media? Do These 4 Things First
Ready to leave social media? Clean your accounts up, revoke app permissions, and safely deactivate using this simple 4-step privacy guide.
A Step-by-Step Guide to Deleting Your Social Media Footprint with Redact
Deleting your social media footprint with Redact takes four steps. Pick your platforms, filter by date or keyword, preview the deletion, then schedule cleanups.
How to Prevent Doxxing: A 24-Hour Privacy Sprint
Protect yourself from doxxing with a 24-hour sprint: lock down accounts, clean up posts and images, and set a recurring privacy routine.
How to Clean Up Your Social Media Footprint Before a Job Search
Employers check your socials first. Audit, delete, and polish your online footprint before you apply. Step-by-step cleanup + Redact.dev to automate fast.
Discord’s August 2025 Policy update: UK ID checks and new ad targeting controls
Discord's August 2025 policy update brought UK ID checks and wider use of your data for ads and Quests. See what's collected and which settings limit it.
How to Delete All ChatGPT Chats at Once (or Just Some)
Delete every ChatGPT chat in one click, or bulk delete by date, keyword, or content type. Covers web, iPhone, Android, memory, and what OpenAI keeps.
Social Media Footprint: What It Means and How to Check Yours
Your social media footprint is everything you've posted, liked, commented on or been tagged in. See what it includes and how to check yours.
The Most Common Scams on Facebook (2025)
Stop Facebook social engineering: spot profile cloning and quiz bait, lock down privacy, and bulk-delete risky posts fast with Redact.
Home Depot’s Facial Recognition Lawsuit Raises Alarming Privacy Questions
Home Depot is being sued over alleged facial recognition at its self-checkout kiosks. We cover what the lawsuit claims and why shoppers should care.
The 10 Best Tweet Deleters to Clean Up Your Twitter, Compared
Ten tweet deleters compared on their own sites: what each deletes on X, what a year costs, which are free, and where each tool runs.
Liking a LinkedIn Post Almost Cost This Person a Job – Social Media Screening
A Reddit user revealed their LinkedIn likes were flagged in a background check, raising questions about privacy, fairness, and the future of hiring.
The Best Web Browsers for Privacy In 2026
The best web browsers for privacy in 2026, compared. Brave, Firefox, Tor, DuckDuckGo, Edge and more, with their privacy features and trade-offs.
AI Photo Geo-location: A Dangerous Precedent for Public Privacy
AI tools like GeoSpy can pinpoint the location of a photo in seconds, even without metadata. Learn how this impacts your privacy.
How to Hide Your Liked Reels in Instagram's Friends Tab
Tap your profile, then the menu, then Activity in Friends tab, and pick No one. Friends won't see the reels you like or comment on in their Friends tab.
Wikipedia Loses Challenge to UK Online Safety Act
Wikipedia lost its High Court challenge to the UK Online Safety Act, but it can return if Ofcom designates it. It matters for editors and their privacy.
ID Verification on YouTube (2025): What It Is, Why It’s Here, and How Australian & UK Laws Are Driving It
How YouTube’s 2025 ID checks work, and why UK & Australian laws demand stricter age assurance.