Privacy & Security

People search sites make it easy to dig up personal details, but few users realize…

Removing your personal data from people search sites can help privacy—but it’s not without drawbacks.…

If you’ve ever rebuilt your life after leaving an abusive relationship, you know how fragile…

Every time you fill out a form or post something online, a trail begins. That…

People search sites claim to make information “public,” but there’s a reason they collect more…

Your name, address, and family links might already be floating across people search websites. Here’s…

Free background check sites promise quick answers, but most come with hidden cybersecurity dangers —…

Behind the scenes, data brokers aggregate your online, public, and purchased data and package it…

The CCPA promised more control over your data — but what does that actually look…

Europe’s strict data protection law, the GDPR, forced U.S. people search websites to rethink how…