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Privacy is a practice. We help you start. Weekly news, guides & strategies to defend your data.

News

Aug 3, 2026

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Australia Defends Its Teen Social Media Ban as 8 in 10 Kids Stay Online

Three months in, most under-16s kept their accounts because platforms never checked their age, and parents grew less aware of what their kids do online.

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Jul 31, 2026

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How to Remove Yourself from Cyber Background Checks

Cyber Background Checks publishes your name, address, and relatives as a searchable profile built from public records. The opt-out is free, but it is a courtesy suppression, not a deletion, so it can reappear.

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Resources and Tools

Jul 29, 2026

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Pi-hole: Free DNS-Level Ad and Tracker Blocking for Every Device in the House

Pi-hole is free, open-source software that blocks ads and trackers at the DNS level for your whole network. It runs on a Raspberry Pi, and the board that suits it best costs about $35.

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News

Jul 27, 2026

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W11: Your Bank's Mortgage Page Is Sending Your Data to Google, Meta, and TikTok

A new Jscrambler study found bank loan and account-opening pages quietly leaking hashed emails, phone numbers, tax IDs, and loan details to ad platforms, sometimes before you touch the cookie banner, sometimes after you reject it.

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Easy

Jul 24, 2026

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[BROKER GONE] How to Remove Yourself from USAPublicDataSearch

Easy · 5 min · Name search + email confirmation

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Jul 22, 2026

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Bitwarden: Unlimited Passwords, Synced Passkeys, and a Vault You Can Open Without a Password

Bitwarden is an open-source password manager. Its free tier stores unlimited passwords on unlimited devices with end-to-end encryption, it stores and syncs passkeys, and the vault itself can be opened with a passkey or biometrics.

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Jul 20, 2026

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W10: Surveillance Pricing: New Jersey Bans It, California Is Next

New Jersey passed the first grocery surveillance-pricing ban and froze electronic shelf labels. California's statewide bill is moving. And Papa John's shows the same data trail now times the ads.

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Jul 17, 2026

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How to Remove Yourself from Intelius, TruthFinder, Instant Checkmate, and US Search

Intelius is owned by PeopleConnect, which runs four people-search sites. One free suppression request covers all four — but it is a different tool than the delete button on their privacy page, and the difference matters.

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Resources and Tools

Jul 15, 2026

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Firewalla: Network-Wide Ad Blocking, Intrusion Prevention, and a Built-In VPN Server

Firewalla is a hardware security device that sits at your network's gateway, blocking ads and trackers across every device, running intrusion detection and prevention, and including a VPN server with no monthly fee.

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News

Jul 13, 2026

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W9: The EU wants to decide when social media can access your kids

Von der Leyen's proposal is coming after summer. The privacy catch is in how you enforce it.

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Privacy Guides

Jul 10, 2026

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2 min read

What to Do Before You Visit Any Venue Using Facial Recognition

Theme parks, stadiums, arenas, and retailers are deploying biometric scanners. Here's the checklist — before you walk through the door.

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Resources and Tools

Jul 8, 2026

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Brave Browser: Built-In Ad Blocking, Fingerprint Protection, and Private Windows with Tor

Brave is a free, open-source browser built on Chromium that blocks ads and trackers by default, offers private windows routed through the Tor network, and includes its own independent search engine.

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News

Jul 6, 2026

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W8: Smart Glasses Draw a Backlash Over Consent

Camera glasses like Meta's Ray-Bans are common now, and the pushback is really about consent.

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Jul 3, 2026

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How to Blur Your Home in Apple Maps Look Around

Apple Maps has a Street View equivalent called Look Around. If your home is visible, you can request a blur directly through Apple — for free — in just a few steps.

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Jul 1, 2026

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DuckDuckGo's Privacy Tools: Email Aliases, App Tracking Protection, and VPN

DuckDuckGo makes more than a search engine. Their privacy suite includes a free email alias system that strips trackers before messages reach you, an Android tool that blocks app trackers in the background, and a paid VPN.

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News

Jun 29, 2026

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2 min read

W7: Google's New CAPTCHA Wants to Watch You Wave

Google is testing a verification system that asks users to grant camera access and wave at their screen. It extracts hand-joint data, then deletes the footage. But some users say it can already be bypassed — and others say that's not the point.

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Medium

Jun 26, 2026

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How to Remove Yourself from Radaris

Medium · 15 min · Account creation required

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Resources and Tools

Jun 24, 2026

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Privacy Badger: A Free Browser Extension That Blocks Invisible Trackers

Most websites load dozens of third-party tracking scripts alongside the content you came to read. Privacy Badger watches for cross-site tracking behavior and blocks it automatically — no configuration needed.

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News

Jun 22, 2026

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W6: The UK Is Banning Social Media for Anyone Under 16

The law takes effect in Spring 2027 and covers Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat, Facebook, and X. Supporters say it protects children. Critics say it creates new privacy risks and cuts teens off from communities they depend on.

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Friday Guide

Jun 19, 2026

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How to Remove Yourself from BeenVerified

Easy · 5 min · Web form + email verification

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Resources and Tools

Jun 17, 2026

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Google's "Results About You": Find and Remove Your Personal Info from Search

Google has a free tool that lets you find pages containing your personal information in Search results — and request their removal directly from your phone or browser.

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News

Jun 15, 2026

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W5: Massachusetts Just Passed the Strongest Location Data Protection in the U.S.

The state's Consumer Data Privacy Act bans the sale of precise location data — applying to every company that does business there, not just residents.

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Friday Guide

Jun 12, 2026

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How to Remove Yourself from Spokeo

Easy · 5 min · Profile URL opt-out + email confirmation

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Resources and Tools

Jun 10, 2026

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DeleteMe: Data Broker Removal with Quarterly Reports

DeleteMe submits opt-out requests to major data broker sites on your behalf and sends you a report each quarter showing what was found and what was removed.

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News

Jun 8, 2026

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W4: Amazon Ring Is Being Sued Over Facial Recognition of People Who Never Opted In

Ring's Familiar Faces feature scans passersby to identify regular visitors. The people being scanned didn't consent — and now there's a class action.

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