What the data broker industry is doing with your personal information — new privacy laws, enforcement actions, breaches, and plain-language explainers, as well as online privacy tips.
Reviews
Instant Checkmate is legitimate, not a scam. But it cannot legally be used for hiring or tenant screening, and canceling catches people out.
ThatsThem (thats them) is a free people-search site now operated by Spokeo. What a listing shows, who owns it, what BBB complaints say, what our own scans found, and how to remove yourself.
Filed under Data Broker Profiles
CyberBackgroundChecks is a Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC site with an F from the BBB and 19 unanswered complaints. Who runs it, what a listing shows, the stalking complaints, and how to opt out.
Filed under Data Broker Profiles
FastBackgroundCheck is one of ten sites run by Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC. Its BBB F rating, the opt-out denials by state, the 2025 lawsuit against its sister site, and how to remove yourself.
Filed under Data Broker Profiles
How do data breaches happen? Most start with a stolen password or a phished employee, not an elite hack. Where your data goes, and how to respond.
Filed under Identity TheftSpokeo is legal, but its profiles mix real records with stale and mismatched data. What it actually shows, who can see it, and how to take yours down.
Filed under Reviews
Chrome's Manifest V3 killed full uBlock Origin. What still works — uBlock Origin Lite, AdGuard — what you lose, and when switching browsers beats any extension.
Filed under Web Browsers
DuckDuckGo is safe and genuinely more private than Google — with limits, and the criticisms hold some truth. A straight answer to both questions.
Filed under Web Browsers
Brave blocks ads, trackers and fingerprinting by default — one of the safest mainstream browsers. What it protects, what to switch off, and its limits.
Filed under Web BrowsersThe 12 main types of social engineering attacks: phishing, pretexting, BEC and AI voice cloning. Real examples, and how to shut each one down.
Filed under Online SafetyPeopleConnect is the company behind TruthFinder, Intelius, and Instant Checkmate. Whether it's legit, who owns it, and how to get off all its sites at once.
Filed under Reviews
TruthFinder is legit — a real company, not a scam — but it's not a legal background check, its records are often wrong, and you can remove your profile.
Filed under ReviewsDoxxing means publishing someone's private information online to harass or intimidate them. Where the data comes from, and how to get yours taken down.
Filed under Online SafetyHow to remove your name, address, and phone number from people-search sites and data brokers — what works, what doesn't, and how to do it free.
Filed under Data RemovalNothing here matches that search.