Everyone else
You don't need a special reason to want your address private
Most people who come to us have no specific threat. They found their own address on a free website, felt a jolt of something unpleasant, and would like it to stop. That is a completely sufficient reason. Aggregated address, phone, age and relative data is also the raw material for identity theft, SIM-swap attacks and every convincing phishing call you have ever received.
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Get off the people-search sites and stay off.
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- Coverage
- 500+ sources
- Cadence
- Rescanned monthly
What's different for you
Why the generic advice doesn't fit
Most privacy guidance is written for someone with no particular threat. Yours is specific, so the priorities change.
- You can be systematic rather than urgent, which means you can do it properly.
- The free unpaywalled sites are still the priority, because those are what people actually use.
- Annual billing and a monthly cadence is plenty.
Do this in order
- 01The five free people-search sites.
- 02Reverse-phone sites.
- 03Address-indexed sites.
- 04Then the long tail, at whatever pace suits you.
Free scan
Two fields, no account, no card. See what is actually out there before deciding anything.
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The sites to take down first
Free and unpaywalled, which means anyone can use them with no account and no skill. These are the real risk.
Other situations
Who else we write for
- Survivors of domestic violence and stalking
- Law enforcement officers
- Judges and prosecutors
- Doctors, nurses and healthcare workers
- Teachers and school staff
- Journalists and researchers
- Social workers and child protection staff
- Therapists and mental health clinicians
- Public officials and election workers
- Executives and board members