Kanary Blog

Kanary helps submit removal requests across hundreds of websites that do not require high levels of identity verification. But if you’re working as a journalist, politician, or activist, you might need to go deeper.

If you’re optimizing for speed or dealing with an urgent situation, this guide walks you through 4 features that you should enable on your account to get the best experience.

Team Kanary had a conversation with the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) about a groundbreaking privacy law passed in 2023. Learn about it and its implications.

We recommend all of our members walk through these de-Google steps when they have a high priority result they need removed from Google. The best part, it's free.

When harassment is escalating, what do you do or say to protect your family members? This is an especially challenging problem we hear from members when their family lives far away or aren't tech savvy. Here's our most common advice.

By locking down and scrubbing sensitive data from the web, Kanary makes it harder for attackers to build personal and convincing attacks against you and your organization.

If you've decided it's time to part ways with Instagram permanently, this blog post will walk you through the steps to permanently delete your account.

We'll take you through the steps to fortify your Facebook account and safeguard your digital footprint.

Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has controversial privacy practices, but now provides tools to control your account settings.

LinkedIn, being a professional networking platform, offers users the ability to customize their privacy settings.

If you've decided it's time to bid farewell to your LinkedIn account, we've got you covered. Follow these simple steps to close your LinkedIn account.

How to suppress & escalate an exposure on a PeopleConnect site. One of the worst brokers we deal with.

Always ask a data removal service "How are you sharing my email with brokers for opt outs?" before joining. If you aren't careful, certain removal services spray your email across hundreds of sites. This can lead to influxes of spam and further exposure - the exact opposite of what you're going for.

Because of the increased push back from sites, our engineering costs to provide a high quality service have increased. We are raising our prices in 2024 to cover these costs and continue improving our services.

Facebook Marketplace is a common place for scammers to lurk and harvest your personal information. Our team is here with advice and post-scam clean up help. If you're dealing with an urgent situation, let us know.

A conglomerate of spyware companies and people search sites have been taken offline due to legal action by the NY State Attorney General. Find out what happened.

You can now submit any link for removal faster and with more transparency. No emailing support, no back and forth… just fast removal of any exposure you want Kanary to take a crack for you or your loved ones.

Faced with speaking to students, most first time entrepreneurs, what could I say that would stick? I tried to distill the hard things and tricks I’ve learned in the last 4 years of building Kanary.

Personal privacy is personal. Getting the most out of Kanary relies on your proper set up and use of the product over time. Here, we want to walk through exactly how we recommend getting started and optimizing the product so you get the best results.

GoButler was a data broker site known for exposing sensitive personal information and refusing to adhere to removal requests. After thousands of complaints and escalations by Kanary and our Members, the site is no longer online.

Having thousands of eyes on you can quickly become a threat - to your identity, privacy, or your well being. We live in a time where influencers are the new celebrities, and anyone's random tweet or post can go viral in minutes.

We talked with members of a State Department of Justice about the resources they provide communities and those suffering from harassment, stalking, and abuse.

Sites can be slow to respond to removal requests. We may ask you for a few minutes of your time and help. We recently launched a new feature that makes it easier for you to send opt out emails from your personal email.

Leading cybersecurity researcher, Brian Krebs release an investigative report on OneRep. He uncovered years of involvement in the data brokerage business by the OneRep CEO.

Despite rapidly evolving privacy laws, the internet still doesn’t forget. So is there anything that can be done to erase your online mistakes from years past? We've put together some suggestions for fixing reputational damage with a focus on personal domains and how that might be just the thing to help you in the right direction.

Many members ask how many sites we cover or compare the largest site lists. But comparing sizes only matters to a point. For Kanary, we only want to bother you when an exposure matters, and we only want to celebrate real wins.

Once your information is online, removing it is harder than clicking 'unsubscribe'. Unlike your half-listening roommate, the internet's memory is long and enduring - and the hackers' reach is broad and deceptive.

Pitchforks have become keyboards and the digital mob can publicly manipulate and spread your personal info like photos, addresses, emails, and phone numbers with a single keystroke. This is called doxxing.

As we enter the age of AI, the capabilities of language models have reached new heights. But will it be a privacy nightmare? We’ve put together a list of tips on how to check for your information, flag content, and how to request removal to ensure that you stay safe and can keep your information private.

We've summarized how to submit removal requests for the worst brokers we come across as we detect and remove our subscribers' information every month.

We were proud to be independently recommended by badcredit.org in a recent post about fraud prevention and identity theft. Bad Credit's mission is to inform and educate Americans with bad credit.

A former malware distributor, Kape Technologies, acquired ExpressVPN, CyberGhost, Private Internet Access, and Zenmate. Here’s what you should know and do immediately.

We're thrilled to launch a Give $10, Get $10 referral to reward you for spreading the word about Kanary and helping others take action to safeguard their digital lives.

Kanary sent its first removal request on August 29, 2019 on behalf of our founders. Since then, we've spent hundreds of hours researching how to get information removed. Here are the most effective things you can do.

We launched a couple big changes since our first reddit post 9 months ago. We continue to build with urgency and work with those who reach out to us asking for assistance or looking for advice.

We were thrilled to be a part of the Mozilla Builders Incubator this summer (2020) and continue to support their mission to fund startups.

Kanary received an excellent rating for 2023 from PC Mag for Editors’ Choice for personal data removal and privacy services. How did we get there? Join us as we dig into the biggest lessons and how our team got to be a top choice for a major tech publication.

Kanary summarized hundreds of pieces of feedback from our members who support stricter regulation on a harmful and creepy industry. We also summarized our data from sending millions of removal request and escalations to hundreds of data brokers. We shared our final response and a few recommendations with the CFPB publicly before the extended July 2023 deadline.

In part 2 of our Privacy Protection through Regulation series, we summarized our data from sending millions of removal requests and escalations and offered a deep dive into the challenges presented in getting private information off of data broker sites. We shared our final response and a few recommendations with the CFPB publicly before the extended July 2023 deadline.

As a part of the CFPB request, members provided us context for our response. In part 3 of our Privacy Protection through Regulation series, we focus on what Kanary members shared about housing access and credit.

We encouraged our members to respond to the CFPB request either directly or by providing us context for our response. Part 4 of our series highlights what Kanary members say about targeted harassment and stalking.

Our final part 5 of our CFPB response shares Kanary members' frustrations towards the industry and regulations.

We understand that bad actors don’t discriminate between personal and professional information. Our Deep Dive FAQs offer a closer look at Kanary for Teams to help you understand if it’s the right fit for your organization.

Instead of focusing on stories that typically get headlines, we're going to examine three situations that can impact almost anyone: Social media fame, Justice seekers, and Relationships gone wrong.

Learn what happened to data removal service, Removaly, after its acquisition and the existing options like Kanary.

General guidance for emergencies says to make sure a report gets on file with local law enforcement. If things escalate to legal charges, having a paper trail and records is critical for the law to work in your favor.

Kanary for Teams is growing fast. Learn more about how it works and the biggest benefits for your organization.

Learn about how our team ships through the lens of the screenshots feature. Screenshots allows our members to track and verify the removal of their personal information from sketchy websites.

We’ve put together a list of easy-to-practice tips to keep your accounts, business, reputation, and followers safe.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is finally turning its attention to data brokers, taking steps to protect consumer privacy and reshape data practices. Share your experiences and concerns with the CFPB through Kanary or directly, and let's work together for a safer and more transparent data environment.

As we see more communities embrace contact tracing, don't blindly accept something that doesn't feel right. In the medical field, you should always be respected and encouraged to get a second opinion.