Google has revamped its Results About You tool, which lets you control how your personal information appears in Search. The updated tool makes it easier to request the removal of personal information, ...

By default, anyone can view your photos and videos on your Instagram account unless you are a minor, in which case your account should be private by default. However, by going to your profile, ...

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Removing your personal information from people-search sites can feel pretty overwhelming. There are hundreds of these sites in the U.S. alone. In fact, the Privacy ...

NPD, the people search site with a bad security record, is back. The good news is you can pull your information from it. Bad news? Hundreds of sites contain your data, but you can remove. Get more ...

Google’s John Mueller answered a question about removing hacked URLs that are showing in the index. He explained how to remove the sites from appearing in the search results and then discussed the ...