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Data Privacy Double Agents – Can We Trust OneRep, HelloPrivacy, DataSeal and BrandYourself?

OneRep, HelloPrivacy, DataSeal, and BrandYourself prey or have preyed on the naïveté of consumers by partnering with data brokers through co-marketing, co-selling, and affiliate relationships - and in some cases, even also simultaneously run or ran data broker web sites. If you're seeking privacy services, we recommend avoiding data privacy Double Agents, unless you want to fund the very data brokers you're trying to be removed from.

August 26, 2022

Online Dating Privacy and Safety

When we started Optery, we thought about all the reasons why people wanted to protect their information and remove it from the web. And the places that we started with was things like preventing identity theft, preventing fraud, preventing phishing attacks, preventing doxing.And to be honest, I never considered that we would be helping people with their online dating activities.

August 10, 2022

Online Dating Privacy Concerns

When you start online dating, you have choices as to how much information that you can reveal on those sites. Be aware of what information a bad actor can find in a data broker site and potentially find out where you live, your phone number, and other sensitive personal information.

August 9, 2022

7 Reasons Why Cybersecurity is Important in 2022

Today you’re going to learn 7 reasons why cybersecurity is important. From espionage and nuclear threats to natural disasters and physical attacks – cybersecurity affects them all. So if you want to know why cybersecurity is essential in the coming years, then you’ll love this post. Let’s dive right in.

August 9, 2022

Staying Private When Online Dating

It's very simple using these People Search Data Broker sites to find out your phone number and then all of a sudden you're getting unwanted text messages or even phone calls.

August 7, 2022

Staying Safe When Online Dating

After we started Optery, what was surprising is we were getting messages from people saying, "Hey, I do online dating. And the thing that I'm most concerned with is I don't want my age out there."

August 7, 2022

Web Browsing Privacy | Everything You Need to Know

This is a complete guide to web browsing privacy in 2022. So if you want to protect your private information, see less targeted ads, and hide your online activity, then you’ll love the actionable tips in this new guide.

August 7, 2022

How Data Brokers Manipulate You

What People Search Sites are really good at is stoking people’s psychology. They have all of these devices that have been built up over decades through trial and error that are are designed to get people to take the next step, to garner more curiosity, to get them to complete a form or to get them to hand over their credit card.

August 2, 2022

Staying Anonymous and Private Online

When our users first run a Free Exposure Report, often they are astonished at how much information of theirs is out there that they didn't volunteer. For millions of Americans, these data brokers have their personal information and are selling it online.

August 1, 2022

What Data Brokers Know About You

Finding out that data brokers sell personal information of yours that you didn’t offer to them to begin with can be disturbing, and the fact that it’s gone unregulated for so long makes it a little bit scarier as far as the information that you can actually find out about other people now.

July 25, 2022

What Are People Search Sites?

Data brokers are companies that collect information on consumers and then sell that information to other companies. And the data broker ecosystem is vast.It’s a galaxy of companies that exist in this space. Most of the data brokers ordinary people don’t know who they are or that they exist. The ones that peek their heads out of the shadows the most are data brokers that we call People Search Sites.

July 22, 2022

How Data Brokers Moved Online

What data brokers would do is go out and scrape the web, and also gather public records databases for free. They could license data from companies like LexisNexis or Acxiom or Epsilon, and then they could just publish all of that information to the Web. They could put ads on the website, and then they would have millions of pages of content indexed in Google.

July 22, 2022

Who are Data Brokers?

Lawrence Gentilello, Optery CEO and Founder, and Heather Smith, Optery Data Broker Operations Manager discuss who are the data brokers and people search sites posting and selling your personal information online.

June 30, 2022

Data Privacy is Going Mainstream: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

It's unbelievable that in the year 2022, outside of these four states, U.S. citizens still have no legal right to opt out of the sale of their personal information. HBO's John Oliver agrees and recently discussed a hilariously provocative proposal for getting a nationwide data privacy law passed ASAP.

April 28, 2022

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December 29, 2021

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December 29, 2021

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December 28, 2021

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December 28, 2021

Optery Review by Joe L.

Optery is a great service for managing one's personal data exposure. I was concerned that my email, phone #, and home address were easily accessible on hundreds of sites, and Optery made it easy to remove that information from every major database.

December 5, 2021

Optery Review by Tim

I was extremely impressed with both the flow to get started, and the end result. Going to all of the 100+ sites manually and asking for my info to be removed would have taken me weeks of pain. Optery made it transparent and easy.

November 5, 2021

Optery Review by Matthew S.

Terrific company that cares about its customers. Optery has helped me remove my personal details and address from over 150 data brokers. When I have questions their team is right there to help. Great people and service!

November 5, 2021

Optery Review by Saul

I've gotten my identity stolen before and it's a royal pain to sort it out. Once, they even used my complete address for billing when fraudulently buying expensive electronics with my credit cards, and forged a fake ID to pickup the ordered stuff at the Apple store.

November 4, 2021

Optery Review by Neal P.

People will be amazed at how much information is available about them and Optery is a great way to get the peace of mind that your info isn't out there being sold to anyone who wants it. This is as important a tool for online personal security as a password manager!

July 25, 2021

Optery Review by Marc H.

I’ve been working in the quant/systematic space at a hedge fund for ~12 years, so I know firsthand about the accelerating arms race among data aggregators to collect by often questionable means very sensitive and granular information. Optery solves this problem head-on. I’ve been impressed by how easy the product is to use, and how effective it’s been in removing my personal data from all over the web. I highly recommend it!

July 25, 2021

Optery Review by Joseph L.

Big fan of Optery! It makes it easy to remove your info from various people databases, and I've already noticed less spam (mail, phone calls, etc...) since I started using. Keep up the good work!

July 25, 2021

Optery Review by Pierre K.

Stocked to see privacy initiatives! Private data is very sensitive and we lost control over it. Tools like Optery are essential to regain control over our digital lives. Congrats on the launch!

July 25, 2021

Optery Review by Brian I.

I was shocked by how many data brokers had my information and were selling it without my knowledge. Optery to the rescue. I've been impressed with how Optery automatically removes our household's information from these databases, all without asking for a lot from me. Optery helps me sleep better at night. Big fan.

July 25, 2021

Optery Review by Jed W.

Congrats! Definitely something the world needs to fight those scammers! 🙏

July 25, 2021

Optery Review by John F.

This is eye opening. Seems that the default 'user preference' of the internet is 'display my private info anywhere'. This product is essential as nobody has the time to contact all these different outlets. Great job!

July 25, 2021

Optery Review by Aleem C.

This product gives me great comfort that my sensitive information is more protected, especially in this day and age with increased cyber attacks. I love what Optery is doing!

July 25, 2021

Optery Review by Dan G.

The amount of data being shared, bought and sold about us is beyond what most people imagine. This is a great tool to start to gain control over that data and put new and expanding legal rights to work for you.

July 25, 2021

Optery Review by Steve L.

Really glad this exists - hate seeing my info on the web and don't know how to get rid of it!

July 25, 2021

Optery Review by Bryan M.

Great product. I was surprised to see how much of my personal data was freely available online - and was subsequently removed by Optery!

July 25, 2021

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Optery’s Patented Search Technology

What is an Exposure Report?

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Reddit and Privacy: Analyzing the Top 1000 Posts in r/Privacy subreddit

Top 50 Biggest Data Brokers in Google🤯

Using a Disposable Email Address

Data Privacy Double Agents – Can We Trust OneRep, HelloPrivacy, DataSeal and BrandYourself?

Online Dating Privacy and Safety

Online Dating Privacy Concerns

7 Reasons Why Cybersecurity is Important in 2022

Staying Private When Online Dating

Staying Safe When Online Dating

Web Browsing Privacy | Everything You Need to Know

How Data Brokers Manipulate You

Staying Anonymous and Private Online

What Data Brokers Know About You

What Are People Search Sites?

How Data Brokers Moved Online

Who are Data Brokers?

Data Privacy is Going Mainstream: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Ultimate View

Extended View

Core View

Free View

Ultimate

Extended

Core

Optery Review by Joe L.

Optery Review by Tim

Optery Review by Matthew S.

Optery Review by Saul

Optery Review by Neal P.

Optery Review by Marc H.

Optery Review by Joseph L.

Optery Review by Pierre K.

Optery Review by Brian I.

Optery Review by Jed W.

Optery Review by John F.

Optery Review by Aleem C.

Optery Review by Dan G.

Optery Review by Steve L.

Optery Review by Bryan M.

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