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Optery is the industry leader in personal data removal, helping individuals, families, and organizations find and remove exposed personal information from data brokers and people-search sites. Optery removes home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, relatives’ information, employment details, and other personal data that can be exploited for phishing, identity fraud, account takeover, doxxing, harassment, stalking, and physical threats. Optery combines patented search technology, sophisticated opt-out automation, and expert Privacy Agents to find and remove dozens more exposed profiles per person than other services. Optery supports automated removals from hundreds of sites, with unlimited name and location variations, and monthly rescans to address new exposures. Before-and-after screenshots provide verifiable proof of what Optery finds and removes, offering transparency no other service provides. Independent testing confirms Optery’s leadership. CNET named Optery its 2026 Editors’ Choice and Best Overall Data Removal Service, reporting the highest removal success rate among the services it tested. Consumer Reports ranked Optery #1 for removal effectiveness in its blind study, and PCMag has awarded Optery Editors’ Choice for five consecutive years, from 2022 through 2026. In separate testing, a TechCrunch journalist found that Optery uncovered nearly 50 exposed profiles missed by DeleteMe. Optery is also the most award-recognized personal data removal platform in the industry. Anyone can create a free account to receive a personalized Exposure Report with live screenshots showing where their information is exposed online, along with free tools for self-service removals. Paid plans provide ongoing automated removals, expert support, verification, and monitoring. Optery has no affiliations with data brokers and never sells customer data. Optery for Business gives security and IT teams a fully self-service platform for finding and removing exposed executive and employee information at scale. The enterprise-grade platform includes centralized administration, detailed reporting, SSO, SAML, SCIM, and API capabilities and is SOC 2 Type II attested. Optery’s API also enables businesses and developers to embed its award-winning data broker scanning and removal technology directly into their own products and services.
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How to Opt Out and Remove Yourself from Radaris in 2025 | Step-by-Step Instructions

In this post we will cover what Radaris is and provide Step-by-Step Instructions on How to Opt Out of Radaris. If you are concerned about your personal information being on display on websites like Radaris, take action and Opt Out. Follow the steps in Optery’s Opt Out guide provided below and remove your private dataContinue reading "How to Opt Out and Remove Yourself from Radaris in 2025 | Step-by-Step Instructions"
October 18, 2023
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How to Opt Out and Remove Yourself from BeenVerified in 2025 | Step-by-Step Instructions

In this post, we’ll cover what BeenVerified is and Step-by-Step instructions on How to Opt Out of BeenVerified. If you are concerned about your personal information being displayed on data broker sites like BeenVerified, protect your personal information and opt out. How do I Opt Out and Remove Myself from BeenVerified? How do I OptContinue reading "How to Opt Out and Remove Yourself from BeenVerified in 2025 | Step-by-Step Instructions"
August 19, 2023
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How to Opt Out of CheckPeople in 2025 | Step-by-Step Instructions

In this post, we’ll cover what CheckPeople is and Step-by-Step instructions on How to Opt Out of CheckPeople. How do I Opt Out and Remove Myself from CheckPeople? How do I Opt Out of CheckPeople Manually? 1) Go to the CheckPeople homepage here: https://checkpeople.com/. Scroll down to the bottom of the homepage and click theContinue reading "How to Opt Out of CheckPeople in 2025 | Step-by-Step Instructions"
August 6, 2023
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Optery Is SOC 2, Type II Security Certified

Optery Achieves SOC 2 Type II Security Certification The best way to prevent data breaches is to implement strong controls for security, confidentiality, processing integrity, privacy, and availability of user data. Optery is proud to have completed its American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) SOC 2, Type 2 security certification by Prescient Assurance, aContinue reading "Optery Is SOC 2, Type II Security Certified"
July 26, 2023
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Keep Your Data Secure: How Consumers Can Benefit From Encryption

Introduction Definition of Encryption Encryption is a method of converting data into a form that can only be read by authorized individuals. This process involves transforming information into a code that can only be decoded with a specific key. This process effectively renders the data useless to anyone who might intercept it but does notContinue reading "Keep Your Data Secure: How Consumers Can Benefit From Encryption"
June 22, 2023
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Reddit and Privacy: Analyzing the Top 1000 Posts in r/Privacy subreddit

In today’s digital age, privacy is a hot topic of discussion. The subreddit r/privacy is a great place to see what people are talking about when it comes to protecting their personal information. In this blog post, we will be analyzing the top 1000 posts on r/privacy to identify the top people and organizations being discussed and better understandContinue reading "Reddit and Privacy: Analyzing the Top 1000 Posts in r/Privacy subreddit"
January 26, 2023
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Optery Selected as a Finalist for SXSW Pitch 2023

Optery was selected as a finalist in the Enterprise & Smart Data category for the 15th annual SXSW Pitch (formerly SXSW Accelerator). Out of the hundreds of companies that applied to present at SXSW Pitch 2023, Optery was selected among the 40 finalists spanning eight separate categories. Optery, Allosense Dash, Climatiq, CreditRich, and FastForward will present in the Enterprise & Smart Data category on Sunday March 12th.
January 17, 2023
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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
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