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A Security Professional’s Guide to Choosing the Right Personal Data Removal Software

The top 10 criteria security professionals should use to evaluate enterprise-grade personal data removal platforms.S

January 5, 2024

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Optery’s Statement Following Meltwater’s Unsolicited Emails to Optery Customers

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Optery Wins 2025 Fortress Cybersecurity Award for Privacy Enhancing Technologies

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Optery Mobile App — Data Privacy on Android & iOS

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Privacy Protectors Spotlight: Bailey Marshall

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Cybersecurity in the Age of Agentic AI: Insights from Industry Leaders

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Fortinet’s 2025 Threat Report Makes the Case for Proactive Exposure Management

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SMBs in the Crosshairs: Key Findings from CrowdStrike

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Optery Wins Best Service for Attack Surface Management in the 13thAnnual Global InfoSec Awards at RSAC 2025

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Credential Phishing and Infostealers Surge in IBM’s X-Force 2025 Threat Intelligence Index

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Organizations must shift to proactive cybersecurity, according to the 2025 Armis Cyberwarfare Report

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Optery CEO Lawrence Gentilello Joins Debbie Reynolds on “The Data Diva” Talks Privacy Podcast

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Optery Now Supports More Address Confidentiality Programs

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Privacy Protectors Spotlight: Daniel J. Solove

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Optery Named Winner in Three Categories by the 2025 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards

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Personal Data Removal: A Core Cybersecurity Measure

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CrowdStrike’s 2025 Global Threat Report Reveals Phone-Based Social Engineering Is Surging

February 27, 2025

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Leaked Chat Logs Reveal Black Basta’s Use of Data Brokers for Targeting Victims

February 24, 2025

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Optery at RSA Conference™ 2025

February 19, 2025

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Privacy Protectors Spotlight: Jeff Jockisch

January 30, 2025

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Data Privacy Week 2025: Protecting Yourself from Personal Data Exploitation

January 27, 2025

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Optery Named One of Business Insider’s Top 30 Future Unicorns of 2025

January 23, 2025

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Optery 2024 Recap

January 6, 2025

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Holiday Privacy and Security Tips: Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones

December 12, 2024

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Why Employee Data Privacy Is Essential for Physical Security

November 29, 2024

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Optery CEO and Founder Lawrence Gentilello interviewed on “Unspoken Security” podcast

November 15, 2024

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Introducing Expanded Reach for More Comprehensive Data Removal

November 5, 2024

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Optery Named Top InfoSec Innovator Award Winner for Attack Surface Management by Cyber Defense Magazine for 2024

October 31, 2024

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Privacy Protectors Spotlight: Debbie Reynolds, The Data Diva

October 29, 2024

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Protecting Employee Data As Part of Attack Surface Management

October 22, 2024

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Doxxing Prevention: Safeguarding Employees and Executives from Online Threats

October 17, 2024

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Protect Against Impersonation, Email Forgery, and Business Email Compromise Attacks

October 15, 2024

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Safeguard Employees: Phishing Email Protection

October 10, 2024

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Social Engineering Attacks and How Organizations Can Prevent and Defend Against Them

October 7, 2024

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Privacy Protectors Spotlight: Rachel Tobac

September 24, 2024

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Introducing AI-Powered Removals Reports: An Optional New Feature From Optery

September 23, 2024

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LinkedIn Auto-Opting Users Into Generative AI Training: How to Opt Out

September 18, 2024

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Optery Named Finalist for Attack Surface Management in Cyber Defense Magazine’s 12th Annual InfoSec Awards

September 5, 2024

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Optery CEO and Founder Lawrence Gentilello interviewed on “The Security Ledger” podcast

August 29, 2024

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Privacy Protectors Spotlight: James Everett Lee

August 23, 2024

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Optery’s Statement Following Consumer Reports Study Evaluating People-Search Site Removal Services

August 21, 2024

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PII Removal for Executives is Not Enough

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Privacy Protectors Spotlight: Rebecca Herold

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Optery CEO and Founder Lawrence Gentilello interviewed on the “Unscripted” podcast

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Privacy Protectors Spotlight: Tom O’Malley

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New Privacy Laws in Texas and Oregon with Authorized Agent Provisions

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The Optery Global Privacy Control (GPC) Extension

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Optery Founder Featured on DomainTools’ RSAC Podcast Mini-Series

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Optery wins 2024 Intellyx Digital Innovator Award

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Privacy Protectors Spotlight: Justin Sherman

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The Dark Web vs. The Open Web: Assessing the Greater Threat to Enterprise Security

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Optery Named Winner in Three Categories by the 2024 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards

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Announcing Custom Scans

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Privacy Protectors Spotlight: Tom Kemp

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Phishing and Personal Data Breach Crimes are Finally on the Decline

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A Network of US-Focused People-Search Sites in China, Operating Under Fake Identities

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Optery’s Statement Following Investigative Report on Onerep by Krebs on Security

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Onerep Review | Pros and Cons—What The Experts Think

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Optery founder and CEO Lawrence Gentilello joins The Lockdown – Practical Privacy & Security podcast with Ray Heffer

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Announcing Our New Linkedin URL and Company Name Feature for More Comprehensive Removals

February 27, 2024

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Data Privacy Day 2024: Protecting Yourself from Data Brokers and Data Breaches

January 25, 2024

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Activity History Feature is Live

January 24, 2024

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Optery 2023 Recap

January 20, 2024

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Incogni Review | Pros and Cons – What Do The Experts Think

January 3, 2024

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2024 Cybersecurity Alert: New Gmail Protections Likely to Increase Smishing and Vishing Threats

December 12, 2023

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Optery Awarded Fast Company’s Next Big Things in Tech for Security and Privacy

November 28, 2023

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Optery Launches Authorized Agent

November 11, 2023

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New Removals Pending Tab in Dashboard

October 24, 2023

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We’ve Added 30+ New Data Brokers (again!)

October 24, 2023

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Optery Announces Phone & Email Scan Preferences Tool

August 29, 2023

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We’ve Added 12+ New Data Brokers (again!)

August 29, 2023

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Core Plan Now Priced at Just $3.99 per month or $39 per year

August 29, 2023

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Optery and Google’s Content Removal Tools

August 29, 2023

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Optery Is SOC 2, Type II Security Certified

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Optery Expands Senior Leadership Team

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DeleteMe Review | Pros and Cons – What Do The Experts Think

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Keep Your Data Secure: How Consumers Can Benefit From Encryption

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The Gramm Leach Bliley Act and What it Means for Consumers

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An In-Depth Look at Shoshana Zuboff’s Theories on Surveillance Capitalism

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Protect Your Business from Costly Email Compromise Scams

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Privacy Statistics 2023: Americans are concerned about Data Privacy

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Optery South by Southwest Pitch 2023 | Lawrence Gentilello

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We’ve Added 15+ New Data Brokers (again!) 🎉 – March 2023

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Optery’s Patented Search Technology

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Optery at the RSA Conference 2023

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What is an Exposure Report?

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What is TruePeopleSearch? (And how do I opt out?)

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9 Ways to Avoid Phishing Attacks From Cybercriminals Today

February 16, 2023

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

January 26, 2023

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Introducing Optery for Family 🏠

January 25, 2023

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Data Privacy and Cybersecurity for Organizations

January 25, 2023

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Types of Social Engineering: Protect Your Data Today

January 25, 2023

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Protect Yourself From Being Catfished

January 25, 2023

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Happy Data Privacy Day

January 24, 2023

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10 Common Scams to Watch Out Related to Data Protection

January 20, 2023

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Identity Theft Safety Tips

January 20, 2023

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Optery Selected as a Finalist for SXSW Pitch 2023

January 17, 2023

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LastPass: The Definitive Guide

January 6, 2023

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Cybercrime Glossary and Statistics

January 5, 2023

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Stay Safe This Holiday Season Because Data Brokers Are Coming to Town!

December 23, 2022

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Top 50 Biggest Data Brokers in Google🤯

November 17, 2022

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Optery TechCrunch Pitch Finalist 2022 | Lawrence Gentilello | Education, Security & Space Edition

October 20, 2022

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Using a Disposable Email Address

October 17, 2022

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

August 26, 2022

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Online Dating Privacy and Safety

August 10, 2022

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Online Dating Privacy Concerns

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7 Reasons Why Cybersecurity is Important in 2022

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Staying Private When Online Dating

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Staying Safe When Online Dating

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Web Browsing Privacy | Everything You Need to Know

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How Data Brokers Manipulate You

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Staying Anonymous and Private Online

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What Data Brokers Know About You

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What Are People Search Sites?

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How Data Brokers Moved Online

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We’ve Added New Data Brokers – July 2022

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Who are Data Brokers?

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We’ve Added New Data Brokers – April 2022

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

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Optery wins PCMag Editors’ Choice

February 15, 2022

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We’ve Added 12 New Data Brokers – January 2022

January 28, 2022

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We’ve Added New Data Brokers – November 2021

November 27, 2021

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Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) / 2-Step Verification (2FA) Is Live 🔒

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Introducing Optery – Remove Yourself from 200+ People Search Sites like TruthFinder, MyLife, Radaris, SocialCatfish, Spokeo, WhitePages

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While Facebook, Google, and Apple Dominate the Headlines for Privacy, it’s People Search Sites You Should be More Concerned With

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