Legacy.com, Inc.

Legacy.com is the largest global provider of online obituaries, partnering with over 1,500 newspapers and 4,000 funeral homes across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia. The website hosts obituaries for a significant percentage of deaths in the U.S., attracting over 40 million unique visitors monthly. While primarily a platform for memorials and condolences, the vast and publicly accessible database of death notices contains personal information about deceased individuals and their surviving family members. This information can include full names, dates of birth and death, locations, and names of relatives, creating potential risks for identity theft, fraud, and exploitation of grieving individuals. Malicious actors could potentially use this data to target vulnerable family members with scams or to create fraudulent identities. To protect their privacy, individuals should be mindful of the amount of personal information shared in public forums and can exercise their data rights, including deletion requests, by contacting the company.