Privacy Guides
Plain-English help for keeping your personal information safe.
Removing yourself from a specific site? The Privacy Handbook has a step-by-step guide for each one →
Money and identity
How to find and claim unclaimed money
Is it legit, where to search, how to claim, and the scams to avoid.
6 min read→
Personal safety
Staying safe if you are being stalked
What to do first, how to document it, and how to make yourself harder to find.
6 min read→
Where to get help if you are being stalked
National helplines, local services, and legal and technology help.
4 min read→
How to help someone who is being stalked
What to say, what not to share, and how to support them.
4 min read→
Stalking: the terms you will hear
Plain definitions of the words police, advocates and courts use.
4 min read→
Privacy basics
Removing your information from Google results
What Google will remove, how to ask, and why the source page matters.
5 min read→
Social media privacy settings worth changing
The settings that expose the most, on any platform.
4 min read→
Taking control of your personal information
Where your details come from and five steps to shrink your exposure.
5 min read→
Privacy glossary
Data broker, opt-out, doxxing and other terms, in plain English.
3 min read→
See where your information is exposed
Safe Shepherd finds you on people-search sites and removes you, then keeps watching.
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