Privacy & Safety Guides
Step-by-step instructions for protecting your personal information online. From removing your data from AI platforms to responding to doxxing, stalking, and harassment.
Threat response & safety
What to do if you've been doxxed
Immediate steps, evidence preservation, and reporting channels
Urgent
Responding to online harassment & threats
Platform reporting, documentation, and escalation paths
Cyberstalking: what to do
Federal and state legal remedies, safety planning
Urgent
Swatting protection
Proactive registration, 911 flagging, address removal
Urgent
Digital safety for DV survivors
Device security, account separation, evidence handling
Urgent
Sextortion: what to do
Reporting, takedown, and the TAKE IT DOWN Act
Urgent
Identity theft recovery plan
Credit freeze, FTC report, dispute process
After a data breach: your action plan
What to do in the first 48 hours
Protecting children's online privacy
COPPA rights, broker removal, monitoring
Protect elderly parents from scams
Phone scam defense, broker removal, credit freeze
Prevention & privacy hardening
Remove your home address from the internet
People-search sites, Google, public records
Remove yourself from people-search sites
The complete opt-out playbook
Google "Results about you" removal
De-index your personal info from search
Credit freeze & fraud alert guide
All three bureaus, step by step
Stop spam calls & robocalls
Registry, blocking, and broker removal
Remove your data from AI platforms
Remove personal data from AI (overview)
How AI companies use your data and how to opt out
Remove data from ChatGPT
Training opt-out, account deletion, output removal
Remove data from Google Gemini
Activity controls, training opt-out
Remove data from Claude (Anthropic)
Training policy, data deletion
Remove data from Microsoft Copilot
Bing data, activity clearing
Remove data from Perplexity
Search history, training controls
Opt out of Meta AI training
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp data controls
Opt out of Grok / X training
X (Twitter) data controls for xAI
Delete your accounts
Delete Facebook
Deactivation vs deletion, data download
Delete Instagram
Permanent deletion, data retention
Delete X (Twitter)
30-day reactivation window
Delete TikTok
Account deletion, data request
Delete LinkedIn
Profile closure, data export
Delete Reddit
Account deletion, comment persistence
Delete Snapchat
30-day deactivation, then permanent
Delete Discord
Account deletion, server ownership transfer
Delete WhatsApp
Account and backup deletion
Delete Telegram
Self-destruct timer, manual deletion
Delete Threads
Separate from Instagram deletion
Delete YouTube channel
Channel vs Google account deletion
Delete Google account
Full account removal, service-level options
Delete Apple ID
Device implications, data download first
Delete Microsoft account
60-day grace period, linked services
Delete Amazon account
Order history, Kindle, Alexa data
Delete PayPal
Balance zero, resolve disputes first
Delete Venmo
Transfer balance, close account
Delete Tinder
Profile deletion vs app removal
Delete Bumble
In-app deletion, data request
Delete Hinge
Profile deletion, data retention
See what is exposed about you
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