It’s no secret cybercriminals thrive on personal information to pull off scams, commit bank fraud and engage in identity theft. But did you know that a lot of the information they need is readily ...

Authorities recovered a notebook from the SUV of the man accused of fatally shooting Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband that included a number of online services to look up personal information. The ...

Removing your personal information from people-search sites can feel pretty overwhelming. There are hundreds of these sites in the U.S. alone. In fact, the Privacy ...

Everybody these days seems to know how important it is to protect their personal info. What they often don't realize, however, is how exposed they truly are. Data brokers and people search sites exist ...

With the advent of the internet, a wealth of information can now be accessed at the click of a button regarding everything from breaking news from around the globe to local events in one’s community.

People-search sites are the fast-food outlets of the industry that peddles Americans’ personal information online, quickly and cheaply serving up data about pretty much anyone. Including you. Try it.

You can find people online for free using websites like TruePeopleSearch and Spy Dialer. Some free websites offer basic details like names, addresses, and phone numbers from public records. Using more ...

What sort of results do you find when you search Google for your name? I'm not just talking about the first page, with your social media profiles and your LinkedIn account. I'm talking about the ...

The data privacy company Onerep.com bills itself as a Virginia-based service for helping people remove their personal information from almost 200 people-search websites. However, an investigation into ...

You can hide sensitive data about yourself from sites like Intelius, Spokeo, and Whitepages CR outlines two distinct methods for deleting your information from data brokers, depending on how much ...