The more places that have your home address, the more likely that address will end up in a database that gets shared, purchased, or hacked. A post office box can help limit that exposure – but unfortunately, even here your identity and location are not as secure as they seem.
The sole function of our IronWall360 privacy protection service is to protect you and your family, by making sure your private information is removed from the internet. This makes it understandably awkward when, as judges and police departments sign up for our service, the first thing we need to collect from them is…their private information.
COVID forced many school-age children into virtual learning situations, made possible by educational apps and websites provided by their schools. Now, it turns out those services collected personal data, tracked those students' online behaviors, and sold that data to third-party companies.
Should they have been allowed to do so? No. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, a US law, provides broad privacy protections for student educational records and protect them from invasive online tracking.
Recently, Google added an option for users to opt-out of their private information being shown in search results. However, it is important to understand that this does not provide you with a sufficient level of protection against your address and your phone number is easily accessible online.
Spurred by GDPR and California Privacy legislation, Google has been under increased pressure to police the publication of private information on its search engine.
Murders of police officers rose by nearly 60% during 2021, amid a wider rise in violent crime across the US, according to FBI Director Christopher Wray.
As if this number was not concerning by itself, The FBI also revealed that in a high percentage of these cases, the officers killed were targeted and ambushed. According to the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), there were 103 "ambush-style attacks" on officers in 2021, resulting in 130 officers shot and 30 killed.