“Rob Shavell’s US firm Abine, makes two apps that enable the user to increase his or her privacy – Blur and Delete Me. The former ensures that your passwords and payment details cannot be tracked, while the later removes your personal information from search engines….”​

“ Privacy Guardian… employs human agents to handle significant sites where automation won’t cut it. My Privacy Guardian contact pointed out that some of the biggest brokers require human intervention, and that even if a service clears those that respond to automation, those brokers can pick you up again from the ones..

“Privacy Guardian found that all six major people databases – InfoSearch.com, LifeMetrics.com, Connectly, DataFinder, PeopleConnect and LocateMe.com – have collected information on me. They all possess my home address, which is not exactly ideal…”