Kanary

Kanary is an online service that helps you scrub your personal data from more than 1,000 sites where it can put you at risk. It's intended to thwart doxing, spam and trolling by scouring the web for personal data that's best left unshared.

Kanary finds and deletes personal information like home addresses, business email addresses, ages and birthdays, phone numbers, relationships and photos from sites like Zoominfo, MyLife and Intelius. The service doesn't delete positive mentions, accounts and articles.

Kanary's features include:

• Automatic removal of personal data from more than 20,000 sites
• Results in 48 hours or less
• Removals weekly and scans monthly
• Access to a dashboard that shows which sites have been scanned, which exposures have been found and what steps are needed for removal

Kanary has several pricing tiers:

• Starter: A 14-day free trial with all premium features and 3 automatic removals. After the trial, downgrades to a free plan.
• Premium Monthly: $16.99 per month with automatic scans every 30 days and fast support
• Premium Yearly: $14.99 per month (billed annually) with automatic scans every 30 days and faster support. Also includes a custom domain and email for faster removals
• Enterprise: For businesses, includes professional and personal emails, phone numbers, addresses and the ability to add discounted family member coverage. The annual cost is $179.88 per person

The service is geared for individuals and teams who want to monitor and remove their online personal data to protect privacy and security. Kanary's technology is geared for data that's used in account takeovers, impersonation attempts and spam. The service has a 30-day money-back guarantee, so you can try the service risk-free.

Using Kanary can help you scrub unwanted online exposure and keep a better handle on your digital life.

Published on June 14, 2024