Question: How can I stop data brokers from selling my personal information without my permission?

If you want to block data brokers from selling your personal data even if you didn't authorize it, Onerep is a good choice. This AI-powered data removal service finds and deletes your personal profiles on more than 200 data broker sites, sends opt-out requests and monitors for reappearances of your data, so your data doesn't resurface. It's geared for individuals, families and businesses that want to lower their profile and avoid identity theft.

Another all-purpose option is PurePrivacy, an all-purpose digital privacy service. It links to more than 200 data brokers to delete personal data, controls social media privacy, wipes out search history and blocks online trackers. With automated data removal, social media privacy management and 24/7 live chat support, PurePrivacy gives you control over your digital life without requiring you to be a tech expert.

If you want a more general privacy service, Kanary lets you delete personal data from more than 1,000 sites to thwart doxing, spam and trolling. It offers automatic removal of sensitive data, 48-hour results and a dashboard to monitor removals. Kanary is for individuals and teams that want to monitor and remove online data used in account takeovers and spam attacks.