Use a site like Removaly. They scan every day to ensure instances of personal information stay off, even if and when they do come back. No other service scans daily (most are monthly or quarterly). Source: over 1 year ago

Once your address is out there it's pretty difficult to get it down. That said, you can use a service like Removaly (the one I created with a fellow redditor) to make sure people search sites aren't posting your address for anyone to easily find from a simple Google search. Source: over 1 year ago

I founded Removaly with a fellow redditor and would be happy to give you a discount & help in any other way I can 👍. Source: over 1 year ago

You're better off going with a comparatively priced service that is actually US-based and doesn't cater to data brokers by playing both sides of the field. I co-own one such service, Removaly. Happy to answer any questions you may have about data removal in general. Source: over 1 year ago

The sites that sell it all offer an opt out process though. There are services like Removaly (that I created) that will find / remove your information from these sites. Source: almost 2 years ago

Here's a site that does score popular sites we all use on a daily basis & breaks what their policies say in laymen terms: https://privacyspy.org/. Source: about 1 year ago

Yeah, I'd really like an option for permanent E2EE on all platforms but I trust Telegram with my data. As long as they're not selling it to advertisers and their apps remain FOSS, I'm fine with sharing my data. I also really like Telegram's privacy policy (https://privacyspy.org), which is why I'm okay with cloud side encryption instead of E2E. Every E2EE app that I've tried in the past, has been a UX nightmare... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

> Telegram is absolutely the worst when it comes to privacy Really? Telegram never said that they don't store your messages on cloud, they said that they do not sell your data or share it with third parties for profit. Telegram has received a very good score on PrivacySpy (https://privacyspy.org). Telegram's privacy policy is good from a privacy perspective unless your threat model involves fearing cloud... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

I help run https://privacyspy.org, an open database of companies’ privacy practices. Source: almost 2 years ago

Https://privacyspy.org/ is an open project to grade and monitor privacy policies for convenience and accountability. Source: almost 2 years ago