I have been looking into data removal tools like Mozilla Monitor and Incogni, which charge a monthly price to remove your data from data broker sites. According to Mozilla, all they need is your name, bday, and address. I know doing this myself would be more efficient, but I don't have that much free time on my hands.

I already take source preventative measures like using alternative OSes, always on VPN, using foss/privacy friendly apps and software etc. so all that is really out there is likely to be just government or job related information. If my threat model is simply anti-corporate data harvesting, security against convenience crimes, and basic privacy, how valuable are services like this? Are they worth just paying 1 month for and then cancelling?

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[–] pjusk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago

If you're not willing to do it yourself, I've heard great things about the two guys at https://easyoptouts.com/. I've not used them myself so can't vouch, but have been listening to FirewallsDontStopDragonsPodcast - and others. They seem to know what they are doing quite well, also at much cheaper price than others at $19.99 per year.

Consumer Reports wrote an article about this topic as well, and they also pointed out this service as the better one. Can read about that here: https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/personal-information/how-to-delete-your-information-from-people-search-sites-a6926856917/