PII Opt Out Links

People should know that these sites publicly advertise their personal information.

If you live in California, you should use the CCPA links. If you don't live in California, I don't know what the laws are around you still using the CCPA link.

If you'd like to read more, please see my blog post that covers some of this:

https://chadbaldwin.net/personal/2021-06-07-privacy-public-pii

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Other Privacy notes / links

• Browser Ad Opt-Out
  • https://optout.aboutads.info
• NAI Consumer Opt-Out
  • https://optout.networkadvertising.org
• Credit Report Pre-Screen Opt-Out
  • https://www.optoutprescreen.com
• EFF - Do Not Track info
  • https://www.eff.org/issues/do-not-track
• SIM Card Lock/Pin
  • This is done at the phone level. The carrier has your default pin and unblock code, but you can optionally change it on the phone itself
• Credit report freeze
  • This can be done online for each of the 3 main credit unions. You can lock your credit report and prevent institutions from performing a hard inquiry
  • TransUnion - https://www.transunion.com/credit-freeze
  • Experian - https://www.experian.com/freeze
  • Equifax - https://www.equifax.com/personal/credit-report-services/credit-freeze
• Popular privacy browser extensions
  • [uBlock Origin]
    • Chrome - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en
    • FireFox - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/
  • HTTPS Everywhere
    • Chrome - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/https-everywhere/gcbommkclmclpchllfjekcdonpmejbdp
  • NoScript
    • https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/noscript/doojmbjmlfjjnbmnoijecmcbfeoakpjm
• Stop using your ISP's DNS server
  • Cloudflare DNS - https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/what-is-1.1.1.1
  • Google Public DNS - https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns
  • OpenDNS - https://www.opendns.com
  • Pi-Hole - https://pi-hole.net
  • Unbound DNS Resolver - https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/unbound/about
  • DNS over HTTPS
• Securing your FB profile
  • Hide everything public
    • Use facebooks privacy checker tool, change everything to "Friends" or "Only Me"
    • FB has ability to apply a blanket privacy setting to all previous posts
    • Make sure your active privacy setting is not public
    • Go through each setting on profile and ensure your information is not set to public
    • Hide your friends list
    • Hide your photos
    • Change all sections to "Friends" or "Only Me"
  • Don't use a banner photo (comments are hidden, but not who likes it)
• Using a password manager
• Set up 2FA on everything
• Social media
  • Don't answer questions that reveal information about you, like "phone number growing up", "favorite food", "first car", etc.
• What "private browsing" actually means
• What VPN's are and when/why you should use them
• Privacy focused search engines - https://duckduckgo.com/
• Misc Opt-out links:
  • Spectrum - https://www.spectrum.com/policies/your-privacy-rights-opt-out
    • Opt out from mail, email, door-to-door, internet ads, tv ads, etc
• Unclaimed property
  • If you have unclaimed property (which a majority of people do) someone can look up your home address, or your previous home address.