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Home address
Marital status
Legal records
Children's names and ages
Age and gender

Prevent your personal information

from being collected and sold online

Have you ever googled yourself online? You'll find personal info like your date of birth, previous addresses, names of relatives, and more. This information is collected by data brokers and available to sell to advertisers or worse. Personal Data Cleanup can help you remove your personal data from the web.

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Why Personal Data Cleanup matters

30+

websites an average person has their info for sale on

McAfee Data

70%+

of people feel they have little to no control over data collected on them

McAfee Consumer Research

95%

of people have personal info being sold on data broker sites without permission

McAfee Data

McAfee’s Personal Data Cleanup

Your personal info should not be for sale. We’ll scan data broker sites and show you which ones are selling your personal info. We’ll also provide guidance on how you can remove your data from those sites. Want to save time? McAfee+ Advanced and Ultimate plans come with full-service Personal Data Cleanup, which sends requests to remove your data automatically.

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How you’re protected with Personal Data Cleanup

Scan

We scan data broker sites to see which ones are collecting and selling your personal data.

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Review and approve

You can either request removal of your personal info or we’ll contact the broker for you, with select McAfee online protection plans.

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Continual monitoring

Your info is likely to reappear every 2-4 months as data brokers are continually collecting it. With select plans, Personal Data Cleanup will regularly scan and notify you for ongoing protection.

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