PrivacyHawk’s Tools Explained

PrivacyHawk offers a suite of powerful tools to help you protect your personal information, reduce your digital footprint, and safeguard your identity. This article provides an overview of PrivacyHawk’s key tools—Reduce My Digital Footprint, Data Broker Removal, Unsubscribe Tool, and Identity Protect Tool—and explains how they work and which plans include them.

1. Reduce My Digital Footprint Tool (Premium and Platinum)

What It Does:
Identifies companies found in your email inbox that could be potential vulnerabilities and allows you to send opt-out requests to delete your information from their databases or request that they stop selling your information to third parties.

How It Works:

• Link up to three email accounts (Google, Microsoft, or Yahoo domains).
• Run a Digital Footprint Scan to identify connected accounts.
• Send opt-out requests directly through the app to remove these accounts.

Benefits:

• Reduces your exposure to data breaches and misuse.
• Limits how much personal data is stored across online platforms.
• Premium and Platinum users enjoy unlimited opt-out requests, while free users are limited to 10 opt-outs per month.

2. Data Broker Removal Tool (Premium and Platinum)

What It Does:
Identifies data brokers holding your personal information and submits removal requests to have your data deleted from their databases.

How It Works:

• PrivacyHawk scans for data brokers that may have your information, including names, addresses, phone numbers, and more.
• Removal requests are automatically submitted for identified brokers.

Benefits:

• Prevents data brokers from selling or sharing your personal information.
• Provides ongoing monitoring to catch and remove new or resurfaced data.

3. Unsubscribe Tool (Premium and Platinum)

What It Does:
Helps you unsubscribe from unwanted email lists and newsletters to reduce spam and minimize data sharing with marketers.

How It Works:

• PrivacyHawk scans your linked email accounts to identify newsletters and marketing emails.
• Use the tool to unsubscribe from lists you no longer want to be part of.

Benefits:

• Reduces email clutter and spam.
• Protects your inbox from excessive data-sharing practices by marketers.

4. Identity Protect Tool (Platinum Only)

What It Does:
Provides identity protection by monitoring sensitive information such as your Social Security Number (SSN), other sensitive data, and dark web exposure. Includes identity theft insurance for recovery support.

How It Works:

• Activate monitoring for your SSN and other sensitive details.
• Receive alerts for dark web activity.
• Access up to $1 million in identity theft insurance for recovery costs.

Benefits:

• Protects against identity theft and fraud.
• Offers peace of mind with insurance coverage and expert recovery support.
• Includes comprehensive monitoring for early detection of threats.

Which Plan Includes What?

Premium Plan:

• Includes Reduce My Digital Footprint Tool, Data Broker Removal Tool, and Unsubscribe Tool with unlimited opt-out requests.

Platinum Plan:

• Includes all Premium features.
• Adds the Identity Protect Tool for monitoring, alerts, and identity theft insurance.

Maximizing Your PrivacyHawk Tools

Run Regular Scans
With the Reduce My Digital Footprint and Unsubscribe Tools, monthly scans help keep your data footprint under control and identify new risks.

Act on Notifications
Address alerts about privacy risks or actions needed promptly to ensure optimal protection.

Upgrade for Enhanced Features
Enjoy the full benefits of PrivacyHawk by upgrading to Premium or Platinum plans.

Need Help?

If you have questions about PrivacyHawk’s tools or need assistance using them, contact us at [e-mail].