Privacy

Windows Telemetry Block

Works on Windows 10 AND 11 despite the name, made by a veteran software development team.

Pay attention to the options presented in any of these applications, some options will disabled features you might find useful, such as notifications.

https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

Do Not Track Header

Sites do not have to listen to the header at all, it's more commonly used as a signal to help the ad companies identify you, do not use it. Removed from most browsers as of 2026.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Headers/DNT

Site Opt Outs

Some sites that don't belong anywhere else.

Google

Turn all the google settings off, turning off YouTube history removes your ability to watch shorts.

https://myaccount.google.com/data-and-privacy

Plex

Press edit on the account visibility section.

https://app.plex.tv/desktop/#!/settings/privacy

Scroll down to "You have the right to limit what activity data is sent from your Plex Media Server", expand the box and untick the option.

https://www.plex.tv/about/privacy-legal/#plex-your-privacy-rights

People Search

These are networks of sites that exist just to allow people to search you to find your information.

https://www.intelius.com/optout

https://www.spokeo.com/optout

https://www.whitepages.com/suppression_requests

https://www.fastpeoplesearch.com/optout

https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/removal

https://www.beenverified.com/app/optout/search

https://radaris.com/control/privacy

https://www.peoplefinders.com/opt-out

https://www.peoplesmart.com/optout-go

https://www.mylife.com/privacy-policy

https://nuwber.com/removal/link

https://www.familytreenow.com/optout

https://checkpeople.com/opt-out

https://thatsthem.com/optout

https://www.usphonebook.com/opt-out

https://www.publicdatausa.com/remove.php

https://www.smartbackgroundchecks.com/optout

https://www.searchpeoplefree.com/opt-out

https://www.peoplesearchnow.com/opt-out

https://infotracer.com/optout/

https://socialcatfish.com/opt-out/

https://nationalpublicdata.com/optout.html

https://clustrmaps.com/bl/opt-out

https://www.privaterecords.net/api/helper/optOutLight/search

Data Brokers

Data brokers are companies that sell your data to other companies. Some of these can even increase your credit score by opting out.

Acxiom

Acxiom Opt Out https://isapps.acxiom.com/optout/optout.aspx

Epsilon

Epsilon Opt Out https://legal.epsilon.com/dsr/

LexisNexis

https://optout.lexisnexis.com/

ZoomInfo

https://www.zoominfo.com/update-my-info

ClearBit

https://clearbit.com/privacy/opt-out

Oracle

Oracle Opt Out https://datacloudoptout.oracle.com/optout/

Equifax

Equifax Opt Out https://www.optoutprescreen.com/

Experian

Experian AIQ Opt Out https://www.experian.com/marketing-services/aiq-opt-out

Experian Mail Opt Out https://www.experian.com/privacy/opting_out_direct_mail

Experian Phone Opt Out https://www.experian.com/privacy/opting_out_telemarketing

Experian Email Opt Out https://www.experian.com/privacy/opting_out_emai

CoreLogic

CoreLogic Opt Out https://www.corelogic.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/downloadable-docs/teletrack-out-opt-form.pdf

The Big Four Credit Bureaus Equifax, Experian, Innovis, and TransUnion

Equifax, Experian, Innovis, and TransUnion Opt Out https://www.optoutprescreen.com

Clearview

Clearview Opt Out https://app.clearview.ai/privacy/deindex

Peekyou

Peekyou Opt Out https://www.peekyou.com/about/contact/ccpa_optout/right_to_know_and_delete/

Topad

Topad Opt Out https://privacy.tapad.com/optout.html

https://www.innovis.com/personal/optOutOptIn

ISPs

Many ISP's operate some kind of service that tracks you, and only a few of them allow you to opt out of the service.

Some ISP's will record all your DNS query history when you use their own DNS servers, this data then may be sold to others. Other ISP's will redirect you to ads if you try to browse to non existent domains, which in turn may contain additional tracking. You can avoid both of these issues by using a custom DNS resolver with DoH/DoT or a VPN.

A VPN service will usually bypass any measures the ISP has deployed to track you, however your ISP may be able to see you are using a VPN, which may be a Terms of Service Violation, or open you up to being accused of using your connection for business purposes.

Some mobile networks will log sites you visit, you should use a VPN on mobile networks if possible.

United States

AT&T

All residents in the US should be able to use the main opt out service https://www.att.com/cmpchoice

Residents of California may also get extra protections https://www.att.com/cmp/ccpa/dnsatt

Sprint / T-Mobile

Opt out at http://www.sprint.com/mychoices

T-Mobile don't have an easy opt out, however you can opt out on a per browser basis https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1

Verizon

Verizon make it slightly more difficult and try and make you call them or send a letter, you can find information and instructions https://www.verizon.com/legal/notices/customer-cpni/

You can also opt out of the "Custom Experience" in the My Verizon apps privacy settings.

Comcast(Xfinity)

You can opt out https://www.xfinity.com/privacy/requests/choice

Canada

Telus

You can opt out at https://insightsoptout.telus.com/opt-out/telus-lbs/index.xhtml?lang=en

Bell

You can opt out at https://www.bell.ca/email-updates

United Kingdom

Virgin Media

You can opt out of advertising and tracking on DNS requests https://my.virginmedia.com/advancederrorsearch/settings Make sure you're using your VM connection when accessing the page.

Sky

You can opt out of some tracking and ad tailoring https://www.sky.com/myaccount/my-details