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Is there anywhere I can look to find all the companies/organizations that have information about me? Or at least all the places I've made an account?

I’d like to reduce my big data footprint, and it would be really helpful to get a list of all the organizations that have data about me so I could request a deletion, or at least delete my account if it’s something I created years ago and forgot about.

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silly goose meekahreply
lemmy.world

I don't think they're talking about the image. don't you see the irony of a page dedicated to erasing your digital footprint asking you to accept cookies (that more probably than not contribute to your digital footprint)?

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waterchi
lemmy.zip

TLDR; Change your email and "disppear"

After seeing that my email address had been pwned, I took the following steps:

  • Opened a new email account that supported aliases
  • Migrated services to new email aliases, keeping things like Facebook on seperate ones so it could be deleted later
  • Paused og email account for 1 month till I was sure I had everything
  • Deleted old email
  • If it's a gmail, use google takeout to get your photos, Pipe Pipe or similar youtube frontend to download Purchased Videos (not tested), and download files from GDrive to backup
  • Started using Fairmail client (K9 and Thunderbird should work too). It doesn't auto load images which is necessary for pgp security, and when you click on a link you can see if it contains trackers and pick your browser
  • Started using AuthPass to manage passwords and make them more complex
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abbadon420
sh.itjust.works

https://incogni.com/

This might be a service for you. They sponsored some youtube channel some time, and I remenbered their name. Never tried it though, so can't say anything about the service.

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