Privacy Protection & Consumer Education
Privacy lives in the penumbra

Your data is for sale.

Hundreds of data brokers profit from your personal information. Penumbras finds your listings, submits removal requests, and educates you on staying protected.

100% Automated
Transparent Dashboard
Verified Removals
Free Exposure Scan

See where your data is exposed

One guided scan checks dozens of public sources and compiles a detailed exposure dossier: what was found, why it matters, and exactly what can be removed.

Data brokers & people-search sites
Breach & credential exposure
Username & account discovery
Email & phone exposure

Privacy first. We scan only lawful, publicly available sources and minimize what we store.

CCPA Compliant
PADFAA Aligned
End-to-End Encrypted
Zero Data Retention
SOC 2 Path
Covering 247+ data brokersAutomated removal in all 50 states

Protection by the numbers.

Real-time metrics from our scanning and removal engine.

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Data Brokers Monitored
People-search sites, marketing databases, and data aggregators
0M+
Americans at Risk
Adults with personal data exposed on broker sites
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Avg Removal Time
From scan to confirmed opt-out across all broker types
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Automation Rate
Removal requests handled without any human intervention
The Problem

Right now, someone you've never met
has your home address.

They bought it for less than a coffee. Along with your phone number, your relatives' names, your estimated income. Enough to answer your bank's security questions, impersonate your family, or fuel targeted scams.

Data brokers maintain profiles on hundreds of millions of Americans, often thousands of data points per person. The brokers are legal. The listings are public. And nobody told you.

0M+
Americans profiled
$0.0B
Lost to cybercrime (2025)
0+
Active brokers
$0.00
Cost per record

This isn't theoretical.

Daniel Anderl, 20, was shot and killed at his family's home in 2020. The gunman found the judge's home address through publicly available online sources. He was looking for Daniel's mother, a federal judge.

Congress responded with Daniel's Law. Then the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security Act. Then PADFAA, passed 414-0. The laws exist now. The machinery to enforce them doesn't. That's the gap.

Why Now

Breach Fatigue Peaks

The average American's data has been breached 5+ times. The numbness is cracking.

Regulatory Surge

PADFAA, DELETE Act, Daniel's Law. Six new state laws in 18 months.

AI Amplification

LLMs make broker data 10x more exploitable. Deepfake + home address = new attack surface.

Trust Gap

Incumbents charge premium prices while the market lacks transparency. The opportunity is wide open.

They assembled your profile.
We disassemble it.

Four continuous phases. The engine runs whether you're watching or not.

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01

Discover

Scan 247+ supported broker and people-search sites. Identify listings that match your profile.

02

Remove

Submit opt-out requests through each broker's unique process. Automated where possible, with continuous monitoring.

03

Verify

Before-and-after screenshots. Proof, not promises.

04

Rescan

Brokers re-list you. We re-remove you. The cycle never stops.

Our Principles

100% automated

No human touches your data. Code does the work.

Minimal data

We collect only what broker matching and removal requires. Nothing more.

Radically transparent

See every action, every result, every failure. In real time.

Trust-first

We don't sell, share, or monetize your information. Ever.

Learn from the Experts

Don't take our word for it.
Take theirs.

Leading journalists, security researchers, and privacy advocates have been sounding the alarm on data brokers for years. Here's what they want you to know.

HBO / Last Week Tonight

Data Brokers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

How data brokers collect and sell your personal information, and why Congress has not stopped them.

Privacy & Security Education

People Search Sites Are Dangerous

Why people-search websites pose real safety threats, and how exposed personal data leads to stalking and violence.

Consumer Education

What Data Brokers Know About You

A deep dive into the invisible data broker ecosystem and what information they hold on every American.

Penumbras Academy

Privacy protection starts with education.

Automated removal is half the battle. The other half is knowing how to stay protected. Penumbras Academy teaches consumers the InfoSec fundamentals that schools never did.

  • Self-paced video courses from privacy experts
  • Hands-on labs and step-by-step opt-out guides
  • Included with every Penumbras subscription
  • New content monthly as threats evolve

Personal Privacy Fundamentals

Beginner
8 lessons / 2 hours

Opt-Out Mastery

Intermediate
12 lessons / 3 hours

Family & Household Protection

Beginner
6 lessons / 1.5 hours

Digital Hygiene for Professionals

Advanced
10 lessons / 2.5 hours

Education drives retention.

Subscribers who complete at least one course retain at 2x the rate of those who don't. Education isn't a cost center. It's the growth engine.

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Regulatory Momentum

The government already agrees.

They just can't build the machinery fast enough. That's our job.

2014

FTC warns Congress: one broker holds 700 billion data elements. Recommends legislation. Nothing happens.

2020

Daniel Anderl, 20, killed at his family's home by a man who found the address through publicly available online sources. New Jersey passes Daniel's Law.

2022

Federal Daniel Anderl Act signed. Congress admits the broker pipeline kills people.

2023

California DELETE Act (SB 362). The largest state demands one-click broker deletion.

2024

PADFAA passes the House 414-0 and is signed into law (Public Law 118-50), banning data broker transfers of sensitive data to foreign adversary countries.

2026

CA DROP portal launches for California residents to submit deletion requests to 500+ registered brokers. Broker processing begins August 1, 2026.

Their Words, Not Ours

FTC (2014)

One broker held 700 billion data elements. Warned the data could facilitate fraud, stalking, and discrimination.

FBI IC3 (2025 Report)

Nearly $21 billion lost to internet crime. Americans over 60 were hit hardest: $7.7 billion. A 26% increase over the prior year.

U.S. Congress (2024)

PADFAA signed into law (Public Law 118-50). Bans broker data transfers of sensitive personal data to foreign adversary countries.

What We Remove

We remove all of this from data brokers.

Every piece of personal information that brokers collect and sell. Penumbras scans for all of it, then sends opt-out requests to remove it.

Home Addresshigh risk
Home AddressRemoved
Phone Numberhigh risk
Phone NumberRemoved
Email Addresshigh risk
Email AddressRemoved
Full Namemedium risk
Full NameRemoved
Relativeshigh risk
RelativesRemoved
Employmentmedium risk
EmploymentRemoved
Age & DOBmedium risk
Age & DOBRemoved
Property Recordshigh risk
Property RecordsRemoved
Social Profilesmedium risk
Social ProfilesRemoved
Previous Addressesmedium risk
Previous AddressesRemoved
Photoshigh risk
PhotosRemoved
Financial Infohigh risk
Financial InfoRemoved

Hover over any category to see it struck through. That is what Penumbras does to your data broker profiles.

Built in the open

Trust built on proof, not slogans

We do not run fabricated testimonials, invented press logos, or made-up customer counts. The numbers below are pulled live from our own platform, and they only appear once they are real.

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