EasyITGuys includes Personal Data Monitoring with your membership to help you understand where your personal information may be publicly listed online. This benefit is provided through our trusted data privacy partner, Optery. Data brokers and people-search websites can collect and publish details such as your name, address, phone number, email address, past addresses, relatives, and more. That information can contribute to unwanted calls, spam, phishing attempts, marketing messages, scams, and privacy concerns.
Optery helps you identify that exposure, understand your options, and choose how much removal support you want.
New members will receive an email invitation from Optery. Please activate your account promptly. Invitations expire after approximately 14 days. During setup, Optery may ask for personal details such as your name, current address, phone number, birth year, name variations, and prior addresses. This is normal and important. Optery uses this information to locate records that may belong to you. The more complete and accurate your profile is, the better Optery can identify your personal exposure online.
Members who provide complete profile information are often found on more than 150 public data exposures.
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This information helps Optery separate your records from someone with a similar name and find more of your personal digital footprint.
Your EasyITGuys membership includes Personal Data Monitoring through Optery at no additional cost.
This benefit helps you see where your personal information may be publicly listed across people-search and data broker websites. Your Exposure Report can identify listings connected to your name, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, relatives, and other personal details.
You will receive visibility into your online exposure along with links and instructions to request removal from supported websites yourself.
For many members, this is the first time they can clearly see how much personal information is publicly available online.
This included benefit helps you:
Important: Your included monitoring benefit provides visibility and self-service removal guidance. It does not include automated removal requests.
Your included benefit helps you identify exposure and provides instructions so you can request removals yourself. Members who want less hands-on work can choose an optional paid Optery plan. Paid plans add ongoing scans, automated removal requests, broader coverage, and privacy-agent support for more difficult cases. More coverage means more removal work completed on your behalf.
| Plan | Price | Best for | Coverage and support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Included Personal Data Monitoring | Included with membership | Members who want to see where their information is exposed | Exposure Report across about 100 sites, plus links and instructions to request removals yourself. No automated removals. |
| Core | $3.99/month | A low-cost “do it for me” option | Automated monthly scans and removals across 380+ sites. Includes one name variation and one city/state. |
| Extended | $14.99/month | Members with past addresses, name variations, or more exposure | Automated removals across 555+ sites, unlimited name variations and prior locations, plus human privacy-agent support and Map Blurring access. |
| Ultimate | $24.99/month | Members who want the broadest coverage and least hands-on work | Automated removals across 630+ sites, human privacy-agent support, Map Blurring access, and unlimited Custom Removal Requests for eligible sites outside standard coverage. |
Included with all paid plans: Expanded Reach, which allows Optery to submit removal requests to additional data brokers that may not publicly display searchable profiles.
$3.99 per month: Core is Optery’s practical “80/20” option for members who want automated help at a low cost.
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$14.99 per month: Extended provides broader coverage and adds human support for more complete privacy removal work.
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$24.99 per month: Ultimate is Optery’s most comprehensive plan and is the most popular option for members who want the broadest protection with the least hands-on work.
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When automated removals, Expanded Reach, and Custom Removal Requests are combined, Ultimate can support removal activity across Optery’s broader connected network of 1,350+ data brokers and people-search sites. Actual results vary by website, available information, and each broker’s response requirements.
For many members, the value is simple: less time spent tracking down data brokers and more confidence that personal information is being monitored over time.
Please note: no data-removal service can guarantee that every record will be removed from every website. Some sites may not honor requests, may be outside the supported network, or may republish information later.
Expanded Reach is a free optional feature available with all paid Optery plans. It expands removal requests to additional data brokers that may not publicly show searchable profiles. These websites can be harder to verify because their information is often sold behind the scenes instead of appearing in normal search results. Expanded Reach can significantly increase the number of brokers where Optery submits removal requests.
To use Expanded Reach, Optery requires a signed Limited Power of Attorney because some data brokers require proof that Optery is authorized to act for you.
Some data brokers refuse removal requests unless a person formally authorizes a privacy service to act on their behalf. Optery’s Limited Power of Attorney, often called an LPOA, allows you to designate Optery as your Authorized Agent for personal-data removal requests. This authorization is optional, but Optery strongly recommends it for paid removal plans because some resistant data brokers will not process removal requests without it.
The LPOA is limited to privacy-related actions, including:
It does not give Optery authority over your finances, medical care, legal matters, property, or other personal decisions. You can revoke the LPOA from your Optery dashboard at any time.
Extended and Ultimate members may have access to Optery’s Map Blurring feature. This feature allows you to request that street-level images of your home be blurred on supported mapping services such as Google Maps and Apple Maps. Map Blurring can help reduce the ability for strangers to view your property layout, windows, entrances, vehicles, backyard, or other visible details online.
Important: Map Blurring is permanent once approved by the mapping provider. It cannot be reversed later.
Yes. Optery is an official EasyITGuys privacy partner. It is designed to help individuals identify and reduce their exposure on data broker and people-search websites. Optery has been recognized by PCMag as an Editors’ Choice personal-data removal product for multiple years and was ranked highly in Consumer Reports testing. Optery also provides removal reports and, on applicable paid plans, before-and-after screenshots showing removal progress.
Personal data removal is not instant and is not permanent forever. Data brokers can refresh their databases, republish information, or obtain your information again from other sources. This is why ongoing monitoring and recurring removals can be valuable. Optery focuses on data brokers and people-search websites. It does not remove information from every type of website, such as social media, news articles, public records, blogs, discussion forums, or the dark web.
For account setup, plan questions, billing questions, or detailed instructions, visit the official Optery Help Center: https://help.optery.com/en/
For questions about your EasyITGuys membership benefit, please contact EasyITGuys directly.
