Norton used to send me a report telling me which data brokers have my information and would try to opt me out of as many as they could except the ones that required me to do it personally. My latest report shows intelius + 38 affiliates have my information. If I am reading it right, I have to make all the requests myself. I tried to get support to help, but what I read on a Norton website is that “Norton Privacy Manager Assistant and support will end on April 30, 2021.” I take it that Norton changed its’ mind because my account states “Active”. Can someone tell me how NPMA works? I tried to talk to someone, but I can’t find a support phone number,
End-of-Life announcement for Norton Privacy Manager here
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What is Privacy Monitor?
https://us.norton.com/feature/privacy-monitor
Opt-out your personal data from data broker sites using Privacy Monitor Assistant
https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/v134706443
AI Overview
Norton Privacy Monitor is a standard feature in certain Norton 360 and LifeLock plans that scans data broker websites for your personal information and provides you with a list of where it’s found. Norton Privacy Monitor Assistant is an add-on service that automatically submits opt-out requests to those data brokers on your behalf.
Here’s a more detailed breakdown:
Norton Privacy Monitor:
- Function: Scans popular data broker websites for your personal information.
- Action: Provides you with a list of where your information is found and allows you to manually request opt-outs.
- Active vs. Passive: Passive; it alerts you to the presence of your information but requires your manual action to remove it.
- Cost: Included in certain Norton 360 and LifeLock plans.
- Effort: Requires you to manually review the results and request opt-outs.
Norton Privacy Monitor Assistant:
- Function: Builds upon Privacy Monitor by automatically submitting opt-out requests to data brokers on your behalf.
- Action: Scans data broker websites and requests removal of your information.
- Active vs. Passive: Active; it automatically takes action to remove your data.
- Cost: An additional, paid service available as an add-on or standalone product.
- Effort: Handles the opt-out process for you.
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Opt out request to remove your personal data from data broker sites using Privacy Monitor Assistant [here]
DocID: v134706443
Last modified: 05/29/2024
Privacy Monitor Assistant
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https://us.norton.com/products/privacy-monitor-assistant
I must have confused Norton Privacy Monitor with Norton Privacy Monitor Assistant which I subscribe to. When I look at the email it only shows Itelius. When I go to the " Opting out of a data broker for Privacy Monitor", There are 21 sites shown with a link to the opt out site, which is unavailable.(https://www.backgroundalert.com/optout/) ( Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site). I may be mixing apples and oranges. Do I just have to manually check Intelius or all the sites?
