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October 16, 2025

Were You Affected by the Prosper Data Breach? Here’s What You Need to Know Now

Were You Affected by the Prosper Data Breach? Here’s What You Need to Know Now

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Arjun Bhatnagar

October 16, 2025

Were You Affected by the Prosper Data Breach? Here’s What You Need to Know Now

Were You Affected by the Prosper Data Breach? Here’s What You Need to Know Now

Arjun Bhatnagar

October 16, 2025

Remove Your Phone Number from 140+ Data Brokers in 45 Days: A Step-by-Step Playbook with Cloaked's Automation Timeline

Remove Your Phone Number from 140+ Data Brokers in 45 Days: A Step-by-Step Playbook with Cloaked's Automation Timeline

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Pulkit Gupta

October 16, 2025

Remove Your Phone Number from 140+ Data Brokers in 45 Days: A Step-by-Step Playbook with Cloaked's Automation Timeline

Remove Your Phone Number from 140+ Data Brokers in 45 Days: A Step-by-Step Playbook with Cloaked's Automation Timeline

October 15, 2025

Are You at Risk After the F5 Security Breach? What Every BIG-IP User Needs to Know

Are You at Risk After the F5 Security Breach? What Every BIG-IP User Needs to Know

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Arjun Bhatnagar

October 15, 2025

Are You at Risk After the F5 Security Breach? What Every BIG-IP User Needs to Know

Are You at Risk After the F5 Security Breach? What Every BIG-IP User Needs to Know

Arjun Bhatnagar

October 15, 2025

Was Your Data Exposed in the MANGO Data Breach? Here’s What You Need to Know

Was Your Data Exposed in the MANGO Data Breach? Here’s What You Need to Know

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Michael Abbate

October 15, 2025

Was Your Data Exposed in the MANGO Data Breach? Here’s What You Need to Know

Was Your Data Exposed in the MANGO Data Breach? Here’s What You Need to Know

October 15, 2025

One-Click Opt-Out in 2025: How AB 566 Will Change What "Best Data Removal Service" Means for Californians

One-Click Opt-Out in 2025: How AB 566 Will Change What "Best Data Removal Service" Means for Californians

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Arjun Bhatnagar

October 15, 2025

One-Click Opt-Out in 2025: How AB 566 Will Change What "Best Data Removal Service" Means for Californians

One-Click Opt-Out in 2025: How AB 566 Will Change What "Best Data Removal Service" Means for Californians

Arjun Bhatnagar

October 14, 2025

Are You at Risk After the $15 Billion Crypto Seizure? What the ‘Pig Butchering’ Scandal Means for Your Data and Wallet

Are You at Risk After the $15 Billion Crypto Seizure? What the ‘Pig Butchering’ Scandal Means for Your Data and Wallet

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Abhijay Bhatnagar

October 14, 2025

Are You at Risk After the $15 Billion Crypto Seizure? What the ‘Pig Butchering’ Scandal Means for Your Data and Wallet

Are You at Risk After the $15 Billion Crypto Seizure? What the ‘Pig Butchering’ Scandal Means for Your Data and Wallet

Abhijay Bhatnagar

October 14, 2025

Proof of Deletion: How to Obtain and Audit Broker Receipts Under California's Delete Act

Proof of Deletion: How to Obtain and Audit Broker Receipts Under California's Delete Act

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Abhijay Bhatnagar

October 14, 2025

Proof of Deletion: How to Obtain and Audit Broker Receipts Under California's Delete Act

Proof of Deletion: How to Obtain and Audit Broker Receipts Under California's Delete Act

Abhijay Bhatnagar

October 13, 2025

Kill Targeted Ads: Erase Broker Profiles and Use Cloaked Aliases for Shopping Accounts

Kill Targeted Ads: Erase Broker Profiles and Use Cloaked Aliases for Shopping Accounts

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Abhijay Bhatnagar

October 13, 2025

Kill Targeted Ads: Erase Broker Profiles and Use Cloaked Aliases for Shopping Accounts

Kill Targeted Ads: Erase Broker Profiles and Use Cloaked Aliases for Shopping Accounts

Abhijay Bhatnagar

Company Updates

October 12, 2025

California Delete Act Countdown: Which Data-Removal Services Will Be DROP-Ready by August 1, 2026?

California Delete Act Countdown: Which Data-Removal Services Will Be DROP-Ready by August 1, 2026?

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Arjun Bhatnagar

Company Updates

October 12, 2025

California Delete Act Countdown: Which Data-Removal Services Will Be DROP-Ready by August 1, 2026?

California Delete Act Countdown: Which Data-Removal Services Will Be DROP-Ready by August 1, 2026?

Arjun Bhatnagar

Forbes - 30 Under 30

Arjun and Abhijay Bhatnagar - Forbes 30 Under 30 2023

Nov 2023

Forbes

Reaching Psychological Parity Between Online And Real-Life Privacy

Oct 2023

Fast Company

The surprising threat lurking even in your ‘secure’ work environment

Oct 2023

Dark Reading

The Trifecta of Consumer Data Privacy: Education, Advocacy & Accountability

Oct 2023

Help Net Security

Cloaked’s privacy app and web-based platform put people in control of their personal data

Oct 2023

TechCrunch

Cloaked manages your logins with proxy emails, phone numbers and a built-in password manager

Oct 2023

Android Authority

Best New Android Apps: Oct 2023 Edition (Android Authority, OCT)

Nov 2023

VentureBeat

Big tech isn’t evil — it’s just wrong

Feb 2023

Forbes

A Rally Cry To Change Privacy For The Better

Nov 2022

TechCrunch

Cloaked raises $25M Series A to generate privacy-friendly identities on the fly

Mar 2022

J.P. Morgan

Cloaked: Personal Privacy in Real-Time

Mar 2023

Forbes

Latching Onto Optimism In 2023: Tech Trends Driving Innovation

Jan 2023

Fast Company

We need to start recognizing privacy as a basic human right

Nov 2022

Fast Company

Take this test to find out who’s really protecting your privacy

Feb 2023

Dark Reading

The Threat of Predictive Policing to Data Privacy and Personal Liberty

Dec 2022

© Cloaked, Inc. 2025 - All rights reserved. Currently available in 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦. Please email [email protected] to opt out of the data exposure scan.

At Cloaked, we believe the best way to protect your personal information is to keep it private before it ever gets out. That’s why we help you remove your data from people-search sites that expose your home address, phone number, SSN, and other personal details. And to keep your info private going forward, Cloaked lets you create unique, secure emails and phone numbers with one click - so you sign up for new experiences without giving away your real info. With Cloaked, your privacy isn’t a setting - it’s the default. Take back control of your personal data with thousands of Cloaked users.

*Disclaimer: You agree not to use any aspect of the Cloaked Services for FCRA purposes.

© Cloaked, Inc. 2025 - All rights reserved. Currently available in 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦. Please email [email protected] to opt out of the data exposure scan.

At Cloaked, we believe the best way to protect your personal information is to keep it private before it ever gets out. That’s why we help you remove your data from people-search sites that expose your home address, phone number, SSN, and other personal details. And to keep your info private going forward, Cloaked lets you create unique, secure emails and phone numbers with one click - so you sign up for new experiences without giving away your real info. With Cloaked, your privacy isn’t a setting - it’s the default. Take back control of your personal data with thousands of Cloaked users.

*Disclaimer: You agree not to use any aspect of the Cloaked Services for FCRA purposes.