Think your identity is safe? Your personal info might be more public than you think.

Despite increased awareness of the need to safeguard personal information, reported cases of identity theft continue to rise year after year.

The Federal Trade Commission, for instance, logged 1,135,270 identity theft reports in 2024, an increase of nearly 100,000 from the year before. AARP estimated that Americans lost $43 billion due to identity theft and fraud in 2023. And, according to the Motley Fool , 2025 is shaping up to be another year of increasing privacy concerns.

These statistics may lead you to wonder what, exactly, people can easily find out about you on the internet. How can you see this information, and what can you do to prevent more information about you from popping up on vario

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