Incogni Review: How Good is It?

Abeerah Hashim  - Security Expert
Last updated: November 8, 2023
Read time: 11 minutes
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Removing your data from the internet has seemingly become easier and affordable.

Surfshark’s new service, Incogni, is a digital privacy tool that helps you to fight for your right to be forgotten and for the data brokers of the world to stop using your personal information to profit. Join us as we explain this exciting new service in full detail.

How long have you been surfing the web today? Or over the last week? The chances are you navigated many websites in the previous few days, some new ones, accepted cookies, and subscribed to a newsletter. And we haven’t mentioned the apps on your phone or tablet yet.

It sounds pretty standard, doesn’t it? The thing is that part of this “normality” implies that the personal information you provided throughout your navigation reached the hands of data brokers, and it’s up for sale on the dark web. No, we’re not paranoid. It’s the nature of the beast. However, we have good news for you: Surfshark’s new Incogni feature can help you rescue your personal information from the dark market.

Incogni went online in January 2022. This tool can accelerate and automate your data removal requests and ensure brokers adhere to data rights regulations and protocols. It manages each request according to GDPR and CCPA data protection regulations. This feature needs limited authorization from you to do the job.

Handing out that limited authorization is well worth it. Incogni compels data brokers to erase your personal information from their databases without hassle.

This article will show you what Incogni is, how it is under the hood, and how to use it to remove your data from the hands of data brokers. So stay tuned and keep reading to learn everything you need to know about Surfshark’s new data protection feature.

Incogni: What is it, and what does it do?

Incogni is the newest additional data protection feature for Surfshark users. It brings automation into removing your data from the dark databases of the internet’s data brokers. It’s a huge blessing.

Consider this: without Incogni, if you want to do it, you would need to sweep the internet to find out who has your personal information. Then, you’d have to contact them all, one by one, requesting them to erase your data.