About the project
The Online Identity Project is an independent guide to managing the version of you that lives on the internet. That covers the search results under your name, the accounts you opened and forgot, the photos other people posted, the profile a recruiter reads and the listing a people-search site built without asking.
Most people never look at all of this in one sitting. We built the digital footprint self-audit so you can, and we wrote the guides to explain each step properly: what to check, where the settings usually live, and which jobs are worth your time.
Who we are
The site is written and maintained by the Online Identity Project Team, a small group of writers and editors who work on privacy, account security and online publishing. We sign our work as a team. We do not take payment from the companies we write about, and there are no affiliate links anywhere on the site.
How we write the guides
Each guide covers one job from start to finish. We test the steps on real accounts where we can, link to official help pages or laws when a claim depends on them, and phrase platform details so they stay useful when a menu moves. Settings change often, so if something in a guide no longer matches what you see, please tell us and we will fix it.
Our guides are general information. The pieces on copyright and data-broker laws are not legal advice; if you are dealing with a serious dispute, harassment or a threat to your safety, talk to a lawyer, a victim-support organization or the police.
The history of this domain
The Online Identity Project was relaunched in 2026 under new, independent management. It has no connection to earlier owners of this domain or to the websites that used it before, and it does not republish any of their material. Old addresses from the previous site now lead to the closest new page, or to a "not found" page if nothing fits.
What we will never do
- Sell, rent or share your information
- Run ads, trackers or analytics scripts
- Ask for your passwords or account access
- Recommend a paid service because it pays us
The self-audit stores your ticks only in your own browser. You can read the details in our privacy policy.