{"id":15065336,"date":"2026-03-28T13:40:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T17:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/this-tax-season-is-a-key-time-to-delete-your-personal-data-from-the-internet\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T13:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T17:42:14","slug":"this-tax-season-is-a-key-time-to-delete-your-personal-data-from-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/this-tax-season-is-a-key-time-to-delete-your-personal-data-from-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"This tax season is a key time to delete your personal data from the internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"feat-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/This-tax-season-is-a-key-time-to-delete-your-personal-data-from-the-internet.webp?w=1200\" \/><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s never been easier for spammers and scammers to get access to your personal data, and this is particularly dangerous during tax season.<\/p>\n<p>With data brokers providing easy access to your phone number, email address, physical address \u2013 and even sensitive data like your social security number \u2013 tax season can be peak time for fraud. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4lGJPWB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Fortunately, there\u2019s a simple way to reduce the risk.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a data-layer-pagetype=\"post\" data-layer-postcategory=\"\" data-layer-viewtype=\"unknown\" data-post-id=\"1044788\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/03\/28\/tax-season-is-key-time-to-delete-your-personal-data-from-internet\/#more-1044788\" class=\"more-link\">more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/03\/28\/tax-season-is-key-time-to-delete-your-personal-data-from-internet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tech \u2013 Apple \u2013 9 to 5 Mac<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s never been easier for spammers and scammers to get access to your personal data, and this is particularly dangerous during tax season.<\/p>\n<p>With data brokers providing easy access to your phone number, email address, physical address \u2013 and even 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