As political polarization and online harassment continue to rise, journalists face an increased risk of doxxing and personal data exposure. From identity theft and spam to social engineering and harassment, publicly available personal information can create real-world safety risks for reporters and newsroom leaders alike.

To help nonprofit news organizations continue their vital work, the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) partners with DeleteMe, a market leader in removing personally identifiable information (PII), to offer discounted privacy protection for individuals across your organization.

DeleteMe 2026 includes two coverage options: Workforce, our core and most widely used option, and Gold, a new enhanced tier for individuals with higher visibility or risk.

DeleteMe Workforce

Scalable privacy protection for your team

DeleteMe Workforce is the primary offering for INN members and is designed to provide reliable, ongoing privacy protection for reporters and staff. This option balances strong coverage with affordability, making it easy to protect multiple people across your organization.

Key details:

• Price: $70 per seat, per year
  
• Seats: Each purchase covers one individual; organizations may buy multiple seats
  
• Benefits:
  
  • Four scans and removals per year
    
  • Four privacy reports per year
    
  • Ten custom removal requests per year
    
• Coverage period: Protection through December 31, 2026
  
• Refund policy: All sales are final

Workforce is well suited for most newsroom staff and provides a strong foundation for minimizing online exposure at scale.

Purchase DeleteMe Workforce seats

DeleteMe Gold

New for 2026: Enhanced protection for high-visibility roles

DeleteMe Gold is a premium option designed for individuals who need a higher level of privacy protection. This includes newsroom leaders, journalists on high-risk beats, or staff with a significant public presence where personal data may reappear quickly online.

Gold builds on Workforce coverage with more frequent monitoring, broader removals, and additional hands-on support from the DeleteMe team.

Gold includes:

• Bi-monthly monitoring and reporting to identify PII exposure
  
• More frequent removals every two months to keep data suppressed
  
• Opt-outs and removals from major data aggregators
  
• Access to a personal privacy dashboard and privacy tools
  
• Up to 10 custom removal requests per month, across any data source
  

Key details:

• Price: $150 per seat, per year
  
• Seats: Each purchase covers one individual
  
• Refund policy: All sales are final
  

Gold is ideal for individuals whose roles or visibility require closer, more frequent attention.

Purchase DeleteMe Gold seats

DeleteMe, a market leader in the removal of personally identifiable information, is teaming up with the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) to help minimize the amount of personal information about journalists that can be discovered online. 

About: DeleteMe’s core mission is to simplify the process of managing personal data online, ensuring that individuals and businesses can minimize risks to their safety and giving rightful owners more control over their personal information on the internet. Since its inception in 2010, DeleteMe has successfully removed over 35 million individual pieces of data, establishing itself as a vanguard in the personal data removal space. 

Rate: INN has secured exclusive pricing for DeleteMe B2B privacy solutions. Exclusive rate is for INN members only.

Questions? Meet the INN staff member who can help.

Business Services Manager

Jordan Smith

Jordan Smith increases the scale and scope of services we offer INN members, helping manage existing services and identifying new services in response to member feedback.

Contact

Chief Operating Officer

Soraya Membreno

Soraya Membreno leads organizational development at INN.

Contact