What is a Privacy Risk Score?

Your Privacy Risk Score shows how exposed your personal information is online and how easily it could be misused.

Dashboard - Privacy Risk Score

What the Privacy Risk Score Measures:

Your Privacy Risk Score, shown in the top-left area of your dashboard, provides a snapshot of your online privacy risk.

It reflects how easily your personal data could be:

Found online
Accessed or purchased
Exploited by cybercriminals

Privacy Bee calculates this score by scanning the internet for your personal information across websites, databases, and other online sources.

Your Privacy Risk Score updates as exposures are discovered, removed, or reappear. It is designed to reflect your current level of risk - not a permanent rating.

How the Privacy Risk Score is Calculated:

Your score is not based on a single factor. It considers:

Number of exposures linked to your information
Visibility and popularity of the sites hosting that data
Type and amount of personal data involved
Additional proprietary risk signals are used to assess overall vulnerability

Your account receives:

A one-time scan when you first sign up
Ongoing monitoring once you're subscribed to a Privacy Bee License

It's normal for your score to change after your first scan or when new sites are added to our monitoring network. It can also fluctuate or remain consistent for extended periods of time.

Why a Higher Privacy Risk Score Matters:

A higher Privacy Risk Score means your personal information is more accessible to malicious actors.

This increases the likelihood of:

Phishing attacks
Identity theft
Social engineering
Other forms of targeted fraud

A high score does not mean something bad has already happened - it means the opportunity for misuse is higher. Finding and removing exposures lowers that risk.

How to Reduce Your Privacy Risk Score:

Lowering your score requires removing your personal information from the websites where it appears.

With a Privacy Bee License

Our team submits and manages deletion requests on your behalf
We continuously monitor for exposures
New findings automatically trigger removal efforts

With a Free Account

You can view where your information appears
You manually submit removal requests
We provide step-by-step Deletion Guides for every Data Broker and People Search Site

Manual removals can be effective, but some sites may require repeated follow-ups or additional verification.

A More Hands-Off Option:

With a Privacy Bee License, protection becomes ongoing and automatic.

Our team works continuously to remove your information, while our scanning service detects new exposures and initiates deletion requests - so you don't have to track changes yourself.

Many members see their Privacy Risk Score decrease over time as removals are completed and monitoring continues.

Key Takeaway:

Your Privacy Risk Score is a living indicator of how vulnerable your personal data is online - and how your privacy protection efforts are improving over time.

Updated on: 01/13/2026

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