# Can Privacy Bee Remove My Information From the Dark Web?

_Source: https://support-dev.privacybee.com/data-removal/can-privacy-bee-remove-my-information-from-the-dark-web_

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### **Can Privacy Bee remove my information from the dark web?**

**The short answer is no**. Once information is shared on the dark web, it is usually copied, redistributed, and hosted across multiple sources almost immediately. There is no reliable opt-out process, the way there is for surface web data brokers.**&#160;What Privacy Bee can do** is help limit the damage.

If you have a **Signature Services** license, Privacy Bee can monitor dark web sources for your information and follow a containment process that maps where exposed data may have spread on the surface web, targets those sources for removal, and continues monitoring over time.

**The most effective long-term protection** is reducing how much of your information is exposed on the surface web in the first place.