https://github.com/codex-crusader/digital-footprint-cleaner
A privacy-first web app that helps users locate and erase their digital footprint across public websites. Built using Python, Flask, and HTML — fully automated, legal, and open source.
https://github.com/codex-crusader/digital-footprint-cleaner
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A privacy-first web app that helps users locate and erase their digital footprint across public websites. Built using Python, Flask, and HTML — fully automated, legal, and open source.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/codex-crusader/digital-footprint-cleaner
- Owner: Codex-Crusader
- License: mit
- Created: 2025-06-12T04:09:00.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-06-20T01:52:06.000Z (12 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-06-20T02:32:49.509Z (12 months ago)
- Language: HTML
- Size: 42 KB
- Stars: 6
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: contributing.md
- License: LICENSE_MIT.md
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README
# 🕵️♂️ Digital Footprint Cleaner
A privacy-first, open-source web app that helps users identify and clean up traces of their personal information across the web — by generating real, ready-to-send data removal petitions.
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## Pictures
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## 🚀 Features
- 🔍 **Search** for your name or email using DuckDuckGo (privacy-respecting, no tracking).
- 📄 **Select** results you want removed.
- ✉️ **Auto-generate legal petitions** following GDPR/IT Act-style formats.
- ⚖️ **Legal guide** included to inform you of your rights.
- 💡 Simple, clean UI — white background with purple accents.
- ✅ Fully written in **Python + HTML** (PyCharm Community Edition compatible).
---
## 🧰 Tech Stack
- **Frontend**: HTML (Jinja2 templates)
- **Backend**: Python (Flask)
- **Search API**: [`duckduckgo-search`](https://pypi.org/project/duckduckgo-search/)
- **Petition Generator**: Custom Python logic
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---
## 🛠️ Installation
1. **Clone the repo**
```bash
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/digital-footprint-cleaner.git
cd digital-footprint-cleaner
2. **Create a virtual environment (recommended)**
```bash
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
```
3. **Install dependencies**
```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
4. **Run the app**
```bash
python app.py
```
5. **Open in your browser**
```
http://127.0.0.1:5000
```
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## 📁 Project Structure
```
digital-footprint-cleaner/
├── app.py
├── scanner.py
├── requirements.txt
├── utils/
│ └── petition_writer.py
├── templates/
│ ├── index.html
│ └── legal.html
├── data/
│ └── services.json
├── LICENSE
├── README.md
└── .gitignore
```
---
## 🔭 Roadmap
### Future Features & Contributions Welcome:
The current version lays the foundation for identifying personal data online and generating takedown petitions. Future versions will aim to take this further by:
* 🧹 Pruning sensitive data from the internet using legal and ethical methods after identifying digital footprints.
* 📬 Integrating with takedown request portals and email services to automate delivery of removal petitions.
* 🧠 Enhancing link classification using NLP to distinguish between harmless mentions and potentially harmful exposure (e.g., resumes, data leaks, personal contact info).
* 🌍 Expanding international support for region-specific privacy laws (e.g., CCPA, GDPR, India's DPDP Act).
* 🧾 Customizable petition templates based on site and data type.
* 📊 Adding a personal privacy dashboard to track takedown requests, statuses, and threat levels.
* 🕵️ Anonymized community-driven reports to identify new high-risk platforms.
---
## 🤝 Contributing
Contributions are welcome!
📌 See [CONTRIBUTING.md](contributing.md) for guidelines.
You can:
* Suggest new features
* Improve petition generation logic
* Add global legal templates
* Enhance search result filters
* Refactor code or improve documentation
Fork it → Improve it → Submit a PR 🙌
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## 🛡 License
This project is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE_MIT.md).
## 🙏 Acknowledgements
* [DuckDuckGo](https://duckduckgo.com) — for privacy-friendly web search
* [Flask](https://flask.palletsprojects.com) — for its lightweight Python web framework
* You — for caring about your digital identity 🧠