You'd be shocked to find out exactly how much personal information about you is lurking online. Many people overshare on social media sites, but that's just one culprit. If you want to take back some of your privacy, I can help. I'll show you how to erase yourself from the internet. At least as much as possible.

Do you send a lot of emails with the same basic information? You can easily create a template in Gmail to save yourself valuable time.

Go into Settings (the cog icon) > See all settings > Advanced link. Scroll down to the section marked Templates and click the circle marked Enable.

Now you can create up to 50 unique templates. To create a template, click Compose, then write your email, including the subject line. Click the three dots at the bottom right-hand corner, then Templates. Choose Save draft as template.

To insert a template you’ve created, start a new email draft. Again, click the three-dot menu > Templates > and insert one of your templates.

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Sending sensitive information out by mistake is a frightening prospect. Unfortunately, it's easy to do when working with huge PDF files. Wouldn't it be nice to have someone watching your back? Now you can. A new feature to a popular PDF editor automatically redacts sensitive data for you.

Now that you've looked up your name and seen what Google has to say about you, you probably want to hide or remove any private or unflattering information that shows up. To help you protect your privacy, here are four steps you can take to get your personal data off search engine results.

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If you've ever gathered around a campfire, you might have noticed the smoke seems to follow you no matter where you are. No, it's not your bad luck — there's actually a scientific reason behind it.