Your personal information is incredibly valuable – and we’re not just talking about your online habits and behaviours that are worth their weight in gold to online businesses. We’re talking about the sensitive personally identifiable information, from your date of birth to your bank details, that you entrust to online services when you sign up for accounts – the kind of information that’s incredibly valuable to hackers and other online criminals.

Over the years, data breaches have become increasingly common and it’s exhausting – impractical even – to manually stay on top of them. By now, it’s almost certain your personal information has been stolen at least once – and possibly multiple times. But where does that information end up, and what can you do to both mitigate the problem and ensure your data isn’t exposed going forward?

The answer lies with Avast BreachGuard 2026. Once installed, an easy-to-read privacy dashboard gives your privacy an overall rating from 0 to 100 (the higher the better) and provides links to the app’s four major tools: Risk Monitor, Personal Info Remover, Advisor and Identity Assist. 

These tools do all the hard work for you, constantly checking the web for leaked personal information. Should your details appear, Avast BreachGuard will both alert you and provide access to expert advice to resolve the issue. More importantly, it can also stop companies from collecting data about you, plus remove information already online from databases, so your identity is protected going forward. When it comes to getting peace of mind for a year, things don’t get much more affordable than this.

Includes a 1-PC, 1-Year licence

Review by Nick Peers