Recently, Soltel Group, a multinational company specializing in providing a wide range of ICT services to public and private organizations, has acquired a shareholding in Youforget.me, a platform dedicated to the management and control of citizens' digital privacy.

What is Youforget.me?

Youforget.me It offers pioneering technology for the prevention, awareness, management, and control of citizens' privacy and digital footprint. Selected by Andalucía Open Future in 2020 as one of the most disruptive startupsThis online platform has great features, allowing users locate and eliminate your personal data from the Internet, as well as manage your digital exposure and automate data protection processes.

The startup was one of only four Andalusian companies to benefit from the Neotec program by the Ministry of Innovation in 2022 and, in addition, it has promoted the program My Digital Footprint, intended for educational, sports and leisure centers, for the prevention, management and control of digital accidents affecting minors, with the aim of combating cyberbullying.

The My Digital Footprint program, a pioneer in supporting the roles of the Welfare Coordinator and the Child Protection Officer, is already implemented in more than 120 centers in Spain and received the SIMO Show Up award in 2023. This recognition highlights My Digital Footprint like the best project in terms of technological innovation, novelty and application in the education sector, it also won, in 2024, the Socinfo Digital “ICT Education” award in the category “Cooperation between ICT Companies and the public and educational sector”

At a professional level, they have the ‘LegalTech’ platform, a digital rights management and automation tool for digital privacy professionals, and have formed the so-called network of Digital Privacy AgentsMore than 60 professionals in this area use their technology to protect the digital privacy of their clients.

For the end user, Youforget.me has developed eWinkThe first app that allows users to view and manage their digital footprint, in 3 clicks it allows them to recognize all the personal data that publicly identifies the user on the internet and exercise their data protection rights without any fundamental or formal defects, thus giving them back control of their digital privacy.

Data protection is on the rise

Data protection has become a matter of paramount importance for both businesses and individuals. Currently, there is greater public awareness of the importance of safeguarding online privacy due to factors such as the rise in cyber threats, data breach scandals, and the implementation of stricter regulations, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe.

As a result, the users appear to be more alert and are demanding higher levels of transparency and control over their personal data.However, this may not be enough, and specialized companies, such as Youforget.me, are crucial to covering this service with complete effectiveness.

In this respect, in recent years we have witnessed a growing demand for advanced technological solutions for data protection, which have resulted in tools such as the end-to-end encryption, blockchain and anonymization technologieswhich continue to gain ground due to additional security and privacy guarantees.

Likewise, regulations are becoming stricter and having a greater impact on companies, which must comply with more rigorous standards in the collection, storage, and processing of data, responding to principles of ethics and responsible activityThis last point is in response to the aforementioned implementation of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe and other similar regulations in different parts of the world.

Moving into the future with Soltel and Youforget.me

With this investment, Soltel will contribute its extensive experience in technology and digital solutions, facilitating the scalability of the platform Youforget.me to reach an even wider audience. Thus, Soltel will play an important role in this sector, supporting the development of new and innovative solutions designed to protect people's online privacy, thanks to the knowledge contributed by professionals from Youforget.mewhose dedication is fundamental for both companies to continue growing and leading in this field.