The Founder

James Booth

James built OnlineSafetyGuide.com after facing a familiar frustration: trying to find clear, trustworthy guidance on protecting his own family online — and finding almost nothing that wasn't either too technical, too generic, or written primarily to sell a product.

The site started from a personal need. As his parents got older, James found himself researching identity monitoring services, data removal tools, VPNs and password managers — not for himself, but to figure out what to actually set up for them. The research took weeks. The results were scattered across review sites written for security professionals.

"There was no good guide written for the adult child trying to protect an elderly parent. So I built one."

OnlineSafetyGuide.com is independently run. James built and writes for the site as a founder-operated business — which means there is no editorial layer between the research and the recommendations. Every product recommendation on the site reflects James's own assessment, supported by third-party data and independently verified claims.

The site launched with a specific focus: digital security for families with elderly parents. That focus has not changed. Every content decision — which products to review, which questions to answer, which data to cite — is made through the lens of one question: "Is this useful to the adult child trying to protect their ageing parent?"