Tracy Chou is an engineering leader, diversity activist, and visionary entrepreneur known for championing a more inclusive tech industry and building more inclusive tech products. With Block Party, she is creating innovative solutions for a safer Internet and empowering users to take control of their online experience.Tracy was an early engineer at Pinterest, Quora, and the U.S. Digital Service, where she played a critical role in laying the foundations for their later growth.In 2013, her Medium article “Where are the numbers?” helped jumpstart the practice of tech companies disclosing their diversity data. Building on that advocacy work, she co-founded Project Include in 2016, a non-profit working to create a tech ecosystem where everyone has a fair chance to succeed.Tracy has been recognized as TIME Woman of the Year, MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators under 35, and Forbes Tech 30 under 30 and was a Terman Fellow and Mayfield Fellow at Stanford University, where she studied Electrical Engineering (BS) and Computer Science (MS).

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Block Party's secure, privacy-preserving browser plug-in identifies and remediates first-party data overexposures across 9+ platforms, including Facebook, LinkedIn, and X/Twitter, reducing risk both for individuals and their organizations. Similar to a virus checker, it scans your social accounts for potential exposures, flags risks, and offers expert recommendations to secure your personal information and optimize your account settings.