Data broker removal ratings
Services and guides that remove personal information from people-search sites and data brokers.
8 data broker removal are rated against 9 public criteria, and 8 have enough evidence for a letter grade. Of the 7 with a known jurisdiction, 7 are based in a Five Eyes country, and 7 in the wider Fourteen Eyes.
Criteria for this category · Suggest an addition · Markdown
| Name | Grade | Score | Data | Jurisdiction | Open source | No trackers or telemetry | No ads or data sales | Independent audit | Transparency report | Tells users about requests | TLS configuration | Security headers | Modern web standards |
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Free, community-maintained guide on GitHub that lists data brokers and people-search sites with instructions for opting out of each, ranked by priority. It is a do-it-yourself guide, not a service, so no personal data is handed to a third party. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Data broker removal service that scans hundreds of people-search and marketing data sites for a user's personal information and sends removal requests, with a free scan and paid plans. It needs the user's name, addresses and other details to work. |
Grade D | 47 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | No | Partial | Yes | No | Partial | Partial | Yes | Partial | Not tested yet |
Subscription service that automatically submits opt-out requests to people-search and data broker sites for a user and rescans them regularly. It needs the user's name, addresses and other details to work. |
Grade F | 38 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Partial | No | Not tested yet |
Paid service, part of the same group as Surfshark, that sends removal requests to data brokers and people-search sites on a subscriber's behalf and repeats them regularly. It needs the subscriber's name, addresses and contact details to work. |
Grade F | 38 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Not tested yet |
Paid service from Abine that searches data broker and people-search sites for a subscriber's personal information, submits removal requests, and repeats the process through the year with periodic reports. It needs the subscriber's name, addresses and other details to work. |
Grade F | 28 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Partial | Not tested yet |
Data broker removal service that scans people-search sites for a user's personal information, shows screenshots of what it finds, and submits opt-out requests. A free tier offers scans and self-service guides, and paid plans automate removals. |
Grade F | 22 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | No | No | Partial | No | No | No | Yes | Partial | Not tested yet |
Mobile app, created by Consumer Reports and now run by DeleteMe, that sends opt-out and deletion requests to companies and data brokers on the user's behalf. Basic requests are free, and a paid tier adds automated data broker removals. |
Grade F | 20 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | No | No | Yes | No | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Data broker removal service that scans people-search sites, search results and data leaks for a user's personal information and submits removal requests, with a free tier and paid plans. It needs the user's name, locations and other details to work. |
Grade F | 19 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Partial | No | Not tested yet |
Questions
What is the most private option among data broker removal?
No pick has been made yet. The table above is sorted by score, based on public evidence.
How are data broker removal rated?
Each entry answers 9 questions: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests, TLS configuration, security headers and modern web standards. Answers need links to evidence. See the full criteria.
Does jurisdiction matter?
Jurisdiction decides which laws can compel a provider to hand over data. Each entry shows its country and whether it is in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes. The data a provider can hand over depends mostly on what it stores and who holds the keys. Read about jurisdictions and the CLOUD Act.