About

Broker Removal lists the official ways to get your details off data broker and people-search sites: each site's own opt-out page, California's DROP, and the state registries that list brokers.

Who it's for

Anyone who found their name, address or phone number on a people-search site and wants it gone, without paying first or handing more data than needed to a stranger's form. The checklist says what each site asks for and how long it says removal takes.

Who makes it

Broker Removal is made by Secria, which makes Secria Mail and Secria VPN. We have a stake in the topic: people who don't want to be profiled are also the people Secria hopes will use its email service and VPN. Secria doesn't sell a removal service, and we aren't affiliated with any broker, removal service or other company named on this site. Paid removal services are described on the home page from the FTC's advice and an independent test, without ranking them.

How we check

Every row in the checklist comes from what the site itself publishes, its opt-out page, help article, privacy policy or notice, read on the date shown, with news only where it is the only record. Ownership and registration facts come from California's data broker registry file. Laws and dates come from the legislature or the agency that runs the tool.

If a site's page won't load for us, that site stays out of the table until we can read it, and the page says which sites are missing. A second pass re-opens every page and compares the form fields and wording. Opt-out forms change often, so we re-check the list every month.

Not legal advice

This site explains official tools and what companies say about their own processes. It isn't legal advice.

Corrections

Spotted an opt-out page that has changed, or a mistake? Tell us with a link to the source at secria.me/contact.