Data brokers collect and sell your personal information to anyone willing to pay. This guide prioritizes the highest-risk sites and shows you exactly how to submit opt-out requests.
Search your full name in quotes on Google: "FirstName LastName" city state. Then search your phone number and home address separately. Take screenshots of every result showing your personal data. This gives you a baseline to verify removals later.
Go to spokeo.com, find your listing, copy the URL, then go to spokeo.com/optout. Paste the URL, enter your email, and submit. Click the confirmation link in the email they send. Processing takes 24–48 hours.
WhitePages: Visit whitepages.com/suppression-requests, paste your listing URL, verify with a phone call. BeenVerified: Visit beenverified.com/faq/opt-out, search for your record, submit. Both take 24–72 hours.
Data brokers re-acquire your data regularly. Set a recurring calendar reminder every 90 days to re-search and re-submit opt-outs. This is ongoing, not a one-time fix.
Radaris: Find your profile → "Control Information" → "Remove Record." MyLife: Email privacy@mylife.com with your listing URL. Instant Checkmate: Visit instantcheckmate.com/opt-out and submit.
After opt-outs process, submit removal requests for cached pages at google.com/webmasters/tools/removals and Bing's content removal tool.
Data brokers scrape public profiles. Set Facebook to "Friends Only," switch Instagram to private, restrict LinkedIn visibility. Remove your phone number and address from every platform.
The less your home address appears in public records, the harder it is for brokers to find and resell it. Use a PO Box for non-essential purposes — shopping, subscriptions, memberships.
Free, doesn't affect your score. Freeze at Equifax, Experian, TransUnion, and Innovis. Save the PINs they give you.
Our Full Assessment includes complete data broker audit and opt-out submissions on your behalf — plus 90-day re-checks on the ongoing plan.