Frequently Asked Questions:

Data aggregators and brokers buy your information from places that collect it, then sell it to other companies like people search sites and marketers.

Services you use collect your phone number, address, and other personal details. If you don’t opt out, they often sell this information to data brokers.

A digital identity is built for you, and as more data is collected from different places, it gets added to that identity.

Marketers buy your personal info from data brokers and people search sites, then use it for robocalls, spam emails, and texts that waste your time.

Scammers can use your personal info to target you. They might pretend to be someone you trust, like a company you use, to fool you into giving up more information.

People search sites let anyone see your personal info. They can show your home address, email, phone number, and even your family members effectively doxxing you.

Each state has its own regulations about data collection, and there’s no single “do not collect” list yet. That means you have to request data removal from each data broker one by one.

We know the top data brokers and people search sites. We file several data removal requests on your behalf. We track the status of the request. We inform you when a data broker removes your data. We monitor to ensure the data stays removed for a whole year.