Website
Short description
An automated data removal service for EU and US individuals
Why I think this tool should be added
Section on Privacy Guides
Data Removal Services
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It’s interesting just because I haven’t seen many of these services targeted towards the EU at all, but I haven’t heard of this. I’ll have to look more into it though.
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I decided to test it out as well. It was mainly because brokers have been able to operate pretty “hidden” within the EU. Let’s see how it works.
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Great that the EU is getting more options for this type of service but, its going to be hard for CrabClear to compete in the US with EasyOptOuts offering a similar service for so much cheaper.
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Careful, with this post. “Finally, I discovered…” 
Crabclear has been spamming their service all over Reddit recently, and I’m pretty confident this is disingenuous/spam here too.
If you notice CrabClear never actually shares which data brokers they cover, despite making that 1,500 claim loudly. Their site’s footer link to their broker list is broken (as are some of their other links). They feels more like an AI-slop SaaS than a real business. I also don’t even believe 1,500 data brokers exist currently, unless CrabClear is claiming fake sites or non-brokers…
Disclaimer: I’m the CEO of Privacy Bee, where we’re transparent with our list of 1k+ brokers: https://hive.privacybee.com/brokers and we’re fully global: What Countries Does Privacy Bee Cover? | Privacy Bee Help Desk & FAQ (with a ton of EU customers)
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Ok. Let’s be neutral. Let’s rhetorically destroy your fallacious and marketing arguments one by one.
Crabclear has been spamming their service all over Reddit recently
I found less than 5 mentions of CrabClear on Reddit. I found an official presentation of the product, that’s all. You induce an idea in people’s heads which is false.
I’m pretty confident this is disingenuous/spam here too
We see where you were going with this. You are discrediting the speech of a consumer (and, a consumer who finds your service catastrophic). My post was extremely careful, and it would be bad faith to say that I wanted to shine CrabClear. And as I said, I am ready to show the moderators my good faith with tangible evidence.
CrabClear never actually shares which data brokers they cover, despite making that 1,500 claim loudly
If you are indeed CEO of Privacy Bee, you must surely be very interested in the market. So you have probably, like me, tried CrabClear. And so you probably know very well that the entire list of 1500 brokers is available on the administration interface, but you don’t say it. You know that your product is not as good, so all you have to do is discredit the competition to save your skin.
Their site’s footer link to their broker list is broken (as are some of their other links)
Like many new services that have a limited team? And so what? Is this a problem? Their presentation page works, their FAQ works, their Privacy Policy and Terms of Service too. You tap on details. Your comment serves no purpose other than vomiting on a product for nothing. Please be constructive. Help consumers form a true opinion, then you will only discredit your cause.
Oh and, if you really want to talk about the link/functionality/outcome of the product:
- I note that your data deletion service does not have a delete account button (at least the last time I used it). It’s much more worrying and stupid than a “Data Brokers Covered” button that doesn’t work in a footer.
- You love Europeans so much that your platform is only available in English. The little unfinished product that is CrabClear as you describe already has 3 more languages ​​than you. Maybe you should invest in an AI to translate your site, with the $18/month that your users pay you, rather than masturbating on the market.
They feels more like an AI-slop SaaS than a real business. I also don’t even believe 1,500 data brokers exist currently, unless CrabClear is claiming fake sites or non-brokers…
I do not currently have the knowledge to validate or not these arguments. If anyone knows, I invite them to speak up.
Disclaimer: I’m the CEO of Privacy Bee
Wow… I mean… WOW. POV: you accuse someone of a conflict of interest when you are in a conflict of interest. If I were Scorsese, I would say “absolute cinema”. You are so transparent that you explain your conflict of interest after exposing your false information.
You know that not everyone will read your message to the end. Not to mention the cognitive bias that every crappy marketer like you knows: once the human brain approves a thesis, it is much more difficult for the brain to admit that you are wrong than to continue to believe it.
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At this point I’m 100% confident that this is a marketing post for CrabClear, so I’m not going to engage any further here.
I will however clear up a factual error you made about PB: you claimed there’s no way to delete your account, when we even have a help desk article explaining how it’s just a couple easy clicks.
Good luck!
Hey Blackbird, thanks for this. The “security violations” are just CORS errors thrown off by Google and Crisp (our live chat software), nothing related to our site itself. If you click on the “Security” tab you’ll see the details. And I’m not sure how you don’t see any security headers, but I do:
Strange, I’ll pass this along. Thanks!
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At this point I’m 100% confident that this is a marketing post for CrabClear, so I’m not going to engage any further here.
You have nothing left so you just attack. You know very well that if I were in the marketing of a service, I could not have attacked you like I did.
you claimed there’s no way to delete your account
That’s not what I said, you’re distorting my statement. I said you didn’t have a delete account button, I had to send an email to your support to get rid of you.
But all that is ok, I look forward to a message from a moderator if necessary. Once I have been proven as a normal user without any connection to a data removal service and a moderator confirms it here, a little voice in my head tells me that you will not respond.
How do you have evidence that you are not associated with someone?
Folks, please keep in mind our conflict of interest policy. Posting with a conflict of interest is not strictly prohibited, but must be disclosed, and posters must follow these guidelines and respect the community. We can verify @harry’s claim via verified email address, and have granted a developer badge to automatically disclose this connection on all posts.
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I can provide proof that I actually paid for CrabClear out of my pocket. I can also prove that I am a full-time French student. in the situation I am in, I don’t see how I could have been hired by a small German company.
I’m not very worried about myself because I have been quite careful with my information. However, my data seems to be in places I have never heard of. Either companies are really bold and quick to sell the information to others. I have definitely deleted all the accounts I don’t use a long time ago, and the services I use now are pretty much the same ones all the time.
But this is my first experience with these kinds of services, because I haven’t heard about services that operate in the EU before. So I am not surprised by the result..
I have a somewhat similar profile, I protect my information more and more. I recently switched all of the government services I need to Proton Pass aliases. The data breaches are too big.
Incogni operates in Europe technically, and they offer their service to Europeans. But I understand your point of view, it is not a European company.
I haven’t really even looked for those kinds of services, since Finland has quite strong and effective privacy protections. It would certainly be interesting to know who leaked the information and what was leaked.
I think it’s a bit the same problem as with phone numbers. For a long time, there was a lot of phone spamming by companies in France. We have passed laws on this to regulate: some respect the law, others not. Among those who do not comply, some are sued, others are not. But it only takes one broker to do anything, and your data can end up on ten other partner brokers. And you add criminals to that.
I’ll watch what happens for a while before I give my vote. But based on what I found out yesterday and how things have worked at the beginning, I haven’t found anything to complain about yet..
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I personally have reservations on this tool (at least for now) for the following reasons:
- It is too new (launched around Aug 2025?)
- Some links are broken (it seems minor but it is important to me), prop. users can tell them that and see how quick they respond?
- The company behind this tool (i.e. meetergo) is also VERY new, seems like around June 2025? Maybe someone can check their Linkedin profiles (Source) / OMR Reviews, sorry I don’t have Linkedin account, and I am not sure how to check Germany’s company information, so can’t help.
- We shouldn’t recommend a tool just because it is (seemingly) a unique offering, we should wait for reviews, audits, tests, etc.
All due to respect, I think it is inappropriate to say as a company rep. It is totally possible that a person saw a marketing piece and decided to give it a try.
If broken or misconfigured link/ pages means it is not a real business, oh man then you will be shocked how many real business aren’t real business. In one of my previous job I was responsible to source and procure equipment / parts/ consumables for a fleet of their properties. broken / misconfigured links and pages, typo, wrong specs, you name it, it happens all the time.
It means their web admin are sloppy, doesn’t mean the business isn’t real.
Your claim could get you into trouble, I suggest you amend it.
I hope you won’t say I am also one of their marketing people, that would make me chuckle.
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The Crabclear website doesn’t have a valid imprint. A requirement for company websites in Germany.
The company is also registered in Monheim am Rhein. A so-called “German tax haven”.
Their other product. Meetergo, and its website seems more professionally put together.
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Thats good to know, I followed your lead and did a quick search, seems to be the case. External source