# CrabClear (Data Removal Service) **URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/crabclear-data-removal-service/33079 **Category:** Tool Suggestions **Created:** 2025-11-21T20:06:19Z **Posts:** 40 ## Post 1 by @jonah — 2025-11-21T20:06:19Z ### Website > **[CrabClear | The Superior EU Standard in Data Removal](https://crabclear.com/)** > > Exercise your GDPR rights effortlessly. CrabClear is the premier service for EU citizens to demand the deletion of their personal data from companies. Your data, your rules. The European way. ### Short description An automated data removal service for EU and US individuals ### Why I think this tool should be added > [@CrabClear: The European Data Removal Service which wants to kill Incogni, Optery, DeleteMe, …](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/crabclear-the-european-data-removal-service-which-wants-to-kill-incogni-optery-deleteme/33055/1): > > Just before we begin, I would like to clarify that I have no conflict of interest with this platform. I am a French person who took out a one-year subscription to Incogni in 2024 to clean my broker data. I was not completely satisfied for some reasons: > > - not enough brokers for the asking price > - pretty bad interface > - requests blocked > - price too expensive for renewal > - Surfshark/NordVPN takes care of it… > > I have long looked for a European product that would solve these problems, with marketing focused on privacy that was true (i.e. a good Privacy Policy and Terms of Service). Finally, I discovered CrabClear(.com): I read their conditions, I read their promises, I found out about their other products, about the company that creates it, who is behind it, etc. Their service is very recent, almost unknown. I ended up taking a one-year subscription for €79 (I’m ready to show the invoice to a moderator to prove my good faith if necessary). > > I will not present the product in detail, because that is not my role and it is not interesting. I will just say that at the moment everything that is displayed in the marketing seems true to me. > > I know that these tools are sometimes contested because they are considered too expensive, ineffective or even dangerous. I sometimes hear that “the least bad” is Incogni, and that’s why I chose it a year ago. For my part, I think that these services were good to me, but I know that even if I had some material proof of interest, part of my opinion may come from a confirmation bias for this type of product. > > I am interested to know your opinions on these services, to know if you have additional information on CrabClear and simply to open the conversation on this platform and this subject so that potential future consumers have more resources than what I had to make their choice. ### Section on Privacy Guides Data Removal Services --- ## Post 2 by @jonah — 2025-11-21T01:01:46Z 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. --- ## Post 3 by @anon16234852 — 2025-11-21T07:20:16Z 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. --- ## Post 4 by @anonymous480 — 2025-11-21T15:48:04Z 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. --- ## Post 5 by @harry — 2025-11-21T18:05:39Z Careful, with this post. “Finally, I discovered…” :roll_eyes: 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](https://hive.privacybee.com/brokers) and we’re fully global: [What Countries Does Privacy Bee Cover? | Privacy Bee Help Desk & FAQ](https://support.privacybee.com/en-us/article/what-countries-does-privacy-bee-cover-9yj3rb/) (with a ton of EU customers) --- ## Post 6 by @anon16234852 — 2025-11-21T18:17:18Z :thinking: ![image](https://forum-uploads.privacyguidesusercontent.com/original/3X/e/b/eb86b06112c57dd2fad65eda053f41fb3f265091.png) ![image](https://forum-uploads.privacyguidesusercontent.com/original/3X/3/8/38b41e1f67293d8078a289b9d6f5d9911f19d62b.png) from Cloudflare Radar --- ## Post 7 by @anon71786485 — 2025-11-21T18:43:27Z 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. --- ## Post 8 by @harry — 2025-11-21T19:01:20Z 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](https://support.privacybee.com/en-us/article/how-do-i-delete-my-free-scan-only-account-r999y1/) explaining how it’s just a couple easy clicks. Good luck! --- ## Post 9 by @harry — 2025-11-21T19:03:55Z 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: ![image](https://forum-uploads.privacyguidesusercontent.com/original/3X/1/8/18c0c34674221f522544160a390ffd6094a339fc.png) Strange, I’ll pass this along. Thanks! --- ## Post 10 by @anon71786485 — 2025-11-21T19:10:39Z > 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. --- ## Post 11 by @jonah — 2025-11-21T19:13:54Z > [@anon71786485](#): > > And as I said, I am ready to show the moderators my good faith with tangible evidence. How do you have evidence that you are _not_ associated with someone? * * * Folks, please keep in mind our [conflict of interest policy](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/conflict-of-interest-policy/27426). 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. > [@Conflict of Interest Policy](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/conflict-of-interest-policy/27426/1): > > Employees of privacy-related services and people otherwise paid to interact with the Privacy Guides community in some form must respect the volunteer nature of our project and community, and keep discussions concise. --- ## Post 12 by @anon71786485 — 2025-11-21T19:18:58Z 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. --- ## Post 13 by @anon16234852 — 2025-11-21T19:43:50Z 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.. --- ## Post 14 by @anon71786485 — 2025-11-21T19:55:46Z 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](https://cyberinsider.com/massive-breach-exposed-data-of-43-million-people-in-france/). 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. --- ## Post 15 by @anon16234852 — 2025-11-21T20:02:35Z 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. --- ## Post 16 by @anon71786485 — 2025-11-21T20:08:03Z 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. --- ## Post 17 by @anon16234852 — 2025-11-21T20:11:44Z 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.. --- ## Post 18 by @TinFoilHat — 2025-11-21T23:43:54Z I personally have reservations on this tool (at least for now) for the following reasons: 1. It is too new (launched around Aug 2025?) 2. 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? 3. 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](https://meetergo.com/en/about-us)) / [OMR Reviews](https://omr.com/de/reviews/product/meetergo/all), sorry I don’t have Linkedin account, and I am not sure how to check Germany’s company information, so can’t help. 4. We shouldn’t recommend a tool just because it is (seemingly) a unique offering, we should wait for reviews, audits, tests, etc. * * * > [@harry](#): > > Crabclear has been spamming their service all over Reddit recently, and I’m pretty confident this is disingenuous/spam here too. > [@harry](#): > > They feels more like an AI-slop SaaS than a real business. > [@harry](#): > > 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. 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. --- ## Post 19 by @Catalyst2422 — 2025-11-22T07:31:55Z 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. --- ## Post 20 by @TinFoilHat — 2025-11-22T10:07:00Z Thats good to know, I followed your lead and did a quick search, seems to be the case. [External source](https://www.digitale-gruendung.de/en/blog/legal/the-imprint-obligation-the-legal-must-for-your-website/) --- ## Post 21 by @anon71786485 — 2025-11-22T11:18:41Z Thank you for your constructive comments. This calls into question my purchase, but it’s better to know. --- ## Post 22 by @anon71786485 — 2025-11-22T11:19:42Z I don’t know German law, but the CrabClear service is managed by the company meetergo, and on the meetergo website there is a [complete imprint](https://meetergo.com/en/imprint) in German and English. I have no idea if this is legally sufficient, but it looks transparent and clean to me. --- ## Post 23 by @TinFoilHat — 2025-11-22T11:22:46Z Based on the source I linked in #18, I think it is insufficient. It would be great if you would reach out to them and bring up some of the concerns mentioned in this thread. --- ## Post 24 by @anon71786485 — 2025-11-22T11:25:31Z My bad, I take back what I said then. I should have read everything. I will try to contact them. --- ## Post 25 by @anon71786485 — 2025-11-22T11:35:14Z ![image](https://forum-uploads.privacyguidesusercontent.com/original/3X/1/c/1cee9da282520d1b6eb7a7e9a3baeffe64277423.png) Sorry for the French, it basically just says they are not available and will email me back. I will come back to you when I know more. --- ## Post 26 by @anon16234852 — 2025-11-22T11:37:41Z It would be good if you could look into this, since there should be a 30-day money-back guarantee if serious problems come up. The issues you mentioned before don’t worry me too much yet, because it is relatively new. --- ## Post 27 by @anon71786485 — 2025-11-22T11:47:19Z Yes, I will also take the refund if it is too serious. I have 3 weeks left. --- ## Post 28 by @anon71786485 — 2025-11-24T12:27:08Z ![unknown](https://forum-uploads.privacyguidesusercontent.com/original/3X/1/f/1f5e975074e8905c703c34993aace82d9701e99e.png) ([link](https://crabclear.com/de/terms-of-use)) --- ## Post 29 by @anon16234852 — 2025-12-01T13:19:53Z Small update: I received CrabClear’s request inside one response, and it seems fine. I’m copying it as text because I need to delete information from many spots. Dear xxxx Privacy Team, I am writing on behalf of xxxx to formally request the deletion of all personal data you may possess about them, in accordance with applicable privacy laws including: - California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Section 1798.105 - Article 17 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) § 59.1-577 - Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) § 6-1-1308 - Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) Sec. 11 - Other applicable state and international privacy legislation Consumer Identification: XXXX ### Legal Authorization: I am acting as an authorized agent on behalf of the above-named consumer. The consumer has provided written authorization dated **xxxx, 2025** , which I maintain on file and have attached to this email. Under applicable regulations, businesses cannot require Power of Attorney for authorized agent requests (11 CCR § 7063(b)). ### Scope of Request: This request encompasses: - All personal information you have collected, purchased, or otherwise obtained about the consumer - Information shared with third parties, subsidiaries, contractors, or service providers - Data obtained from any source, including third-party data brokers, public records, or marketing lists Under applicable laws, you must also direct service providers and third parties to delete the consumer’s personal information. ### Important Notes: - You are **not required to possess** personal data about this consumer to process this deletion request. If you do not maintain any personal information about the consumer, please confirm this in writing. - This request applies regardless of the consumer’s residency or past relationship with your organization, as many privacy laws provide rights based on data processing activities rather than solely on residency. - We are submitting this request to all data brokers that may potentially possess the consumer’s information, as permitted under applicable privacy laws. ### Response Requirements: Please confirm receipt of this request within **10 business days** and complete the deletion within the timeframe required by applicable law: - 30 days under GDPR (extendable to 60 days with notice) - 45 days under CCPA (extendable to 90 days with notice) - 45 days under VCDPA, CPA, and CTDPA (extendable with notice) Upon completion, please provide written confirmation specifying: - Which categories of personal information were deleted, OR - Confirmation that no personal information was found in your systems ### About CrabClear: This request is submitted by meetergo GmbH (doing business as CrabClear) as an authorized agent acting on behalf of the consumer identified above. We implement reasonable security procedures to protect consumer information and use consumer data only for request fulfillment, verification, and fraud prevention as required by regulation. We maintain all consumer authorizations on file and can provide additional documentation upon request. **We are registered at:** Hauptstrasse 44, 40789 Monheim am Rhein, Germany Should you have any questions about this request or need additional information, please contact us at [xxxx@crabclear.com](mailto:xxxx@crabclear.com). Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Sincerely, **CrabClear Data Privacy Team** meetergo GmbH Hauptstrasse 44 40789 Monheim am Rhein, Germany Email: [xxxx@crabclear.com](mailto:xxxx@crabclear.com) Website: [[crabclear.com](http://crabclear.com)] **Attachment:** authorization.pdf I’m tagging @jonah because I don’t know if I’m breaking some rule.. --- ## Post 30 by @MeatyOchre — 2025-12-19T17:21:37Z Am I the only one that finds it odd that this company spams out personal info to the internet as a service you pay for to have your information “removed”? I work for a company that is not a “data broker” yet we get sent messages with this blob about many many people. It seems just because we have a privacy contact for inquiries on our privacy disclosure page that their tooling has chosen to start sending out the info to us. ~~~ Full Name: REDACTED Current Address: REDACTED Email Address: REDACTED @gmail.com Phone Numbers: +REDACTED, +REDACTED Reference Number: REDACTED Additional Email Addresses: REDACTED @gmail.com, REDACTED @gmail.com Previous Addresses: REDACTED ~~~ It appears that CrabClear simply sends out this message to any privacy@email they can find. It just does not pass my sniff test - Blasting someones personal info out across the internet aggregated together like this. --- ## Post 31 by @anon16234852 — 2025-12-19T17:37:09Z How would you request to have your data deleted if you cannot provide addresses? And a lawyer will certainly contact you if you do not know how to handle personal information confidentially. --- ## Post 32 by @anon71786485 — 2025-12-19T20:08:28Z That’s what all data removal services do, right? --- ## Post 33 by @MeatyOchre — 2025-12-19T20:58:27Z That is kind of my point. CrabClear did not reach out to us to determine how to request removal from us, nor whom should receive this. They are just sending us a dozens of users information to an address they found. The better way would have been to use the address linked to “If you have a question about our privacy policy”, to actually ask us “Is this the correct place to send requests” instead of sharing the data and not knowing who is on the other end. --- ## Post 34 by @anon16234852 — 2025-12-19T21:51:35Z Further up in the thread is the request I posted. If you have a different one, please post it here. --- ## Post 35 by @MeatyOchre — 2025-12-22T19:46:22Z Yes, I agree, this is the request they send out. The concept of sending these requests blindly not knowing who is on the receiving end is where it bothers my common sense. People subscribe to have their PII removed, yet, this company is sending it out, unfiltered to unconfirmed locations. They have no idea who (or what) is on the receiving end of these messages. Neither myself, nor the other recipient of our privacy alias had any contact with them before they started sending the data. This is fine for people who want to comply, but it’s updating the databases of anyone looking to use it in a nefarious way. The better path would be for CrabClear to have reached out with a single message, asking the correct method for contacting us in regards to removal form our systems, confirmed the process with us, THEEN start communicating the data that needs removal, only after this confirmation of who they were sending to. --- ## Post 36 by @anon16234852 — 2025-12-23T18:31:18Z > [@anon16234852](#): > > We are submitting this request to all data brokers that may potentially possess the consumer’s information, as permitted under applicable privacy laws. There is not much else to say. --- ## Post 37 by @anon16234852 — 2025-12-25T10:06:37Z And apparently, it’s not up to CrabClear to make the process cleaner.. "Hello, You recently submitted a data subject request to XXX through the CrabClear service. We are writing to confirm that your request is in process and is being handled by our team. XXX is currently implementing an updated process for handling data subject requests and has been working with CrabClear to support this transition. As a result, processing has taken longer than we originally anticipated for some requests. We want to assure you that we are actively working to complete your request as soon as possible and will update you via email once it’s complete…" --- ## Post 38 by @anon16234852 — 2026-01-07T19:20:08Z This seems like a silly experiment to me. I don’t even know why I was interested in trying it when there isn’t even any problem. 79€ and I’ve only seen these. It’s not the one who asks that is stupid.. “After conducting a search of our systems and reviewing our records, we were unable to locate any personal data associated with the information you provided. As a result, there is no data to delete.” edit. I guess I was interested to know if there was something in my ancient Gmail account that I hadn’t been able to delete myself. --- ## Post 39 by @anon71786485 — 2026-01-10T22:33:03Z I feel like you haven’t quite grasped the utility of this product (what it does and what it doesn’t do). When you pay for this kind of product, you have no guarantee on the amount of data deleted because you can’t know how many brokers hold data about you. There could be hundreds, but also almost none. You pay to send hundreds of messages in bottles, hoping that some will be useful to you. Nothing more. --- ## Post 40 by @anon16234852 — 2026-01-11T06:33:13Z Yep, I get it. I basically knew there was no data, but I tried anyway.