Data removal service recommendations

[curious78]

Looking for current recommendations for personal data removal services. There seem to be several out there competing for business.

Have you used one you’d recommend? Why? Pros/Cons of the service? Worth it in the end?

Anyone take the manual route and used a guide to remove yourself over time? Recommend this approach? Tips?

Thank you

[anon85295620]

You could pay a company but you will have to hand over a lot of details to them.

The Dangers of Data Removal Service Doxxing – IntelTechniques Blog details what could happen.

Intel techniques has free workbooks on their site so you can do this yourself.

[lepras]

BADBOOL and Data Deletion Cadence

You should only opt out if they have your data, most of them let you check. Focus on the ones with a indicator first, because many “data brokers” are just resellers of those few companies, so they’ll have the greatest impact. Of course, if you search these databases for your own information, put in as little information as possible to find your results. Personally, I pay Kanary to do this (). Mainly because Yael recommended it, and her work both on that list and at Cons…