Erin Sheridan
Erin spent nine years in compliance at a consumer lender, answering the letters people send when they find their details somewhere they never put them. She writes about data brokers, people-search sites and the opt-out requests that actually get records removed.
Briefings by Erin
Nuwber opt-out: how to remove your listing, and the older ones too
How the Nuwber opt-out works at the time of writing: find each listing, send its link, confirm by email, then log and recheck every old address you have.
Read the briefing »Google's Results about you tool: what it removes and what it can't
What Google's Results about you tool does, screen by screen, what it will and won't remove from Search, and how to pair it with people-search opt-outs.
Read the briefing »Why people-search listings come back after you opt out
Opted out and found yourself listed again? Why people-search listings return, how to keep a removal log and a short routine that keeps your details down.
Read the briefing »How to remove yourself from Whitepages, Spokeo and BeenVerified
The opt-out steps for Whitepages, Spokeo and BeenVerified: where each form is, how each site verifies you, what to hold back and how long removal takes.
Read the briefing »What a data broker knows about you, and where it got it
People-search, marketing and identity brokers each keep a file on you. What those files hold, where the data comes from and the first steps to take.
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