Erase your data (GDPR)
What it's for
Getting your personal information removed from the “data brokers” that collect and resell it.
Why it matters
In Europe, the GDPR (Article 17) gives you a right to erasure: you can demand, for free, that a company delete your data, in principle within a month. Services like Incogni automate these requests at scale, for a fee.
For whom & when
Those who want to reduce their exposure. Note: data reappears over time, and this doesn’t touch public records or social media. Doing it yourself is free but tedious.
Install & use
- For a manual request: write to the broker citing GDPR Article 17 and ask for deletion.
To automate: subscribe to a removal service and let it send the requests on your behalf.