Data broker opt-out

Data brokers and direct marketers are each multi-billion dollar industries. Billions. They basically create and sell libraries of information about people... for a profit. And it's totally legal. 

You have the chance to opt out of a lot of these databases. This will help ensure your privacy, reduce your junk mail, and reduce your risk of identity theft.

• Data Broker Intro - Big brother or big business? Mostly the latter
   
• Sample Privacy Policy - A good and bad guy
   
• Legal Issues - Legal issues related to direct marketing and data brokering
   
• Data Brokering Necessary - Why is data brokering necessary? Or is it?
   
• Opt-Out Policies - Why do companies have different opt-out policies?
   
• Missing Opt-Out Policies - Why some data brokers don't allow you to opt-out
   
• Sealing Public Records - How to seal your public records
   
• Opt-Out Intro - How to opt-out of 44 major databases
   
• Opt-Out Master List - Master list of the 44 major records databases
   
• Email Opt-Out - Opt-out of 7 major databases via email
   
• Online Opt-Out - Seek and destroy: 13 more databases
   
• Mail Opt-Out - They've got mail!
   
• Phone / Fax Opt-Out - Reach out and touch someone
   
• Intelius Database - Opt-out of the Intelius database and affiliated brands
   
• Notarized Form - How do I get a notarized form?
   
• Prevention - Staying out of data broker databases
   
• Phone Number Unlisted - Keep your phone number unlisted and unpublished
   
• Junk Mail - Stop the junk mail! Enter the Direct Marketing Association
   
• Prescreened Credit Cards - Opt out of prescreened credit cards
   
• Online Info Public - When you put something online, it becomes public
   
• Data Mining - Turning America into one giant database

Questions? Please contact us.