Online Data Removal Tool

Automates searching and opting out of data broker sites that list your personal information. Based on opt-out guides from Cloaked.com.

How it works

1. Search phase — visits each broker site, searches for your name, and scrapes the free preview listing
2. Review phase — saves results to reports/ so you can confirm matches before removal
3. Opt-out phase — submits removal requests only for confirmed matches

Setup

pip install -r requirements.txt
playwright install chromium

Copy config.example.py to config.py and fill in your details. config.py is gitignored and will never be committed.

Run

# Search only — see what sites have on you
python main.py --mode search

# Opt out only from brokers you approved in a report
python main.py --mode optout --approved-report reports/approval_template_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.json

# Both in sequence (requires approved report file path)
python main.py --mode all --approved-report reports/approval_template_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.json

# Optional: tune confidence threshold used in search report
python main.py --mode search --min-confidence 0.70

Discover More Brokers

Scrape the Cloaked opt-out guides to find additional data brokers:

python scripts/scrape_cloaked_guides.py
python scripts/scrape_cloaked_guides.py --output guides.json --categorize

Supported Sites (32 Total)

Original Brokers (5)

Site	Search	Opt-Out	Notes
BeenVerified	✅	✅	Direct opt-out form
Spokeo	✅	✅	Requires listing URL
FastPeopleSearch	✅	✅	Direct opt-out
Whitepages	✅	✅	Suppression request
ZabaSearch	✅	✅	Direct opt-out

PeopleConnect Family (12)

These sites use a shared suppression system at suppression.peopleconnect.us. The opt-out process requires email verification.

Site	Search	Opt-Out	Notes
TruthFinder	✅	✅	Email verification required
InstantCheckmate	✅	✅	Email verification required
Intelius	✅	✅	Email verification required
PeopleFinder	✅	✅	Redirects to Intelius
USSearch	✅	✅	Email verification required
Addresses.com	✅	✅	Via Intelius
AnyWho	✅	✅	Via Intelius
PublicRecords	✅	✅	Via Intelius
ReversePhoneLookup	✅	✅	Via Intelius
OnlineSearches	✅	✅	Via Intelius
EasyBackgroundChecks	✅	✅	Via Intelius
FreeBackgroundChecksUSA	✅	✅	Via Intelius

Direct Removal Forms (4)

Site	Search	Opt-Out	Notes
AdvancedBackgroundChecks	✅	⚠️	CAPTCHA required
CyberBackgroundChecks	✅	⚠️	CAPTCHA required
ClustrMaps	✅	⚠️	Requires profile URL
AllAreaCodes	✅	⚠️	Phone verification

Other Data Brokers (11)

These require manual opt-out via their specific processes.

Site	Search	Opt-Out	Notes
AddressSearch	✅	⚠️	Manual process
Advanced-People-Search	✅	⚠️	Manual process
AllPeople	✅	⚠️	Manual process
BackgroundAlert	✅	⚠️	Manual process
BackgroundCheck.run	✅	⚠️	Manual process
BackgroundCheckers	✅	⚠️	Manual process
Centeda	✅	⚠️	Manual process
CorporationWiki	✅	⚠️	Manual process
Councilon	✅	⚠️	Manual process
CheckSecrets	✅	⚠️	Manual process
ClubSet	✅	⚠️	Manual process

Notes

• Sites with CAPTCHAs will be flagged for manual follow-up
• Sites that require email confirmation will be logged — you complete those manually
• Re-run the search phase periodically to check if listings reappear
• Search now stores confidence signals (name, age, location, etc.) for each listing
• Opt-out runs only for brokers marked approved: true in the approval report
• Candidate-level approval is required: set approved_candidate_id for each approved broker
• In --mode all, the approval template is written to the path you pass in --approved-report

Testing

pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
pytest -q