The data broker sites sell information about consumers, that’s primarily how they make their money. It is true that some data broker sites will attempt to char

The data broker sites sell information about consumers, that’s primarily how they make their money. It is true that some data broker sites will attempt to charge you for removing your information, but everyone can make these removal requests for free, so paying them is not necessary (and highly discouraged!) To reiterate what I’ve mentioned a few times on this page: We are not a data broker. We do not sell data. We do not publish data. We do not have any financial relationship with any data broker. We are not affiliated with any data broker. Per our Privacy Policy: “We don’t sell or rent your personal information to any third parties for any purpose. You are the only owner of your Personal Data and can request disclosure or deletion at any time.” https://www.optery.com/privacy-policy/ https://www.optery.com/privacy-policy/ We are a third party service, un-affiliated with any data broker, providing visibility to consumers for free on what private information data brokers are posting about them online. We then have free do-it-yourself tools consumers can use to submit opt outs themselves, or paid plans where we submit the opt outs for our customers. There are misconceptions, and one of them is about what happens if a customer subsequently cancels our service. If that happens, over time, data brokers may start adding you back. For example, the California Consumer Privacy Act (the most strict privacy law in the U.S.) actually permits data brokers to stop honoring an opt out request after 1 year. Some data brokers honor opt outs indefinitely, but others require annual effort to ensure your name and personal info stays removed. However, under no circumstance will Optery ever re-send information to any data brokers for any kind of re-population effort. The only information we send to data brokers are opt out requests.