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> Frequently, the data will not be removed entirely, or re-surfaces later on. You're entirely dependent on the good will of the data broker sites, who are likel
by ethagnawl 3y ago
> Frequently, the data will not be removed entirely, or re-surfaces later on. You're entirely dependent on the good will of the data broker sites, who are likely trying very hard to stop automation like this.
This was my instinctual, cynical assumption, too. Unless there's a GDPR-like law in place and some standard for differentiating identities, they're just going to find loopholes to recapture peoples' data (e.g. remove middle initial, modify address format, etc.).
- JohnMakin 3y agoI've used several of these services now and they all have the same issue - the thing is, the data brokers don't even use loopholes. They'll (sometimes) cooperate with removing the data, and then it just reappears in identical form sometime later, often very quickly. They pretend like it isn't their problem and the problem is their data sources that contain the data. It's the complete wild west.