Vent: My 'delete me' request to a data broker turned into a month long scavenger hunt
So I finally got around to trying to scrub my info from those creepy people search sites, you know, the ones that list your old addresses and relatives. I picked one called InfoLookup (not the real name, but close enough). Their opt-out page wanted a photo of my driver's license, a utility bill, and a handwritten note. Fine, annoying, but I did it. A week later, I get an email saying my documents were 'unclear'. I re-sent them. Another week, another rejection, this time because my note 'did not precisely match the required language'. I had to dig through their help forum to find the exact magical phrase they wanted. The whole back-and-forth took 28 days total. It felt less like protecting my privacy and more like jumping through hoops designed to make me quit. Has anyone else found a data broker that actually makes the removal process simple, or are they all this bad?