Delist removes personal data through the strongest path available in your state. Where the law recognizes authorized agents, your authorization lets us file eligible requests as your agent and use those rights. Everywhere else, we file on your behalf, follow up through the available channels, and keep a record of the work.
The groups follow the advice of our privacy counsel and are reviewed against each state's statute. Your group is set by the state you live in, which you give us when you set up your profile.
When you authorize Delist, we file eligible opt-out requests as your agent. A data broker covered by your state's law is required to act once it verifies the request. We follow up as your agent, cite the statute, and keep a record of the work.
Two limits worth knowing. Only California lets an agent file deletion requests, which we do two ways there: through the state's DROP platform for registered data brokers and directly with each business. Everywhere else in this group, deletions are filed on your behalf and a broker may ask you to confirm one directly. And Texas, Nebraska and Minnesota keep opt-outs of profiling outside the agent right, so we file those on your behalf.
These states give you the right to opt out and delete, but their laws do not set up a way to name an agent. We submit each request on your behalf and say so in the request. A broker may decline and ask you to submit and verify directly. When that happens, we tell you and show you exactly what to send.
Every other state, and the District of Columbia. We submit your requests through each broker's own opt-out channel, on your behalf. Many national brokers honor these requests wherever you live, because they run one process for every state. None is required to by your state's law, so we follow up and re-file rather than assume.
Three of these states have laws on the way. Louisiana's takes effect on January 1, 2027 and recognizes authorized agents for opt-outs of sale and targeted advertising. Vermont's takes effect on January 1, 2028 and recognizes authorized agents. Alabama's takes effect on May 1, 2027 without an agent process, so Alabama moves to the second group. Oklahoma's new law, effective January 1, 2027, leaves out authorized agents, so Oklahoma stays here.
One authorization. It names Delist, says what it covers in your state, and is logged with the date and a fingerprint of the exact text you accepted, so there is always a record of what you granted and when.
You designate Delist as your authorized agent for opt-out requests, and for deletion requests if you live in California. That designation is what lets brokers accept our requests as if they came from you.
You authorize Delist to submit requests on your behalf. The authorization is honest about what it is: permission to act for you, not a legal power your state's law grants. We never tell a broker otherwise.
California law treats a limited power of attorney as proof of agency, and brokers there ask for less verification when one exists. If you live in California you can add one from your account. It is off by default. No other state gives a power of attorney that effect, so we do not offer it anywhere else.
The authorization stops at requests and follow-ups. It never lets us file a regulatory complaint or take a broker to court in your name. If a broker keeps ignoring our requests, we tell you where things stand and what your options are, and those options stay yours.
We can't settle, compromise, or release any legal claim you might have against a broker. If you have a claim, it stays entirely yours to decide on.
This authority is walled off from the rest of your life. We can't open, change, close, or reach into any account, contract, or payment you hold with anyone. It reaches your privacy requests and nothing else.
Change your mind whenever you want: switch it off in your account or email us. Revocation takes effect immediately for anything going forward. Requests already filed on your behalf can't be un-sent, but nothing new happens under the authorization after you pull it.
You confirm you're 18 or older and that the information is your own. We act for you, on your data, and use it only to file and verify your requests.
Every request we send matches your group. In an agent state we identify as your agent and cite your law. Elsewhere we say we are submitting on your behalf, and we never cite a statute that does not cover you.
An authorized agent is a person or company you officially allow to submit privacy requests for you. Some state privacy laws, starting with the California Consumer Privacy Act, let you opt out of the sale of your data through an agent instead of contacting every data broker yourself. When you name Delist in one of those states, we become that agent and brokers covered by the law have to act on our requests once they verify them.
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island and Texas. Louisiana joins on January 1, 2027 and Vermont on January 1, 2028. Only California lets an agent file deletion requests; everywhere else the agent right covers opt-outs.
We still file for you. We submit each request on your behalf and say so, then follow up and re-file. The difference is that a broker in your state is not legally required to accept a request from an agent, so it may ask you to confirm directly. When that happens we tell you and show you exactly what to send.
No. You sign one authorization that names Delist and states what it covers. California residents can add an optional limited power of attorney, off by default, because California law treats one as proof of agency and brokers there ask for less verification when it exists. No other state gives a power of attorney that effect, so we do not offer it anywhere else.
Yes, at any time. Switch it off in your account or email us and it stops applying to anything new right away. Requests already filed on your behalf do not get un-filed, but nothing further happens under the authorization once you revoke it.
It does not let us file a regulatory complaint for you, start a lawsuit, settle or release a claim, or touch any account, contract or payment you hold. It reaches your privacy requests and nothing else, and it only ever applies to your own data.
Start with a free scan. You only grant an authorization if you upgrade to removal, and only by signing it yourself: one clear form, scoped to your state, revocable anytime.
Never sold or used for third-party advertising. Service providers and removal targets are disclosed in our Privacy Policy.
This page explains the authorization in plain words. It's general information, not legal advice. Group assignments follow our counsel's reading of each state's statute and were last reviewed September 1, 2026.