A 2023 Duke University study found that data brokers sell sensitive information about active-duty service members, veterans, and their families to anyone willing to pay. We find where yours is published and file to take it down.
Run a free scan →Military life produces a data trail brokers love: address changes, voter rolls, vehicle registrations, financial-product applications. Each one creates a record. Each record gets sold.
Every move creates a new address record across state DMV systems, voter rolls, and commercial databases. Brokers correlate the moves and publish your address history. We find those listings and file to take them down, so you don't have to track down each one yourself.
Many brokers explicitly tag profiles as "military" or "veteran." That tag makes the records a target for predatory lending and pension-fraud schemes. We file to get those listings taken down.
Most service members have OPSEC training. Spouses often don't. Brokers link records by shared address, so a spouse's profile typically lists the service member's name and details as an "associated person." Covering the whole household addresses that gap.
Broker records don't expire when service ends. Veterans face documented targeted scams: pension fraud, fake VA-benefit calls, predatory financial products. The data brokers sold during service keeps selling after.
The Duke study made the case publicly. Opt-outs work, but there are a lot of them to file. We handle the volume.
Run a free scan →We don't work from a fixed list of sites. Our scan searches the open internet for wherever your information shows up, including brokers that explicitly tag military and veteran profiles.
CCPA deletion requests across the brokers in your results, including the address-history records that span PCS moves and post-service civilian addresses.
Additional-member coverage cover spouse, adult children, and other household members. Brokers link records by shared address, so the household is the right unit to protect.
Each PCS creates fresh records. We run a full scan every month and re-file removals for new appearances so you don't have to track it yourself.
| Manual opt-outs | Generic privacy tools | Delist.ai | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coverage approach | Sites you identify | Varies by provider | Brokers, AI, search, breach databases |
| Family coverage | Repeat for each person | Varies | Add members |
| Address-history removal | Often missed | Current address only | Past addresses too |
| Re-scan after PCS | You remember | Periodic | Monthly scans |
| Legal deletion requests | Draft yourself | Rarely | CCPA + state law |
| Time investment | Indefinite | Setup + check-ins | We handle it |
A 2023 Duke University study found that data brokers sell sensitive information about active-duty service members, veterans, and their families, including data identifying them by location and financial vulnerability, to anyone willing to pay. Researchers bought this data with minimal verification. The findings prompted a 2024 federal law restricting the sale of such data to foreign adversaries.
USERRA covers employment rights, not data privacy. There is no federal law specifically protecting service-member data from broker sale as of 2026, though several bills have been proposed. The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act offers some financial protections. State privacy laws like California's CCPA and Texas's TDPSA apply to military residents the same as any other resident.
APO/FPO addresses provide some operational obscurity for mail but don't prevent brokers from publishing your previous and post-deployment civilian addresses. Brokers correlate across data sources including voter rolls and vehicle registrations. If you've ever had a civilian address attached to your name, brokers likely have it regardless of current APO use.
Higher than you'd expect. Spouses often have less operational-security training but the same household address. Brokers link records by shared address, so a spouse's broker profile typically includes the service member's name and details as an "associated person." Family-plan coverage addresses this gap.
Veterans face documented targeted scam activity, including pension fraud, fake VA benefit calls, and predatory lending. The Duke study covered veterans alongside active-duty personnel because broker data persists long after service ends. The privacy work matters during service, after service, and for the family throughout.
Background reading: The data-broker stalking risk
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