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A breach leaked your credentials. Your home address was already public before it did.

The notification says change your password. It doesn't mention the home address, phone, employer, and family already listed on broker sites. That's what we take down — we start today, and re-file every time it comes back.

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Removed across the web Breach monitoring included Escalation Re-listing detection Encrypted and access-controlled

A breach is one leak. Broker sites are the wider exposure.

The notification tells you to change your password. It doesn't mention the hundreds of broker sites openly publishing your home address — which is the part we work to take down. Your exposed data is the supply chain for the spam, scams, and fraud that follow a breach. Removing it closes the chain.

Breach data plus broker data equals complete profiles

A breach leaks your email and password hash. Attackers then search broker sites for that email and find your full name, home address, phone, employer, and family. The breach is the key. Broker data is the map.

You're notified about one breach but listed on hundreds of sites

The notification names one incident. Meanwhile, your data is openly published on hundreds of broker sites that anyone can search — no hacking required.

Major breaches have made headlines for years, each exposing millions of records. None of those notifications mentioned the broker sites that were already publishing the same people's home addresses alongside.

Family members are exposed by association

Broker profiles list household members as "associated people." A breach involving your email lets attackers search your name and pull up spouse, children, parents, and their contact details. One person's breach becomes the family's.

Background reading:Dark web vs. data brokers

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Scan, remove, verify, monitor

1

Scan for broker exposure after the breach

We scan the web to find listings publishing your personal information. The scan shows you exactly which sites have your name, address, phone number, and family details, and how attackers could combine this with breached data.

2

Submit removal requests across the brokers we cover

Removal requests go out to every identified broker simultaneously. Automated opt-out forms, official deletion requests, and operator-group resolution for networks of sites that share the same underlying database. No waiting in line.

3

Verify each removal was processed

Each removal is independently verified. Brokers that don't comply get persistent follow-up. Persistent listings get additional remediation rounds. Your dashboard shows real-time progress across every site we cover.

4

Monitor for re-listings and future breaches

Brokers rebuild profiles from public records. Continuous monitoring catches re-listings and re-submits removal requests automatically. Breach monitoring alerts you to new breaches involving your email so you can act before the combination of new breach data and any remaining broker exposure becomes a problem.

Breach response beyond changing your password

Manual opt-outsGeneric privacy toolsDelist.ai
Places covered10-20 (days of work)50-200Brokers, AI, search, dark web
Breach contextNoneNoneIntegrated monitoring
Re-listing detectionNoneLimitedContinuous
Legal escalationDraft and send yourselfRarelyWe escalate
Family coverageRepeat for each personVariesFamily plans
Ongoing monitoringOne-time effortPeriodic check-insContinuous

Common questions after a data breach

Change passwords and enable 2FA on the breached account first. Then run a broker scan — breach data combined with broker-published address, phone, and family details is where identity theft actually happens.
Credit monitoring alerts you after fraud happens. Privacy removal works upstream — it reduces the personal data attackers can use in the first place. Fewer listings means less raw material for fraud.
No — brokers and breaches are separate problems. But removing broker data means a future breach exposes less. A leaked email can't be cross-referenced with a home address that's no longer listed.
It frequently does. Brokers rebuild profiles from public records on a cycle. Monitoring catches re-listings and re-submits removal requests automatically — especially important after a breach, since breached data itself can become a broker source.

See which sites are publishing your information right now

Start with a free scan. We show you exactly where your personal information is listed, then we start taking it down — and we keep pushing when it comes back.

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