Just submitted a removal request for myself, a flow full of dark patterns (in fact the Remove button didn't even show up until I disabled my Pi-Hole). Remains to be seen whether all I did was make the data more valuable by confirming my email address. The page recommends signing up at BrandYourself to prevent various other data brokers from showing the same data. How is this not extortion?

Tried it, you're right. Got 6 of my past addresses, 9 past phone numbers, 8 relatives, all correct. Some incorrect info, but not much as a percentage.

If you reverse search the PO Box address listed on the site contact page, you'll find an Amateur Radio license listed to a person that is probably the owner of the site, based on his past experience.

This is just one of the websites. Here is a list of all the websites which have your information with easy links to opt-out from them.

I do not maintain this but don't know where I got this from, however I have notifications when this spreadsheets gets updated to remove my information from another website

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10wzyKEl-fAxjCD42u9HQ...

Yikes. That's the only one of those that was even close to being accurate for me. And I'm not sure I can get it removed because they don't have any of the right email addresses. I don't usually leave much of a trail on these sites, but the info that is correct vs incorrect makes me suspect they probably got it from one of my parents.

so if I search my phone number, it brings me to my name and everything. But if I search my name it doesn't get my phone number right. Any ideas why it's like that?