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> I have to essentially give (through your service) all these companies & data brokers my info

Happy user of Optery here: you don't have to give Optery a whole lot of info. No SSNs or anything, just things they would search by to help you remove them. Are there fields for past addresses or people you lived with or past names you may have had? Sure. Do you have to fill them out? No. Are they provided in bulk to the data brokers? No.

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So they will enter all this data on the websites of the brokers which sell such data....this reminds me of the website that promises it contains all/most bitcoin private keys - just enter yours to find out if its there!

In the vast majority of cases Optery only submits the opt out (a) if we’ve already located your profile at the data broker, meaning they already have your information to begin with and (b) with the minimum information necessary to complete the out, generally First Name, Last Name, Age, Current City, and Current State, no more information than what’s already publicly available online.

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