Q: Who are Privacy Pros?

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PrivacyPros is a for-profit, privately-owned privacy advocacy company. We focus on the removal of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) such as name, DOB/age, address, prior addresses, phone numbers, emails, relatives' names, real estate records, etc. from people search, people search aggregate, genealogy, voter registration, real estate evaluation, fictitious court records, and vehicle search websites; we also help consumers with eliminating automated phone calls and unwanted solicitations via email and United States mail.

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Q: Can I Purchase an A-La-Carte Opt-Out from a Particular Site or Sites?

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A: Unfortunately, no. If you’re concerned only about a particular site, feel free to contact that specific site or sites to take down your information. However, keep in mind that you’ll also need to remove your information from the sites that your particular targeted site scrapes from and advertises with. This often goes into a rabbit hole of 25-50+ sites; this is another reason we do not offer a singular site opt-out service.

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Q: I Don’t See A Site Offered on Your List. What Do I Do?

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A: Send us an email at accounts@privacypros.com and ask us about it! We’re constantly adding new sites to our services and coverage as they come online. If it’s not listed yet, we most likely haven’t seen it due to its newness or we’re verifying/investigating the effectiveness of removal procedures.

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Q: Do You Delete Stuff I See On Google?

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A: The short answer is usually “yes” - but with these qualifications: Google itself does not truly hold your personally identifiable information on publicly-accessible sites or services (unless you join Google’s Google+ social media network - they have whatever you choose to post and publicly display, just like on Facebook). Instead, Google works as an index of what is online - think of it as an index of other sites, not the holder of your information.

Once we delete a record on a site that shows up on Google (such as WhitePages or Nuwber), the page's index will still show up on Google - even though if you click on it, you’ll be led to a “Page Not Found.” If we do nothing, this dead record will fall off in 1-2 months. However, we proactively request Google to delete these links in 1-2 weeks via their Outdated Content Page Request Form.

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Q: Do You Follow Up On Google Dead Links?

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A: Yes! Once we delete a record on a site that shows up on Google (such as WhitePages or Nuwber), the page's index will still show up on Google - even though if you click on it, you’ll be led to a “Page Not Found.” If we do nothing, this dead record will fall off in 1-2 months. However, we proactively request Google to delete these links in 1-2 weeks via their Outdated Content Page Request Form.

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Q: Will My Name Be Deleted from My Relatives’ / Neighbors’ Records?/Advertisements?

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Yes! Once your record is deleted from a site, it commonly takes 3-5 weeks for the sites to update the removal of your information on your relatives’ listings. In the interim, if someone tries to search for you or click on your name, they’ll still be brought to a “Page Not Found.”

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Q: Can you scrub my social media accounts?

No. Social media scrubbing is not a service we offer. We recommend making good choices and not doing things on social media that would require scrubbing.

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Q: I became a meme, humiliation target or someone is using my face without my permission. Can you help?

Yes! Tired of your 15 minutes of fame that you didn't ask for? This we CAN help with, regardless of which platform is being used to share that content.

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Q: Whom Do I Contact For More Information?

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We would love to answer any questions that are not covered here! So please feel free to send us a message here.