Questions people ask before they start
What exactly is a data broker?
A company that collects personal information from public records, purchases and online activity, then sells or publishes it. People-search sites are the visible end: type a name, pay a few dollars, get a home address, phone numbers, age and relatives. Marketing data companies and credit-header resellers do the same thing wholesale.
Is removal actually legally binding?
Where a privacy law applies, yes. We cite the exact provision for your jurisdiction and the statutory deadline. Brokers that miss it receive a formal notice and the correspondence record is ready for a regulator complaint. Outside those laws, we use the broker's own published opt-out procedure, which they are bound to honour under consumer protection law.
Do I have to give you my ID?
No. Requests go out under your signed authorisation. If a broker insists on ID, the task appears in your Action Center and you decide. Uploads are encrypted, sent with an instruction to destroy after verification, and automatically purged from our storage after 14 days.
How long does it take?
Most brokers respond inside the legal window: 30 days under GDPR and the Privacy Act, 45 under US state laws. Many people-search sites confirm within days. Your dashboard shows exactly where each request stands and what is due next.
Does my data come back?
Brokers re-acquire data from their sources, so each confirmed removal is checked again on a schedule. If it reappears, a new demand goes out citing their earlier confirmation, and the case starts a new cycle.
Can I delete my account?
Yes, in one step from Settings. Your identity vault is wiped and documents are shredded immediately. A record that the requests were made is kept without personal data, because that record is what makes the demands enforceable.
Who operates this?
InfoBrokerPurge is built and operated by SupportCALL, an Australian ICT business trading since the 1990s, on infrastructure it runs itself. There is no venture funding, no data partnership and no plan to be acquired by a broker.