1 Year Later...Did DeleteMe Really Erase my Online Data?

I'm a Realtor, will Deleteme hurt my marketing presence, folks searching for a realtor or me specifically? Thank you.

While I had heard of deleteme services in the past, I decided to check them out after this video.

Their website is quite confusing when it comes to sorting through the services they offer. I certainly did not see anything that led me to a subscription that would provide the reports and feedback you show in this video.

Granted I spent less than 5 minutes on their site, so additional research will be needed. I was just disappointed to not find a well laid out chart or something describing different plan tiers and offerings.

"Do Not Sell My Personal Information" (DNSMPI) is a link on a website that allows users to opt out of the sale of their personal information. It's also known as a "Do Not Sell My Data" notice.

The FBI, NSA, and foreign governments, and banks, and central banks, have, and will have your data, as well as companies an services you ude. 😉 You might want to go off-the-grid, anonymous, or go dark.

Does it work in Europe?

This service is NOT deleting your info - once your info is out there it’s permanently available all these guys do is temporarily hide it and not even well

Lifelock is with Norton 360 now and they do the same thing. I am currently trying deleteme right now for one year but I think I’m going to cancel and continue this with Lifelock / Norton 360. Crazy how much of our info is out there

So is the data deleted? Or is the data blocked?

Will this service contact local media to remove a person's name from a media story? If not, what services can accomplish this?

I was granted an expungement, so any references to my prior case have been sealed. However, when I run my name through a Google search, my name pops up in a WKYC story with reference to my indictment. I have attempted to contact them myself (with a copy of the expungement order), however, they have not replied to me after several attempts to contact them via email.

Any suggestions?

Isn't it kinda dishonest to "review" a product you have a sponsor with? How are your viewers supposed to take you seriously when you clearly have a bias in making the service look good? Also data brokers don't actually delete your data, just hides them. If they sold their databases your data will come back up, so their marketing is also extremely misleading. To anyone reading this, the best way to keep your data safe, is to not put them out in the first place. If you use the internet however, unless you are extremely in the know about all the technical stuff, you are bound to have some data going around, we gave up on our privacy a long time ago and called people who complained and protested "paranoid" or "conspiracy theorist".

It's interesting how you have to give your personnal info to an app that will store it in their cloud server, in an effort to remove your personnal info from online servers, while also spending money. I would not even beleive all the stats the app is showing you either : ''we found your info here and there and your data was removed successfully''. The reports the app show you could be fabricated for all we know how do you even verify what they are telling you is true ? No one will actually go look in those data brokers databases. It's like when someone says : ''I want to fight global warming, so I will buy an electric car''. If you don't want your personnal info to be online, and you are reading this, it's probably already too late. Just using the internet and going on websites is information that is gathered on you to send you targeted adds. The only thing you can do is try to resist and not buy whatever the screen is showing you to buy. Maybe the app really works and find your info online but I doupt it. A way to know would be to create a fake identity that never went online before. If the app shows it found something online then it is defenitly a scam, but if it's not showing anything it would be legit.

Ironically, deleteme doesn't allow you to access their website if you are using a VPN.

"I.m kidding. This is not my home." LOL! That one cracked me up. Thank you for a great review.

what to do if I'm not from USA?

Are you sponsored by deleteme? I see you have a discount code but just curious. I think that’s valuable info when a creator reviews a product. I may have missed it though. Any thoughts on other platforms?

Thanks for what you do. Love your content.

We live in Orwellian times.

Does a service like DeleteMe help address privacy leaks from data breaches (e.g. Luxottica)? Thanks for such a great channel!

I'm guessing you're getting fewer spam calls because of Delete Me because I'm on all the do not track lists I could find, and I still get a ton. I'm going to look closer into this, great video. Thanks!

When its gonna be available for European users?

Bro is like I live in Thailand

I use Aura as my identy theft protection solution. This service automatically searches and removes all personal data at no extra charge.

waste of money paying a company to "apparently" get your information deleted as if you need to permanently pay a subscription to this company to get your information deleted if it's an apparent on-going thing then this suggests obviously your information isn't getting totally deleted as "it's on-going" (obviously). And it is kind of pointless as soon as you'd pay these companies to do this "any other person" would be on the internet as it's a daily thing for us people now and your information is once again and always being collected. It's just stupid to pay companies, your information gets collected in life, what are you going to do about it, it's how the world turns round.. 🤷‍♂🤔

Contact your consumer affairs, they enforce data deletion. Disengage from businesses that don't align with your values.

Why you got to pay for it

How do they even manage to remove information from server what they do not even own? Request to remove? why would they remove? Removing on public but still selling it in a database? Even on dark web where they have 0 access. Seems pretty much a scam.

Is this the video I'm looking for idk I'm skipping to the faq because you're wasting my time

9 minutes and 11 seconds?

What’s there website ?

I'm considering Optery. Is it good?

Experian has something similar to this, idk how similar but it sounds the same. Chrck it out. They have a way to clear stuff loke this for you.

a follow up on the first question you were asked, are you sure that they don't request the data for them selfs as well as request the deletion, and what makes you so sure

dose this work in the UK?

Optery is cheaper for doing same service

how ironic! in the old days, we had to pay to put our info in White Book or yellow pages which I never done! NOW, we have to pay $$$$$$ to have our Personal Info to be removed.
Scary to think, if you are trying to move away from abusive relationship or stalkers...they can easily find you. Our Privacy Laws sucks!
if your name somehow show up with your info overseas will they be able to removed those info?

Rainbow

Why deleteme vs the 15 other services that do this same thing? Is there actually a reason or did you just pick one at random and hope?

Pathetic that I have to pay a company to delete data from the internet that shouldn’t be public

Will deleteme reduce spam emails?

Technically, the answer to the question posed in the title of the video is *NO*. DeleteMe does NOT really erase your online data. It only makes your data temporarily invisible to the public. The data brokers do NOT actually delete your data from their servers as a result of actions by an individual or the DeleteMe service. The data on data broker servers remains there, but is tagged as 'not viewable' on their website. This means they can sell their database to another company, or the broker can create a new company with a new name and your data will once again be publicly visible. This is why data brokers never use the terms 'Delete Request'. They always use the terms 'Opt Out Request' or 'Removal Request'. I wouldn't be surprised if some attorney starts a class action lawsuit against DeleteMe for that very reason. Their service does not actually delete your data. They should have named their company HideMe or something like that to avoid misleading people.

When a broker removes the info, what's stopping them from adding it back again later? Does the request include a clause to keep it off for a period of time, or does the service re-submit removal requests every so often?

Is deleteme safe?
They now have your information “confirmed by you” which is worth more than what anyone can get online. I will do a policy review before even thinking of registering with them

What options are available in a situation where a contact list has been hacked from a email provider and now on Dark Web, I assume ?

Thanks for the thorough video. Question though: you sort of touched on this when you mentioned “facebook” deletion, but I am an actor with online reviews, links, personal website, etc. I WOULD NOT want any of that deleted. I do not want to be totally erased from the internet. The only info I’m interested in having removed is birthdate/ address/ phone number/etc. So, just to confirm: deleteme will only delete personal information such as that? It will not erase the content associated with my name that I actually want online, such as personal website, reviews, social media, etc.? Thank you

Can delete me hide previous and current court cases such as being arrested, filing bankruptcy, and current job.

terrible company they missed tons of my data with a basic search i found it why couldn't they. then special request they max you at 10. you end of cleaning up going to each site requesting to be removed anyways.

I noticed you said that you have to answer questions to confirm your identity via their online portal. Obviously they are making money from subscriptions. Is it within the realm of possibility that a company like this is taking the identity info you are confirming to them and then posting your info on these various sites, therefore giving them more work to do and thus insuring that they are making a steady stream of $$$ from you by continuing to use their services?

I wonder if he's being sponsored by Deleteme? 🤔

Great vid - just a skeptical question... how does DeleteMe manage data? Is there any way they (the company themselves) harvest data from anyone using their service? For instance, is paying for the service classed as giving them 'permission' to use or otherwise process your data?

Would be pretty ironic if companies like DeleteMe & Incogni turned out to be massive data collection agencies that're trying to 'legally' obtain the data of millions of people through the back door. In essence, condense those hundreds of data collection agencies down to just a small handful... & charge Joe Blogs for the privilege.

Interested to hear your thoughts on this Bro 🤔

good thing i am an 90s kid and using internet as long as i can remember and subconsciously developed somethings that i do from the first time i created an account till this day... diversification is key never use ONE email for all accounts, never use ONE password never even use ONE service... and other useful thing is to make a habit of going to settings ALWAYS and never assume that the obvious settings are actually defaults

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