Vanish: remove your name from data-broker sites

How it works

Discover. Send. Verify.

Three steps, in the order the app runs them. Vanish does the searching, the drafting and the checking. You make every send.

Checking, parents first

PeopleConnectName, cityFound
BeenVerifiedName, phoneFound
WhitepagesAnti-bot pageBlocked
SpokeoName, cityFound
TruePeopleSearchName onlyNot found
InfoTracerNo public searchUnchecked

Match ruleFirst and last name, plus a city or phone number you gave Vanish.

01

Discover

Vanish opens each broker’s public search page from your device, one at a time, for every name you give it. Cluster parents go first, then the sites they feed.
- A listing counts as Found only when the page shows your first and last name, plus a city or phone number from your profile.
- A site that refuses the check, or answers with a captcha or anti-bot page, is marked Blocked. The sweep says how many.
- A broker with no public search is marked Unchecked. It can still get a request.
02

Send

Every found listing gets an official request, worded for where you live. You send each one with a single tap or click.
- Email requests open prefilled in your mail app, addressed to the broker’s privacy inbox.
- Web forms open in the browser, with the request ready to copy. When you close the form, Vanish asks whether you submitted it.
- Portals that need an identity check or a call are marked Needs you.
- Brokers that blocked the check get a request anyway, and so do brokers with no public search but a privacy inbox. These blind requests ask the broker to search its own records.
03

Verify

A weekly re-scan looks again. A listing is confirmed removed only when a listing whose request was sent no longer appears.
- Each broker keeps a timeline of what was found, sent and confirmed.
- If a listing comes back, the timeline says Listing reappeared and it is treated as found again.

The match rule

It only counts if it is really you.

A common name turns up everywhere.

Every name. Your legal name and any other names you add, such as a maiden name or a nickname.
Every city. Where you live now, and the prior cities you list.
Every number. The phone numbers that might be listed.

What the page shows First and last name A city you gave A phone number you gave

Verdict

FoundName plus a city. This listing is you.

The roster

38 sites. Parents first.

Four parent networks feed many of the other sites, so Vanish starts with them.

Searched automatically: 24 of 38

Cluster parents and the sites they feed

Parent 01

PeopleConnect

Also feeds Intelius and ZabaSearch. Requests ask for suppression, the channel it offers.

PeopleConnectWeb form
TruthFinderEmail
Instant CheckmateEmail
US SearchEmail

Parent 02

BeenVerified

Also covers PeopleSmart, NeighborWho, Ownerly, NumberGuru and Bumper.

BeenVerifiedWeb form
PeopleLookerEmail

Parent 03

Whitepages

Includes 411.com.

WhitepagesWeb form
411.comEmail

Parent 04

Spokeo

Its opt-out works one listing address at a time.

SpokeoWeb form

Standalone sites

RadarisWeb form
TruePeopleSearchWeb form
FastPeopleSearchWeb form
FamilyTreeNowWeb form
NuwberWeb form
PeopleFindersWeb form
That’s ThemWeb form
PeekYouWeb form
USPhonebookWeb form
SearchPeopleFreeWeb form
ClustrMapsWeb form
CyberBackgroundChecksWeb form
AdvancedBackgroundChecksWeb form
MyLifeEmail
Social CatfishPortal
InfoTracerEmail
SpyFlyEmail
CheckPeopleEmail
ReholdWeb form
PeopleWhizWeb form
SpyDialerWeb form
SmartBackgroundChecksWeb form
FastBackgroundCheckWeb form
PublicRecordsNowWeb form
CocoFinderWeb form
PiplEmail
AcxiomWeb form
LexisNexisPortal
California DROPPortal

California DROP

One request reaches every broker registered in California.

The state’s own deletion portal. Vanish includes it only when you live in California, and marks it Needs you, because the state’s identity check is a step only you can take.

Web form 25

The broker’s official opt-out page opens with the request ready to copy. When it closes, Vanish asks: did you submit it?

Email 10

A request to the broker’s privacy inbox, drafted and prefilled. It leaves from your own mail app when you press Send.

Portal 3

Flows that need an identity check or a phone call. Vanish explains the step and marks it Needs you.

Worded for where you live

The right law, cited for you.

Vanish reads your country and region and chooses the legal wording that applies. Setup tells you before anything is sent: “Requests will cite” the law it picked.

How Vanish words a removal request, by where you live
Where you live	Requests cite	What each request asks for
EU and EEA countries, and the UK	GDPR Article 17	Erasure of all personal data held, an Article 21 objection to further processing, a written reply within one month under Article 12(3), and no request for more data than the broker needs to act.
California	CCPA / CPRA	Deletion of all personal information and an opt-out of its sale or sharing, under Cal. Civ. Code §1798.105 and §1798.120, confirmed within the statutory timeframe.
Other US states	A US do-not-sell request	Removal from the broker and any sites it operates or supplies, with every record suppressed and deleted and none sold or shared.
Canada	PIPEDA, and Law 25 in Quebec	Deletion, and an end to selling or sharing, under Canadian privacy law, confirmed in writing.
Anywhere else	The broker’s own opt-out policy	Removal from the broker and the sites it supplies, under the policy the broker publishes.

Read the request before it leaves.

This is the wording Vanish drafts. Choose where you live, and whether a listing was found or the request is a blind one to a broker that could not be searched.

Where you live

Listing

ToThe Spokeo privacy team

SubjectRequest for erasure under GDPR Article 17

CitesGDPR Article 17

To the Spokeo data protection officer,

Under Article 17 GDPR I request erasure of all personal data you hold about me, and under Article 21 I object to any further processing. My information appears at: [the listing address].

Name: [your name]
Email: [your contact email]

Please confirm in writing within one month (Article 12(3)) and do not request more data than is necessary to act on this request.

Sincerely,
[your name]

Your authorisation

“I authorize Vamocles to search people-search and data-broker sites for my information and to prepare opt-out, deletion and do-not-sell requests on my behalf, using only the identifiers I provide. This authorization is limited to data removal.”

RecordedYour name, with the date and time you agreed. Saving stays off until your name, a contact email, your country and this consent are in place.

What you give Vanish

Required: Legal full name, a contact email for broker replies, and your country.
Where you live: State or region, city, postal code and prior cities.
Contact: Other emails and the phone numbers that might be listed.
Names: Other names: maiden, previous or nicknames.
Optional: Date of birth, only if you choose to include it.

What Vanish never does

Sends a request without your tap or click.
Asks for a passport, a licence, a tax number or a social security number.
Touches the accounts you control.
Goes around a broker’s official channel.
Reports a removal it has not seen. “Confirmed removed” comes only from a re-scan.

Asked, and answered plainly.

For privacy and data requests about Vamocles itself, write to privacy@vamocles.com.

Does Vanish remove my data automatically?

No. Vanish finds the listings, drafts every request and opens the right channel, but each request leaves only when you tap or click to send it. Nothing is sent silently.

Why does Vanish need my consent?

Brokers act on requests made on your behalf, so Vanish asks you to authorise that first, in plain words, and records when you agreed. The authorisation is limited to data removal and to the identifiers you provide.

Will it ask for my passport or driving licence?

Never. Vanish does not collect passport, licence, tax or social security numbers. If a broker asks for identity proof or a phone call, Vanish marks it Needs you and leaves that step with you.

What does “Blocked” mean?

Some sites refuse automated checks or show a captcha or anti-bot page instead of results. Vanish reports how many, and still prepares a request for each blocked broker, asking it to search its own records.

What is a blind request?

A request sent without a confirmed listing, to a broker that could not be searched. It says that no public listing was confirmed and asks the broker to search its databases for your name and contact details and delete any records.

Why is a site marked “Via parent”?

Many people-search sites are fed by a bigger network. When the parent is found or blocked, the request goes to the parent, which covers the sites it supplies. A fed site gets its own request only when it is found itself.

How do I know a listing is really gone?

Vanish confirms a removal only when a re-scan no longer finds a listing whose request was sent. If the listing comes back later, the timeline says so and it is treated as found again.

Does it work outside the United States?

Yes. Requests cite GDPR for the EU, the EEA and the UK, and PIPEDA for Canada, with Law 25 for Quebec. Many people-search sites focus on US residents, but every request Vanish drafts cites the law where you live.

Where are my details kept?

In the Keychain on your device, for that device only. On iPhone the sweep report is written with complete file protection, and Delete All Data in Settings resets your Vanish identifiers.

Protect the people behind the operation.

Vanish is part of the personal layer of Vamocles, alongside Monitor and Vamo. See it with the rest of the system.

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