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Why data removal costs money:
Identity theft and “doxxing” are two of the last things any of us want to experience.
Also high on the list are bills and new reasons to pay for things you shouldn’t have to in the first place.
You shouldn’t have to pay for online data removal, and not too long ago you didn’t have to.
Now, you do.
Why?
Data brokers are companies that collect huge volumes of data about huge numbers of people.
They’re modern companies, capitalizing on the growth of the internet.
They compile this data into reports that are then made available for anyone to purchase.
But here’s the catch: Data brokers actually get most of their data from public sources. That means two things:
- Most of their data collection is not illegal, and
- Most people could collect the same data about you without a data broker — it would just take them days, weeks, or even months.
That’s why data removal is a modern solution to a modern problem.
Before the internet publicly existed (that was August 1991, so not actually that long ago), if someone with bad intentions wanted to find out more about you and who you were, they’d have to visit courts, public adjusters, chambers of commerce, and many more government offices, and they’d have to file numerous complicated reports and requests.
Today, they don’t have to.
Just Google your name and you’ll see a long list of websites that pretend to know you.
The problem is, they actually do.
You would be surprised how much they know about you, and how easy it is for anyone in the world to buy that data.
If you pay for that report—it would cost about $17.00—you’ll get back a long and detailed list of data about yourself (or someone else) that it will probably feel almost illegal to know.
Yet, it’s legal.
That’s why data removal is so worthwhile. It removes these reports from dozens if not hundreds of websites that are currently collecting it and making it available for anyone to buy.
Why it’s worth paying for:
If you tick someone off on TikTok, or have a bad run-in with someone in real life, or even fail to meet someone’s expectations in your small business, there’s nothing stopping them from dropping less than $20 to find out everything about you.
Data Removal prevents that.
It returns your personal data almost to where it was pre-internet, or as close to that period of time as possible.
Back when life was simple and people who had problems with you would take them up cordially and in-person. Usually.
‘Christian, I’ve a Feeling We’re not in Kansas Anymore.’
Christian Bale is rumored to have once said:
“If you have a problem with me, call me.
“If you don’t have my number, then that means you don’t know me well enough to have a problem.”
“If you have a problem with me, call me. If you don’t have my number, then that means you don’t know me well enough to have a problem.”
Actor Christian Bale
While that was once certainly true, it isn’t true today.
People who don’t know you can now get not only your phone number, but your entire “life history” merely by paying a data broker for a precompiled report on you.
Just as you could pay for a report on them.
That report would (usually) include your current and past home addresses, your phone number, your places of employment, your credit score, your relatives and relationships (marriages), and much more.
Certainly enough information for an ill-intentioned individual to do more than a bit of damage to you, your business, or your reputation.
Monthly Subscriptions From $9.99 – $29.99
Data Removal is usually paid for as a monthly subscription service because continual monitoring of data brokers is required in order to prevent your data from reappearing online.
Most data removal companies charge between $9.99 and $29.99 per month for online data removal.
It’s not something that any of us should really have to pay for, but as long as people are profiting off of others’ personal data, it may be the only way to protect our private information.
InfoRemover.com uses proprietary software that automatically and affordably fulfills the removal requirements of nearly 200 online data brokers, making data removal easy and accessible.
