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by Thriptic 2397 days ago
> I want someone to start an opt-out service, where I send them $20, and they send a book of names by registered mail for opt-outs every month

This exists but it's not cheap: https://www.abine.com/deleteme/

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I'm not rich but $129/year isn't bad. I'd hesitate mostly because I assume such services are scams.
It's a legit service. I use them and they did ensure that my data was removed from the services they specified. Obviously I'm just some person on the internet so my statement has no intrinsic credibility, but I believe they were also validated in a nyt article awhile back.
“DeleteMe experts find and remove your personal information.”

Blargh, let the data broker figure out if I’m in their DB or not.

Trying to determine that myself seems risky. Better to send the request to every broker in existence.