The Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) states that any consumers that are residents of Colorado or that have their data held by a qualifying Colorado based data broker company may request deletion of their data. The data broker must inform the consumer of any action taken without undue delay, and within 45 days. When reasonably necessary,…

The Connecticut CTDPA states that Connecticut residents have the right to have their data deleted from data broker databases. The data broker company must respond to this request without undue delay, and within 45 days at the latest. The data broker may request an additional 45 days when reasonably necessary if they inform the Connecticut…

The Florida FDBR states that any Florida resident may request their data to be deleted from data broker databases, and the data broker company must respond within 45 days. They may extend their request period by 15 days when reasonably necessary, if they inform the Florida resident within the original 45 day period and provide…

The Montana MTCDPA states that Montana residents have the right to request deletion of their data from data brokers, and that the data broker company must respond without undue delay and within 45 days at the latest. The data broker may extend their response time by 45 days when reasonably necessary, and must provide a…

The Oregon OCPA states that Oregon residents can request deletion of their data from data brokers, and the company must stop processing that individual’s data within 15 days and respond without undue delay at the latest within 45 days. The company may request an extension for an additional 45 to process the request if it…

The Texas TDPSA states that Texas residents can request deletion of their data from companies that are not small businesses that sell to Texas residents or conduct business in the state of Texas, and that either process or sell data. These companies must respond to a consumer’s data deletion request without undue delay and at…

**the following is not legal advice, nor expert privacy advice as I am not a lawyer nor data professional. as with all things on this website and in life, practice discernment and do your own thorough research.** The Utah UCPA states that any Utah resident can request the deletion of their data from businesses that…

**the following is not legal advice, nor expert privacy advice as I am not a lawyer nor data professional. as with all things on this website and in life, practice discernment and do your own thorough research.** The Virginia CDPA states that any Virginia resident can request the deletion of their data from businesses that…

Data Removal is the act of requesting data to be removed from data broker databases. Some well known Data Broker websites, also called People Search websites, are thatsthem.com and truepeoplesearch.com. (Be careful of trackers & cookies if visiting these websites.) There are 1,000+ data broker websites that profit by invading the privacy of individuals and…

Before social media and online marketing, the greatest risk for the average individual to have their personal data leaked was through the phone book. I remember looking through the phone book as a kid thinking about how strange it was to be able to reach any person in town just by dialing numbers in a…