All you have to do is exercise your basic data privacy rights
You can contact each of these commonly used agencies and request to remove your data:
The Work Number by Equifax
Data Held: The Work Number collects and maintains employment and income records.
Data Removal: You can request data removal through their contact page.
Link: Equifax Data Removal Request
HireRight
Data Held: HireRight collects and maintains background check and employment verification information.
Data Removal: You can request data removal by submitting a Data Subject Access Request (DSAR).
Link: HireRight Privacy Policy
First Advantage
Data Held: First Advantage collects background screening data, including employment verification.
Data Removal: You can request data removal by contacting their customer service.
Link: First Advantage Data Request
Sterling Talent Solutions
Data Held: Sterling collects background check and employment verification information.
Data Removal: You can request data removal through their Data Subject Rights portal.
Link: Sterling Data Subject Rights
Checkr
Data Held: Checkr collects background check information, including employment verification.
Data Removal: You can request data removal by submitting a privacy request.
Link: Checkr Privacy Request
GoodHire
Data Held: GoodHire collects background check and employment verification data.
Data Removal: You can request data removal by contacting their support team.
Link: GoodHire Privacy Policy
Truework
Data Held: Truework collects and maintains employment verification data.
Data Removal: You can request data removal by contacting their support.
Link: Truework Privacy Policy
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optimistic-gold•5mo ago
Adding onto this: https://github.com/yaelwrites/big-ass-data-broker-opt-out-list
GitHub
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In addition, its important to not be too paranoid. I feel like so much of this paranoia comes from wanting to dress up as Jeffrey Epstein, but the reality is that things are moving so fast that the likelihood of you getting screwed is very very small. That being said, I am still going to double check all of my data just in case
equal-aqua•5mo ago
There are services like DeleteMe and Optery that will essentially do this for you.
You provide this information to those services, they see if they can locate any/all of the information and request it be removed from all the services they cover. In addition, they will follow up and re-request removal of data if they re-add your information, for as long as you subscribe to them.
However... there is risk because you are giving these companies so much personal data... if they get hacked... it's out there as well in a greater/higher quality amount.
Number of Data Sources Covered:
DeleteMe: Over 40 data sources.
Optery: Over 80 data sources.