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BT Phone Book and directory listing
People search and public listings · United Kingdom
UK serviceChecked by TraceErase
How a BT landline number and name are listed in BT's Phone Book, BT's online directory and BT 118500 Directory Enquiries.
Remove a public listing
Checked by TraceErase on 10 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
UKPhoneBook
People search and public listings · United Kingdom
UK serviceChecked by TraceErase
Names, addresses and phone numbers published on ukphonebook.com.
Remove a public listingErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 26 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
192.com
People search and public listings · United Kingdom
UK serviceChecked by TraceErase
Names and addresses published on 192.com, which its privacy policy says come from directory enquiries, the open electoral register, company, court, insolvency and property records and other sources.
Remove a public listing
Checked by TraceErase on 26 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
PeopleLooker
People search and public listings · US records; notice also covers UK and EU
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceErase
The PeopleLooker people-search website only.
Remove a public listingStop marketingErase your dataGet a copy of your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 10 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
118 118 (directory enquiries)
People search and public listings
UK relevance not confirmedRoute being researched
UK relevance and the removal or opt-out route are still being researched, so no steps are shown. Its official pages could not be read yet.
Baby Mailing Preference Service (Baby MPS)
Resource: UK preference services and source controls · United Kingdom
UK serviceChecked by TraceEraseNot an erasure
A free UK register (a resource, not a data broker) that asks organisations to stop baby-related marketing mail.
Stop marketingComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 10 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Fundraising Preference Service (FPS)
Resource: UK preference services and source controls · UK; charities registered in England, Wales or Northern Ireland
UK serviceChecked by TraceEraseNot an erasure
A free service run by the Fundraising Regulator (a resource, not a data broker) that asks registered charities to stop fundraising contact by post, email, text or phone.
Stop marketingComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 10 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Mailing Preference Service (MPS)
Resource: UK preference services and source controls · United Kingdom
UK serviceChecked by TraceEraseNot an erasure
A free UK register (a resource, not a data broker) that reduces personally addressed marketing mail to UK home addresses from organisations that screen against it.
Stop marketingGet a copy of your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 26 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Telephone Preference Service (TPS)
Resource: UK preference services and source controls · United Kingdom
UK serviceChecked by TraceEraseNot an erasure
A free UK register (a resource, not a data broker) that stops live sales and marketing calls to the numbers listed.
Stop marketingComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 26 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Your Choice (unaddressed mail preference scheme)
Resource: UK preference services and source controls · United Kingdom
UK serviceChecked by TraceEraseNot an erasure
A DMA scheme (a resource, not a data broker) that asks member distributors to stop unaddressed door-to-door advertising.
Stop marketing
Checked by TraceErase on 10 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Your Online Choices
Resource: UK preference services and source controls · United Kingdom
UK serviceChecked by TraceEraseNot an erasure
A choices page run by the European Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA) that lets you turn off interest-based advertising from about 90 listed companies, in the browser you use.
Stop marketing
Checked by TraceErase on 26 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Royal Mail Door to Door opt-out
Resource: UK preference services and source controls
UK relevance not confirmedRoute being researchedNot an erasure
UK relevance and the removal or opt-out route are still being researched, so no steps are shown. Its official pages could not be read yet.
Experian Marketing Services
Marketing data and contact databases · United Kingdom
UK serviceChecked by TraceErase
Experian Ltd's marketing data and audience products only (segments, models, marketing and suppression files).
Stop marketingErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 10 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Apollo.io
Marketing data and contact databases · Global, including the UK, EEA and Switzerland
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceErase
People in Apollo's contributor database of business contacts.
Stop marketingErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 21 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Cognism
Marketing data and contact databases · United Kingdom, EU and EEA
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceErase
People whose business contact details (work email, phone, job title, employer) are in Cognism's sales-intelligence database.
Stop marketingErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 21 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Dynata
Marketing data and contact databases · United Kingdom and worldwide
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceErase
Dynata's survey panels, websites, apps and rewards for people outside the US, as covered by its UK privacy policy.
Stop marketingClose the accountErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your data
Checked by TraceErase on 10 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Epsilon (UK and EU advertising data)
Marketing data and contact databases · United Kingdom and EU
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceErase
Epsilon's UK and EU privacy notice for services: online advertising identifiers, audience segments and offline data supplied by clients and partners.
Stop marketingErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 10 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Kaspr
Marketing data and contact databases · France-based, covering individuals in the UK, EU and EEA
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceErase
People whose business contact details are in Kaspr's contact database.
Stop marketingErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 21 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
LexisNexis Risk Solutions (business-contact directory)
Marketing data and contact databases · United Kingdom and worldwide
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceErase
LexisNexis Risk Solutions group data and risk services as described in its group privacy policy and its Data Services and business-services processing notices.
Stop marketingErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your data
Checked by TraceErase on 10 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
PeopleSmart
Marketing data and contact databases · US records and contacts; notice covers UK and EU
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceErase
The PeopleSmart website and its contact-data products only.
Remove a public listingStop marketingErase your dataGet a copy of your data
Checked by TraceErase on 10 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
RocketReach
Marketing data and contact databases · Global, with a UK inquiry route
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceErase
People whose professional contact details appear in RocketReach's database.
Stop marketingErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 10 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
ZoomInfo
Marketing data and contact databases · Global, including individuals in the UK, EEA and Switzerland
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceErase
People with a professional profile in ZoomInfo's business-contact directory.
Stop marketingErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 10 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Acxiom
Marketing data and contact databases
UK serviceRoute being researched
Relevant to the UK, but its removal or opt-out route has not been reviewed yet, so no steps are shown.
Dun & Bradstreet
Marketing data and contact databases
UK relevance not confirmedRoute being researched
UK relevance and the removal or opt-out route are still being researched, so no steps are shown. Its official pages could not be read yet.
Lusha
Marketing data and contact databases
Global, includes the UKRoute being researched
Relevant to the UK, but its removal or opt-out route has not been reviewed yet, so no steps are shown.
allthelenders
Manage loan-broker marketing · United Kingdom
UK serviceRoute checked by TraceErase
Loan-broker marketing and the data a broker holds. Broker activity only, not a loan or lending account.
Route checked by TraceErase on 1 November 2026 against the organisation’s own privacy notice. Not a tested route and not a removal.
AutoFunder
Manage loan-broker marketing · United Kingdom
UK serviceRoute checked by TraceErase
Loan-broker marketing and the data a broker holds. Broker activity only, not a loan or lending account.
Route checked by TraceErase on 16 October 2026 against the organisation’s own privacy notice. Not a tested route and not a removal.
CashPanda
Manage loan-broker marketing · United Kingdom
UK serviceRoute checked by TraceErase
Loan-broker marketing and the data a broker holds. Broker activity only, not a loan or lending account.
Route checked by TraceErase on 1 November 2026 against the organisation’s own privacy notice. Not a tested route and not a removal.
Choose Wisely
Manage loan-broker marketing · United Kingdom
UK serviceRoute checked by TraceErase
Loan-broker marketing and the data a broker holds. Broker activity only, not a loan or lending account.
Route checked by TraceErase on 9 October 2026 against the organisation’s own privacy notice. Not a tested route and not a removal.
Comparitec
Manage loan-broker marketing · United Kingdom
UK serviceRoute checked by TraceErase
Loan-broker marketing and the data a broker holds. Broker activity only, not a loan or lending account.
Route checked by TraceErase on 16 October 2026 against the organisation’s own privacy notice. Not a tested route and not a removal.
Cozi
Manage loan-broker marketing · United Kingdom
UK relevance not confirmedRoute being researched
Being researched: no route has been reviewed yet, so this entry offers no steps.
DL UK
Manage loan-broker marketing · United Kingdom
UK serviceRoute checked by TraceErase
Loan-broker marketing and the data a broker holds. Broker activity only, not a loan or lending account.
Route checked by TraceErase on 16 October 2026 against the organisation’s own privacy notice. Not a tested route and not a removal.
Guardian Trading Limited
Manage loan-broker marketing · United Kingdom
UK relevance not confirmedRoute being researched
Being researched: no route has been reviewed yet, so this entry offers no steps.
LendBulb
Manage loan-broker marketing · United Kingdom
UK relevance not confirmedRoute being researched
Being researched: no route has been reviewed yet, so this entry offers no steps.
Little Loans
Manage loan-broker marketing · United Kingdom
UK serviceRoute checked by TraceErase
Loan-broker marketing and the data a broker holds. Broker activity only, not a loan or lending account.
Route checked by TraceErase on 9 October 2026 against the organisation’s own privacy notice. Not a tested route and not a removal.
LoanPig
Manage loan-broker marketing · United Kingdom
UK serviceRoute checked by TraceErase
Loan-broker marketing and the data a broker holds. Broker activity only, not a loan or lending account.
Route checked by TraceErase on 1 November 2026 against the organisation’s own privacy notice. Not a tested route and not a removal.
MediaBlanket
Manage loan-broker marketing · United Kingdom
UK serviceRoute checked by TraceErase
Loan-broker marketing and the data a broker holds. Broker activity only, not a loan or lending account.
Route checked by TraceErase on 16 October 2026 against the organisation’s own privacy notice. Not a tested route and not a removal.
PingYo
Manage loan-broker marketing · United Kingdom
UK relevance not confirmedRoute being researched
Being researched: no route has been reviewed yet, so this entry offers no steps.
Quick Car Finance
Manage loan-broker marketing · United Kingdom
UK relevance not confirmedRoute being researched
Being researched: no route has been reviewed yet, so this entry offers no steps.
Stop Go Networks
Manage loan-broker marketing · United Kingdom
UK serviceRoute checked by TraceErase
Loan-broker marketing and the data a broker holds. Broker activity only, not a loan or lending account.
Route checked by TraceErase on 16 October 2026 against the organisation’s own privacy notice. Not a tested route and not a removal.
Swift Money
Manage loan-broker marketing · United Kingdom
UK serviceRoute checked by TraceErase
Loan-broker marketing and the data a broker holds. Broker activity only, not a loan or lending account.
Route checked by TraceErase on 10 October 2026 against the organisation’s own privacy notice. Not a tested route and not a removal.
T.UK
Manage loan-broker marketing · United Kingdom
UK serviceRoute checked by TraceErase
Loan-broker marketing and the data a broker holds. Broker activity only, not a loan or lending account.
Route checked by TraceErase on 16 October 2026 against the organisation’s own privacy notice. Not a tested route and not a removal.
Amazon / Audible
Shopping · United Kingdom (amazon.co.uk and audible.co.uk)
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceEraseAccount guide available
The UK Amazon shopping account and the linked Audible UK account.
Stop marketingClose the accountDeactivate temporarilyErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 8 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Deliveroo
Food and drink · United Kingdom
UK serviceChecked by TraceEraseAccount guide available
Deliveroo customer account on the UK website and app.
Stop marketingClose the accountErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 8 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
eBay
Shopping · United Kingdom (ebay.co.uk)
UK serviceChecked by TraceEraseAccount guide available
eBay UK member account and its linked eBay businesses on the same identity.
Stop marketingClose the accountErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 7 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Facebook
Social media and messaging · UK and global
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceEraseAccount guide available
The Facebook profile only.
Stop marketingClose the accountDeactivate temporarilyErase your dataGet a copy of your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 8 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Google
Email, identity and cloud · UK (Google LLC is named as controller for UK users)
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceEraseAccount guide available
The whole Google Account, which signs in to Gmail, YouTube, Drive, Photos, Play and other Google services.
Stop marketingClose the accountErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 7 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Microsoft Account
Email, identity and cloud · UK (privacy statement read in its UK English version)
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceEraseAccount guide available
The personal Microsoft account that signs in to Outlook.com, OneDrive, Xbox, Skype and Teams for personal use.
Stop marketingClose the accountErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 7 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Netflix
Entertainment · United Kingdom
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceEraseAccount guide available
Netflix membership account.
Stop marketingClose the accountErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 7 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Spotify
Entertainment · United Kingdom
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceEraseAccount guide available
Spotify listener account (free and Premium).
Stop marketingClose the accountErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 7 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Tesco/Clubcard
Retail and grocery · United Kingdom
UK serviceChecked by TraceEraseAccount guide available
Tesco groceries account and Clubcard, treated separately where Tesco does.
Stop marketingClose the accountDeactivate temporarilyErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 8 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
TikTok
Social media and messaging · UK, EEA and Switzerland
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceEraseAccount guide available
The TikTok app account for users in the UK, using the privacy policy version that covers the EEA, UK and Switzerland.
Close the accountErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 7 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Vinted
Shopping · United Kingdom (vinted.co.uk)
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceEraseAccount guide available
Vinted marketplace member account on the UK site.
Stop marketingClose the accountErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 8 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
X
Social media and messaging · UK and global
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceEraseAccount guide available
The X (formerly Twitter) account.
Close the accountDeactivate temporarilyErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 8 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Adobe
Technology and tools · UK (policy applies outside North America and Japan)
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceErase
A personal Adobe account.
Stop marketingGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 7 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Airbnb
Travel and leisure · Users outside the US, including the UK
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceErase
Airbnb guest and host account for users outside the US.
Stop marketingClose the accountErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 4 November 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Aldi
Retail and grocery · United Kingdom
UK serviceChecked by TraceErase
Aldi UK customer privacy notice including the Aldi app and My Account.
Stop marketingErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 7 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
All 4 / Channel 4
Entertainment · United Kingdom
UK serviceChecked by TraceErase
Channel 4 viewer account used for streaming and Channel 4+.
Stop marketingClose the accountErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 7 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Amazon Music
Entertainment · United Kingdom (amazon.co.uk login)
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceErase
Amazon Music (Unlimited, Standard and Prime) used with a UK Amazon login.
Stop marketingClose the accountDeactivate temporarilyErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 8 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
Amazon Prime Video
Entertainment · United Kingdom (amazon.co.uk login)
Global, includes the UKChecked by TraceErase
Prime Video used with a UK Amazon login, including the Prime membership that carries it.
Stop marketingClose the accountDeactivate temporarilyErase your dataGet a copy of your dataCorrect your dataComplain about how data was handled
Checked by TraceErase on 8 October 2026 against the organisation’s own pages. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in and not a removal; the organisation may have changed its pages since.
- Checked by TraceErase TraceErase read the organisation’s own pages on the date shown. You follow the steps on its site. Not a tested sign-in, not a removal.
- Review is due The check is older than the review period. Check the organisation’s own page first.
- Route being researched Listed for UK relevance. No steps are shown until a route has been read.
- Not an erasure A resource such as a preference service. It changes how you are contacted or listed.
- Handled by TraceErase for some actions Eligible actions for this organisation can be handled by TraceErase when Loan Broker Cleanup is open to you (the card says so). See each action for what applies. Other actions are yours to complete, with help to prepare and track them.
- Rights requests only (sector rule) Banks, credit, insurance, energy, phone and health: no closure or erasure advice.
Which route applies to the action you want?
Every entry shows the route for each action, so you know before you start whether you follow the official steps, prepare a request here, or can ask TraceErase to handle it.
Step 1
Find the organisation
Search by name or other name, or browse a category. A listing means only that it is in the directory.
Step 2
Choose what you want to do
Close an account, stop marketing, ask for a copy of your data, ask for erasure, correct data, or complain. These are separate actions with separate results.
Step 3
Follow the route the entry shows for that action
Do it yourself
When: The entry shows official steps that TraceErase has read, with the date.
What happens: Follow the organisation’s own steps on its own site. TraceErase hasn’t signed in to run them.
- You
- The organisation
Free to follow, with or without an account.
Prepare and track
When: You want a written request and a record, or the organisation needs your own sign-in, form or post.
What happens: TraceErase prepares the draft and keeps the dates and replies. You review it and send it.
- You
- TraceErase software
- The organisation
Needs an account.
Handled by TraceErase
When: That action is marked as eligible for managed handling for that organisation.
What happens: You give written permission. TraceErase handles the request: our team approves the exact wording, then software sends it or the team submits it.
- You
- TraceErase software
- TraceErase team
- The organisation
Needs the plan.
Right now: Checking whether this is available…
Use it as a place to start
When: The entry is listed but TraceErase hasn’t checked its route, or the sector is banks, credit, energy, phone or health.
What happens: No steps are shown until a route has been read. For those sectors TraceErase gives no closure or erasure advice, only rights requests.
- You
Whichever route you take, none of them is a removal. An organisation decides its reply, and TraceErase shows what it said and who vouches for it.
Where to start
- Start with what reaches you. If it is calls or post, begin with the preference services: they are free and cover many senders at once.
- Then public listings. A listing on a people-finder site can be removed on its own, but that doesn’t remove the source record or any other site.
- Then the marketing databases. Ask the organisations that hold audience data to stop using your details for marketing.
- Close accounts you no longer use last. Closing an account ends your use of a service. It isn’t the same as asking for everything to be erased.
New to the vocabulary? The plain-English guides explain data requests, marketing objections and complaints, and how TraceErase works shows where the tools fit.
What each choice changes
- Preference service registration
- Asks members to stop contacting you by one channel. It is a suppression list, not an erasure, and it doesn’t stop scammers or organisations that ignore it.
- Marketing objection
- Tells one organisation to stop using your details for direct marketing. A small suppression record may remain so it can honour the objection.
- Listing removal
- Takes down one listing. It doesn’t remove the source record or other sites.
- Account closure
- Ends the account. Subscriptions, records the organisation must keep and other copies may be separate.
- Data access request
- Gets you a copy of what the organisation holds. It isn’t a deletion request.
- Erasure request
- Asks for personal data to be deleted. The right isn’t absolute: credit-reference, fraud-prevention and legal-retention records aren’t ordinary marketing lists.
- Browser or device advertising choice
- Often narrower than a rights request. It may stop some ads without telling any organisation to stop using your data.
Doing it yourself, or with TraceErase
Many official opt-outs are free to do yourself. TraceErase charges for its actual service and tools, not for your statutory rights.
Everything on this page is free to read without an account. The official links go straight to the organisation. TraceErase doesn’t log in to your accounts and doesn’t hold your passwords.
With a TraceErase account you can keep your cases in one place: prepare a request from a template, record what you sent and when, and see response dates worked out from the dates you enter. For a small set of supported organisations and actions, TraceErase can handle the request for you with a plan, when that service is open to you.
Account creation doesn’t start a purchase. Plans are shown on the pricing page, separately and later.
Questions
Is a listing here proof that an organisation holds my data?
No. A listing means the organisation is in the directory and, where a badge says so, that TraceErase read its own pages on the date shown. It says nothing about whether it holds information about you.
Do I need TraceErase to use the official steps?
No. The steps are the organisation’s own and are free to follow without an account. TraceErase adds tools around them: a place to prepare a request, keep a record of what you sent, and see dates worked out from your own dates.
What does “Checked by TraceErase” mean?
TraceErase read the organisation’s own pages for an action on the date shown, and wrote the route down. It is a dated read of public pages, not a legal opinion and not a test: nobody has signed in to run the flow, so it is not a removal. The organisation may have changed its pages since or may ask you for more. If the date is old, the card says the check is due and you should check the organisation’s own page first.
Why are some well-known names missing?
Because the directory lists only organisations where there is UK relevance and a route that was actually read, or where research is clearly marked as pending. Names with no UK evidence, or whose pages couldn’t be read, aren’t listed as guidance. The wider service directory on the coverage page lists more.
Can TraceErase contact an organisation for me?
Only for the actions that show as “Handled by TraceErase”, and only when that service is switched on. Otherwise the card says managed delivery isn’t open right now and you follow the official steps or prepare the request here. Where an action needs your own step, it says “You complete this step”.
How this directory is built: 429 candidates were examined. Each has a recorded decision. 8 were found not to be UK-relevant and aren’t listed. Others stay off the list until a UK link and an official route have both been read. Part of the wider catalogue comes from a community directory (MIT licence); TraceErase’s reviewed guidance is separate.
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