Findmypast opt-out
findmypast.co.uk How to remove yourself from Findmypast
Findmypast says you can ask it to delete personal information in certain circumstances. Email its privacy team from the address on your account, giving the full name on the account, or write to its data protection officer in London.
On average, Serus sends about 184 removal requests per person, 89% of them to data brokers, so expect Findmypast to be one of many.
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Serus is a privacy company with paid tools to find and remove your personal data. This guide shows the free way to do it yourself.
- Opt-out page
- findmypast.co.uk
- Method
- Email, Mail or fax
- Privacy email
- privacy@findmypast.co.uk
- What you need
- Email address
- Cost
- Free
- Last updated
Findmypast doesn't say how long removal takes. Under California law, a business has 45 days to act on a deletion request (15 business days for an opt-out of sale).
How to opt out of Findmypast
- 1
Write from your account email
Findmypast asks for deletion requests to come from the email address attached to your account, with the full name on the account. Its help article on your rights gives the contact address.
- 2
Say what you want deleted
Name the data. Findmypast says each deletion request is judged case by case.
- 3
Post it instead, if you prefer
Write to the Data Protection Officer, Findmypast, 185 Fleet Street, London, EC4A 2HS.
Watch out for
- Deletion applies only in certain circumstances, which Findmypast says are specific to each case.
- A request to stop marketing is a separate right to object, and Findmypast lists it alongside the deletion route.
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What Findmypast holds about you
- Full name and aliases
What Findmypast is known to collect, not a check of your listing.
Does it come back?
Findmypast doesn't publish a relisting policy in its rights article.
Your rights
Findmypast lists rights to delete, restrict and object to processing, and to move your data to another controller.
United Kingdom: UK GDPR. You can ask any company to erase your personal data and to stop using it for direct marketing. It has one month to respond. If it doesn't, you can complain to the ICO. Read the full guide.
General information, not legal advice.
Frequently asked
Can I delete my Findmypast data?
You can ask. Findmypast says deletion is available in certain circumstances, decided case by case.
Do I need an account to ask?
The article tells account holders to write from their account email. It doesn't set out a different route for non-members.
How do I stop Findmypast marketing to me?
Use the right to object. Findmypast says you can ask it to stop processing your data for marketing.
Related guide How to delete yourself and your information from the internet 
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