How to remove yourself from iBegin
iBegin is a business directory. If your phone number appears on a listing, its help page offers a phone number removal tool that removes that number's association from all businesses.
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How to opt out of iBegin
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Open the iBegin help page
The "Frequent Questions" section has a "Remove Your Phone Number" entry.
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Use the phone number removal tool
iBegin says it removes the number's association from all businesses.
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For a closed business, use the claim form
If the phone number still works and you can answer it, claim the listing and delete it. Without that access, use the Report link on the listing page.
Watch out for
- You need control of the phone number to claim and delete a business listing.
What iBegin holds about you
- Phone numbers
What iBegin is known to collect, not a check of your listing.
Does it come back?
iBegin doesn't publish a relisting policy.
Your rights
California: CCPA. If you live in California, the CCPA lets you ask a business to delete the personal information it holds about you and to stop selling or sharing it. Businesses generally have 45 days to respond.
California: the Delete Act. Data brokers that hold information on Californians must register with the state. California residents can use DROP, the state's Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, to send one deletion request to every registered broker at once.
Other US states. Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, Oregon and a growing list of other states give residents a similar right to delete. Vermont, Texas and Oregon also make data brokers register with the state. Where no state law applies, the broker's own opt-out above still works for most people.
Canada: PIPEDA. You can withdraw your consent to a company using your personal information and ask it to correct what it holds. If it doesn't respond, you can complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
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.
General information, not legal advice.
Frequently asked
Is iBegin a people-search site?
No. It's a business directory, so personal data appears where a business listing uses a personal number.
What if the business is closed?
Claim and delete the listing if you can use the number, or use the Report link on the listing.
Does one removal cover all listings?
The phone number tool is described as removing the number from all businesses.
Related guide Guide: How to Delete Yourself from the Internet Something changed? If these steps no longer match the iBegin opt-out, tell us and we'll re-check it.
