# Blog | DelistHQ Source: https://delisthq.com/blog/ Counterfeit enforcement notes for ecommerce brands: marketplace tactics, seller behavior, and what actually keeps listings down. 2026-10-29 [Removing Yourself From People Search Sites: The Opt Out Workflow That Sticks](2026-10-29-people-search-data-broker-opt-outs/index.md) Data brokers rebuild profiles from public records and each other's feeds, so one opt out never lasts. A prioritized workflow: the big aggregators first, proof saved, and a recheck calendar. 2026-10-29 [Delisting a Closed Business From Map Pins and Directory Listings](2026-10-29-delisting-closed-business-map-pins/index.md) A closed business keeps getting calls because its map pin, directory listings, and review profiles live on. The closure workflow: mark closed at the source, then chase the syndication tail. 2026-10-28 [Removing Your Home Address From Property Record Sites](2026-10-28-removing-address-property-record-sites/index.md) 2026-10-28 [Delisting an Old Business Phone Number That Will Not Go Away](2026-10-28-delisting-old-business-phone-number/index.md) 2026-10-27 [Removing Listings From PeopleFinders Style Sites: A Working Order of Attack](2026-10-27-removing-listings-from-peoplefinders-sites/index.md) 2026-10-27 [Data Broker Opt Outs for Renters: Addresses You No Longer Live At](2026-10-27-data-broker-opt-outs-for-renters/index.md) 2026-10-26 [Removing Listings From Fast People Search Sites: A Step by Step Walkthrough](2026-10-26-removing-listings-from-fastpeoplesearch-sites/index.md) Fast people search mirrors copy the big brokers and repost your name, address, and relatives. How to find every mirror of your listing, remove each one properly, and stop the respawns. 2026-10-26 [Data Broker Opt Outs for Job Seekers: Cleaning Your Profile Before You Apply](2026-10-26-data-broker-opt-outs-for-job-seekers/index.md) Recruiters and background checks surface broker profiles full of old addresses, wrong employers, and relatives you did not list. How to audit what a search shows about you and clean it before applications go out. 2026-10-25 [Removing Your Phone Number From Spam Call Lists: What Actually Reduces Calls](2026-10-25-removing-phone-number-spam-call-lists/index.md) Robocalls ignore most list removals, but a layered approach cuts call volume noticeably: registers, carrier tools, data broker opt outs, and phone settings that work together. An honest guide to what each layer does. 2026-10-25 [Removing Old Social Profiles You Forgot You Had](2026-10-25-removing-old-social-profiles-you-forgot/index.md) Forgotten accounts from defunct platforms, old forums, and early social networks still surface in searches with your name, photo, and location. How to find them, recover or delete them, and handle the ones whose owners have vanished. 2026-10-24 [Removing Your Photos From People Search Sites and Image Results](2026-10-24-removing-photos-people-search-image-results/index.md) Your photo can circulate separately from your profile, through broker pages and image search. Where those copies live, how removal requests differ for images, and how to verify the copies are gone. 2026-10-24 [Removing Work History From Data Broker Profiles](2026-10-24-removing-work-history-profiles-data-brokers/index.md) Broker profiles stitch your job history from public filings, directories, and old profiles into a career story you never wrote. How that history is assembled and how to correct or remove it. 2026-10-23 [Court Record Copies on Aggregation Sites: Removal When the Source Will Not Budge](2026-10-23-removing-court-record-copies-aggregation-sites/index.md) Court documents are copied by aggregation and background check sites long after cases close. How sealing, expungement, and broker opt outs interact, and the order to work in for the best result. 2026-10-23 [Removing a Deceased Relatives Profiles From People Search Sites: A Practical Order of Work](2026-10-23-removing-deceased-relative-profiles-people-search/index.md) After a death, a relatives name, address, and phone number keep circulating on data sites, distressing families and attracting fraud. How executors and family can remove profiles site by site, and what documents help. 2026-10-22 [Removing Your Phone Number From People Search Sites](2026-10-22-removing-phone-number-people-search-sites/index.md) Your mobile number is listed on people search sites you never joined. Where they got it, how to remove it site by site, and how to keep it from coming back. 2026-10-22 [Removing a Mugshot From the Internet: What Works and What Is a Scam](2026-10-22-removing-mugshots-online-what-works/index.md) Mugshot sites republish arrest photos for profit and charge for removal. The legal position, the free routes that work, and the paid traps to avoid. 2026-10-21 [Removing Old Addresses From Data Brokers: Why They Linger and How to Clear Them](2026-10-21-removing-old-addresses-data-brokers/index.md) Old addresses follow people for years in broker databases. Where they come from, why removal needs repeating, and a practical order for clearing them. 2026-10-21 [Bankruptcy Records Online: What Can and Cannot Be Removed](2026-10-21-removing-bankruptcy-records-public-sites/index.md) Court bankruptcy records are public, but broker and search sites amplify them. What is permanent, what can be corrected or removed, and how reporting timelines work. 2026-10-20 [Removing Mugshot Site Listings: What Works and What Is a Scam](2026-10-20-removing-mugshot-sites-legal-records/index.md) Mugshot sites publish arrest records and charge for removal, or worse, sell the removal to third parties who charge more. The legitimate removal routes and the laws now behind you. 2026-10-20 [Removing Your Phone Number From People Search Sites](2026-10-20-removing-phone-number-people-search-sites/index.md) Your number is the key that links your name, address history, and relatives across data broker sites. The opt out order that breaks the chain fastest. 2026-10-19 [Removing Your Home Address From Property Record and Home Value Sites](2026-10-19-removing-home-address-property-record-sites/index.md) Real estate and home value sites publish your address, purchase price, and sometimes your name to anyone searching. Which parts you can remove, which are public record, and how to reduce what shows. 2026-10-19 [Removing Old Social Profiles From Search Results](2026-10-19-removing-old-social-profiles-search-results/index.md) Forgotten accounts from a decade ago still rank for your name. Finding them, deciding delete vs deactivate, and cleaning the search results that linger after the account is gone. 2026-10-18 [Removing Your Phone Number from People Search Sites](2026-10-18-removing-phone-number-people-search-sites/index.md) Your number sits on a dozen lookup sites, feeding robocalls and search results. Where those listings come from, how to remove the number site by site, and how to keep it from coming back. 2026-10-18 [Opting Out Your Family: Data Broker Removals for Parents, Partners, and Kids](2026-10-18-data-broker-opt-outs-family-members-privacy/index.md) Your own removals are only half the graph. Relatives listed as your associates expose your address and number too. How to run broker opt-outs for family members, with their consent, and where the limits are. 2026-10-17 [Your Data in AI Training Sets: What Can Actually Be Removed, and What Cannot](2026-10-17-removing-personal-data-ai-training-opt-outs/index.md) Photos, posts, and personal details absorbed into model training data sit in a new kind of listing, one with no page to delete. The practical levers that exist: source removal, opt outs, and platform controls, in order of effect. 2026-10-17 [Your Email Is a Product: Removing It From Marketing Data Brokers and List Sellers](2026-10-17-removing-email-from-marketing-data-brokers/index.md) Your inbox address sits in hundreds of marketing databases, sold with segments attached: income guesses, interests, purchase intent. Finding the brokers that trade in email lists, and the removal paths that hold. 2026-10-16 [Removing Personal Information From AI Chatbot Answers: Corrections, Sources, and Broker Opt Outs](2026-10-16-removing-personal-information-from-chatbot-answers/index.md) AI chatbots now answer questions about private people with addresses, relatives, and phone numbers learned from broker data. How that information gets in, why corrections at the chatbot rarely stick, and the source level removal that actually works. 2026-10-16 [After Identity Theft: Delisting Yourself While You Rebuild Your Records](2026-10-16-delisting-after-identity-theft-recovery-steps/index.md) Identity theft scatters your details across broker sites, credit files, and accounts you never opened. Where delisting fits in the recovery sequence, what to freeze and file first, and how to keep thieves from reusing what brokers publish. 2026-10-15 [Removing Photos of Your Home From Real Estate and Map Sites](2026-10-15-removing-home-photos-real-estate-map-sites/index.md) Interior photos from an old listing can live online for years after you buy a home. Where house photos persist, how to request removal from real estate and mapping sites, and what to do when a site says no. 2026-10-15 [Opting Out of Voter and Public Record Aggregation Sites](2026-10-15-opt-out-voter-public-record-sites/index.md) Data brokers rebuild profiles from voter rolls and public records, then sell the result as people search. What parts of those records you can suppress, what you cannot, and the opt out order that saves the most time. 2026-10-14 [Removing Your Phone Number From Search Results and Broker Sites](2026-10-14-removing-phone-number-search-results-brokers/index.md) A phone number in search results invites spam, scams, and unwanted contact. How to find where your number is published, remove it broker by broker, and reduce how often it resurfaces. 2026-10-13 [Removing Old Addresses From People Search Sites: A Step by Step Sweep](2026-10-13-removing-old-addresses-people-search-sites/index.md) Old addresses linger on people search sites long after you move. How to find your listings, remove them site by site, and keep a record that makes the next sweep faster. 2026-10-12 [Data broker opt-outs vs mugshot removal: which requests actually stick](2026-10-12-data-broker-opt-out-vs-mugshot-removal/index.md) Not all removal requests are equal. How data broker opt-outs differ from mugshot site removals, which ones hold, and where to spend your effort first. 2026-10-11 [Mugshot site delisting: the removal playbook that actually works](mugshot-site-delisting-removal-playbook/index.md) Mugshot sites profit from publishing arrest photos and charging for removal. The removal playbook: which requests work, when to involve search engines, and how to stop the whack-a-mole. 2026-10-10 [Delisting old forum posts that still rank your name](old-forum-posts-delisting-search-results/index.md) A decade-old forum thread can outrank your homepage. Which forum posts qualify for removal requests, and the escalation path when the first request fails. 2026-10-09 [Delisting beyond Google: how Bing and DuckDuckGo removal requests work](bing-duckduckgo-delisting-requests/index.md) Everyone files with Google and stops. Bing and DuckDuckGo have their own removal processes, and ignoring them leaves infringing results visible to millions of searchers. 2026-10-08 [Counterfeit delisting timelines: how long removal actually takes on major marketplaces](counterfeit-delisting-timelines-marketplaces/index.md) Filing a takedown is the start, not the end. Realistic timelines for Amazon, Walmart, and TikTok Shop, and what slows each one down. 2026-10-07 [Negative reviews on reseller sites: when delisting requests beat public responses](negative-reseller-review-delisting-requests/index.md) Marketplace takedowns remove fake listings, not fake narratives. When to request delisting instead of responding, what requests need, and the restraint that keeps the tactic credible. 2026-10-06 [Delisting outdated news articles: the requests that actually get stale stories suppressed](delisting-outdated-news-articles-right-to-be-forgotten/index.md) Old news articles outrank your current story and will not come down on request. The delisting strategies that actually suppress outdated coverage in search results. 2026-10-05 [Old employee profiles and alumni pages: the search results your brand cannot control](old-employee-profiles-alumni-pages-search-results/index.md) Alumni directories, old employer pages, and stale profiles outrank your own site and you cannot edit them. What can be changed, what cannot, and the process for working the backlog. 2026-10-04 [Fake brand social accounts: the takedown order that works fastest](fake-brand-social-accounts-takedown-order/index.md) Counterfeit operations now run social accounts that look like your brand, with your logo and photos, funneling followers to fake stores. The takedown order that removes them fastest, and how to handle the replacements. 2026-10-03 [People-search sites and mugshot pages: the delisting requests that actually work](people-search-mugshot-delisting-requests/index.md) People-search and mugshot listings feel permanent, but they respond to the right pressure. The opt-outs that work, the escalation paths, and the monitoring that keeps them down. 2026-10-02 [Data broker opt-outs in 2026: which ones actually delete you](data-broker-opt-outs-which-work/index.md) Hundreds of databases sell your personal information, and their opt-out processes are wildly uneven. Which deletions work reliably, which need persistence, and how to triage the rest. 2026-10-01 [Bing and DuckDuckGo delisting: the search engines brands forget](bing-duckduckgo-delisting-brands/index.md) Google gets all the delisting attention, but infringing content ranks on Bing and DuckDuckGo too. The reporting paths, the evidence standards, and why DuckDuckGo cases route through an unexpected door. 2026-09-30 [Google's legal removal process: what brands can actually get delisted](google-legal-removal-process-brands/index.md) Google removes search results for legal reasons, but only in narrow cases. What the legal removals process covers, what it rejects, and how brands build requests that succeed. 2026-09-29 [Search engine delisting vs marketplace takedown: when to fight the listing and when to fight the link](search-delisting-vs-marketplace-takedown/index.md) Removing the listing kills one storefront. Removing the search result kills its traffic. The decision framework for when to delist the link instead of, or alongside, filing the takedown. 2026-09-28 [When the reporting portal is not enough: knowing when to hire an IP lawyer](when-to-hire-ip-lawyer/index.md) Most counterfeit problems end at the reporting portal. Some need a lawyer. The signals that separate a DIY enforcement matter from one where counsel pays for itself. 2026-09-27 [eBay VeRO vs Amazon Brand Registry: which takedown system is faster](ebay-vero-vs-amazon-brand-registry/index.md) eBay's VeRO and Amazon's Brand Registry both remove infringing listings, but they work very differently. Speed, evidence requirements, and appeal processes compared. [Repeat infringer escalation: going past the reporting portal](repeat-infringer-escalation-playbook/index.md) 2026-09-26: When a counterfeit seller keeps coming back after takedowns, the reporting portal is not enough. The escalation ladder that gets repeat infringers off the platform for good. [Amazon Brand Registry takedowns: what evidence actually works](amazon-brand-registry-takedown-evidence/index.md) Trademark match, dated evidence, and a test buy when sellers dispute. The filing package that gets listings removed fast. 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