# Show HN: Delete yourself from data brokers without a subscription

> Source: <https://github.com/k7cfo/remove-your-data>
> Published: 2026-08-29 22:31:56+00:00

Agent skill: remove a person's listings from people-search sites and data brokers **without paying deletion services**. First-party opt-outs, CA DROP when they live in California, a SQLite legal log, a localhost report.

This is not legal advice.

This repo **is** the skill. You do not need a human to explain it.

- Read
(boot).`AGENTS.md`

- Read
(playbook).`SKILL.md`

- Start §1. Roster (aliases, addresses, phones, family) is SQLite +
`/roster`

. Then run the loop.

Workspace (`takedown.db`

, evidence) goes **outside** this clone.

```
python3 scripts/ryd.py init --workspace "$HOME/privacy-takedown"
python3 scripts/ryd.py serve --workspace "$HOME/privacy-takedown"
# report    http://127.0.0.1:8765/
# roster    http://127.0.0.1:8765/roster
# settings  http://127.0.0.1:8765/settings
```

Paste this URL into your coding agent (Claude, Codex, Pi, OMP, Hermes, OpenClaw, Cursor, Grok, or anything that will clone a repo and read `AGENTS.md`

/ `SKILL.md`

):

```
https://github.com/k7cfo/remove-your-data
```

Say: *remove my data from people-search sites.* The agent should ask where you live first. California → [DROP](https://privacy.ca.gov/drop/) first.

Do not publish a fork. Open a **pull request here**.

We want as many PRs as possible: dead opt-out URLs, new official forms, DROP/GDPR clock corrections, captcha and mailbox gotchas, search queries that actually find listings, notes for a specific agent host. That is how this stays a good open-source skill. GitHub's Fork button is only for sending that PR.

See [ CONTRIBUTING.md](/k7cfo/remove-your-data/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).

Data brokers publish you. Paid “we'll delete you” apps mostly file the same free forms, then charge rent because brokers re-scrape. Some of those brands sit next to the people-search business. This skill is the mop you run yourself.

[AGPL-3.0-or-later](/k7cfo/remove-your-data/blob/master/LICENSE). Free to use. If you ship a modified copy, or run a modified version as a network service, keep it AGPL and share the source. Contributions are inbound=outbound. Details in `LICENSE`

.