Home Address, Phone Number, Income — All Public. 23 Data Brokers Wiped in 2 Weeks.
After a transaction dispute, a former client began sharing the agent's home address, personal phone number, and family photos across Zillow forums, data broker sites, and social media — leading to harassment and safety concerns.
What Was Happening
The client is a top-producing luxury real estate agent in a major metro area. After a commission dispute, a former buyer began a targeted harassment campaign. They scraped the agent's personal information from data broker sites — home address, personal cell phone, estimated income, family member names — and posted it across Zillow community forums, Facebook groups, and Nextdoor. The agent's children's school was identified in one post. The agent received threatening voicemails at home. Local police filed a report but said there was "nothing they could do" about the online content. The agent was considering leaving the industry entirely.
How We Got It Done
Comprehensive data broker removal across 23 sites, combined with platform-specific content removal on Zillow, Facebook, and Nextdoor, and ongoing monitoring to prevent re-exposure.
Exposure Audit
Conducted a full digital footprint scan across 150+ data broker sites, social platforms, and people-search engines. Identified 23 sites exposing personal information and 17 social media posts containing doxing content.
Emergency Safety Removals
Prioritized removal of posts containing the home address and children's school information. Filed emergency safety reports with Facebook, Nextdoor, and Zillow within 4 hours of intake.
Data Broker Opt-Out Blitz
Simultaneously filed opt-out requests with all 23 data broker sites. Each site has different processes — some require faxed notarized forms, others accept online requests. We handled every variation.
Platform Escalation
Standard reporting removed 11 of 17 posts. The remaining 6 required escalation through safety teams with documentation of the police report and evidence of real-world harassment.
Verification & Monitoring
Verified removal across all 23 data brokers and all social platforms. Deployed ongoing monitoring with weekly re-scans to catch any re-listing or new exposure.
What Changed
Before & After
All 23 data broker listings removed. All 17 social media posts taken down. Zero re-exposure incidents in 6 months of monitoring.
I was ready to quit real estate. My kids' school was posted online by someone trying to intimidate me. MyTakedown didn't just clean up the internet — they gave me my sense of safety back. Six months later, not a single piece of my personal information has resurfaced.
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