illumin opt-out
illumin.com How to remove yourself from illumin
Also known as illumin Inc.
illumin takes delete, correct, know and opt-out requests through the data subject request form linked from its Data Subject Access Request page. It keeps request details up to 2 years and may refuse a deletion needed for billing, fraud prevention or security.
On average, Serus sends about 184 removal requests per person, 89% of them to data brokers, so expect illumin to be one of many.
Reviewed by Anthon Wansland
Head of Product & Co-Founder
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
- illumin.com
- Method
- Online form
- What you need
- Email address
- Time to remove
- About 2 days (median for opt-out requests, as illumin reported to California for 2024)
- Cost
- Free
- Phone
- (416) 218-9888
- Mailing address
- 70 University Ave Suite 1200, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2M4, Canada
- Opt-out requests (2024)
- Complied with 100% of 401, median 2 days
- Deletion requests (2024)
- Complied with 100% of 194, median 1 day
- Last updated
Phone, address, request figures and data practices: as illumin reported them to the California data broker registry for 2024.
How to opt out of illumin
- 1
Open the request page
Go to illumin's Data Subject Access Request page and follow its link to the data subject request form.
- 2
Pick your right
The form covers know, delete, correct, opt-out of sale or sharing, and opt-out of ad targeting, profiling and automated decision-making. It applies to cookie IDs and mobile advertising IDs too.
- 3
Authorized agents
If someone files for you, they have to use the form.
- 4
If you're an illumin client
With a login to the illumin platform, ask your organization's administrator first.
Watch out for
- Where illumin only processes data for its clients, the client owns the data and illumin may route your request to them.
- A deletion can be refused if the data is needed for billing, fraud prevention or security, or if law prohibits it.
Sources checked: cppa.ca.gov, illumin.com
Last verified against the official page:
What illumin holds about you
- Email addresses
What illumin is known to collect, not a check of your listing.
Does it come back?
illumin 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.
General information, not legal advice.
Frequently asked
What does illumin delete?
Personal data it holds about you, including digital identifiers such as cookie IDs and mobile advertising IDs, unless it needs the data for billing, fraud prevention or security.
How long does illumin keep my request?
Up to 2 years.
Where is illumin based?
Its California registry entry lists an address in Toronto, Ontario.
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