How to remove yourself from Melissa
Melissa has a consumer privacy form that handles deletion and opt-out of sale in one request. You give a name and address, pass a robot check and confirm with a one-time code sent to your email.
On average, Serus sends about 184 removal requests per person, 89% of them to data brokers, so expect Melissa 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
- apps.melissa.com
- Method
- Online form
- Privacy email
- compliance@melissa.com
- What you need
- Email address
- Time to remove
- About 1 day
- Cost
- Free
- Phone
- (800) 507-0870
- Mailing address
- 22382 Avenida Empresa, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, 92688, United States
- Opt-out requests (2024)
- Complied with 93% of 856, median 5 days
- Deletion requests (2024)
- Complied with 99% of 4,203, median 4 days
- Says it sold or shared data with
- The federal government, other state governments, law enforcement (without a subpoena or court order)
- Last updated
Phone, address, request figures and data practices: as Melissa reported them to the California data broker registry for 2024.
How to opt out of Melissa
- 1
Open the consumer privacy form
Go to apps.melissa.com/user/consumerprivacy.aspx and pick a request type: Delete / Opt-out, Right to Know, or Right to Correct.
- 2
Choose Delete / Opt-out
That one covers deleting your personal information, opting out of sale or sharing, opting out of targeted ads and profiling, and limiting use of sensitive personal information. Tick whichever apply.
- 3
Fill in who you are
Required: current email, first and last name, address line 1, city, ZIP and state. Address line 2, phone and mobile are optional.
- 4
Pass the check and get the code
Tick the "I'm not a robot" box and click Send Confirmation Code.
- 5
Enter the code
The request is only submitted after you enter the one-time code from your email.
Watch out for
- Nothing is submitted until the confirmation code is entered.
- The form states no response deadline.
- Right to Correct needs supporting documents, though name and address are usually enough to match you and ID is generally not required.
- If you have multiple records, Melissa lists 1-800-800-6245 ext 4 as the phone route.
Sources checked: apps.melissa.com, melissa.com
Last verified against the official page:
Who runs Melissa
Melissa is run by Melissa Data.
Source: California data broker registry
What Melissa holds about you
- Full name and aliases
- Current address
- Phone numbers
- Email addresses
- Age and date of birth
What Melissa is known to collect, not a check of your listing.
Does it come back?
Melissa doesn't publish a relisting policy on the form. Records are matched by name and address, so a move can produce a new record; submit again with your new address.
Your rights
The form includes a pre-filled statement for New Jersey covered persons, requesting non-disclosure under Daniel's Law.
General information, not legal advice.
Frequently asked
Can I call Melissa instead of using the form?
Yes. Melissa lists 1-800-800-6245 ext 4 for people who don't want to use the form or have multiple records.
Do I need to send ID to Melissa?
For corrections, name and address are usually enough to match you and ID is generally not required.
How long does Melissa take?
The form doesn't say.
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