How to remove your data from Hunter
Hunter is a business contact database holding data on people in US, FR. UK and EU data protection law reaches it, so you have a right to erasure and a deadline it must meet.
The route that works
We checked this route ourselves on 2026-08-30.
Hunter's route is to claim the email address first, then delete it, rather than a one-step removal form. Its privacy policy could not be read by an automated fetch, so the lawful basis it relies on is recorded as not stated rather than assumed. Until a person reads it, requests to this broker use the general Article 17 wording rather than the stronger Article 21 pairing. Hunter is French-operated, so EU and UK GDPR reach it.
The ground to use
It does not state which lawful basis it relies on, so the request is made under Article 17 generally. If it names a basis in its reply, the follow-up can be sharpened.
Questions people ask
- How do I remove my data from Hunter?
- Use the removal route at https://hunter.io/claim. It does not state which lawful basis it relies on, so the request is made under Article 17 generally. If it names a basis in its reply, the follow-up can be sharpened.
- How long does Hunter have to respond?
- Under Article 12(3) of the UK GDPR it must respond without undue delay and within one month of receiving your request. A request sent on 2026-09-06 would be due by 2026-10-06. It can extend by up to two further months for a genuinely complex request, but only if it tells you inside the first month and explains why.
- What if Hunter refuses or ignores me?
- It has to tell you which exemption under Article 17(3) it relies on and why. If the deadline passes with no answer, that is itself a failure to comply, and you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office.
- Will Hunter ask me to prove who I am?
- Yes. It asks for identity confirmation, and the statutory clock restarts from the day it receives that information. Send only what is necessary to identify you.
Where this came from
Deadline rules from ICO guidance, last checked 2026-08-16. NoDossier is not a law firm and this is not legal advice.