How it works
NoDossier is built on one thing the US data removal services cannot use: in the UK, erasure is a legal right with a deadline attached, not a favour you ask a broker for.
Step 1
Find out who holds you
Start from the register. It lists the brokers we have checked, what kind of data each one trades in, and whether UK or EU law reaches them. Reading it costs nothing and needs no account.
Step 2
Write the right request
Most brokers say they rely on legitimate interests. Against those, a bare deletion request is easy to refuse, so the letter pairs an Article 21(1) objection with the Article 17(1)(c) erasure ground that follows once the objection is made. Where a broker relies on consent, or is processing for direct marketing, the letter changes to match.
Step 3
Send it and start the clock
They have one month from the day they receive it. If that date lands on a weekend or a bank holiday, it moves to the next working day. They can extend by two further months for a genuinely complex request, but only if they tell you inside the first month and say why.
Step 4
Hold them to the date
If the deadline passes with no answer, that is itself a failure to comply, and you can take it to the Information Commissioner's Office. The response times we record go back into the public register, so the next person knows what to expect.
What we do not claim
- We do not promise your data will come down. A broker can refuse on the grounds in Article 17(3), and no honest service can guarantee an outcome that is not in its hands.
- We do not claim coverage we have not checked. The register holds 25 entries, of which 24 have a route we verified ourselves and 1 are still waiting on a human check. Both numbers are on the page.
- We are not a law firm and this is not legal advice. Every legal statement here traces to ICO guidance, checked on 2026-08-16.