About & methodology
UnlistIndia is a free guided self-cleanup copilot. It merges two projects that were already one idea: India data-broker opt-out guides, and a personal public-data cleanup playbook with a self-audit method and a forward-defense layer.
Where it came from
In October 2026, a LinkedIn post showed AI agents sending 9 opt-out requests in 3 days — removed from People Data Labs, Eyecon, and InstaFinancials; Truecaller and CallApp pending; LocateFamily asking for address proof; YNOS and The Company Check silent; Zauba refusing. That post triggered a validation study on 18 October 2026: the demand was real (95% of Indians get unwanted calls daily), the global removal services didn't cover India, and two Indian services had just launched in 2026 — but a free, guided, do-it-yourself version didn't exist. A paid "Incogni for India" was considered and killed the same day: every opt-out needs the customer's own email, OTPs, and CAPTCHAs, so it can't scale as a done-for-you service — and the guides themselves are public information, best given away free.
Separately, a personal cleanup playbook had been built from a real audit: listing checks, exact removal processes, a 6-step self-audit prompt pack, and a forward-defense layer. The broker overlap was nearly exact, so the two merged into this one site.
How guides are verified
- Every guide traces to a primary source: the broker's own privacy policy, opt-out page, or support docs — crawled October 2026.
- Unverified means unverified. Where no public process was found (YNOS, The Company Check, InstaFinancials' mechanism), the guide says so instead of inventing steps.
- Competitor claims are treated as self-reported. Saaph.in's and WipeRight's user counts and breach rates have no independent verification — this site doesn't repeat them as facts.
- No fake urgency, no dark patterns, no inflated claims. Trust is the product. If a guide can't promise something, it says so.
The law, plainly
India's DPDP Act was assented in August 2023; the Rules were notified in November 2025. Rollout is phased: Phase 2 (Board inquiry and penalty powers) lands 13 November 2026; Phase 3 — the Section 12 right to erasure — goes live 13 May 2027. Until then, erasure requests are voluntary asks, not enforceable rights. This site states that on the landing page and in every guide, because users who expect a legal right today will feel misled when brokers refuse or ignore them.
Canada's PIPEDA already gives a right of access to personal information, with a 30-day response requirement — see the Canada guides.
These guides are procedural guidance, not legal advice. They make no legal claims.
What we collect: nothing
- The tracker lives in your browser's localStorage. We never see it.
- The footprint checklist runs in your own AI chat app. We never see your identifiers.
- The email signup stores only your email address, to send one notification when erasure rights go live in May 2027. Nothing else.
- No accounts, no logins, no phone numbers, no OTPs — ever. No payments wiring. No ads, no tracking scripts beyond Cloudflare's privacy-friendly Web Analytics.
What's coming
- 13 May 2027: DPDP Section 12 erasure rights go live. The guides get upgraded request wording, and email subscribers get notified once.
- Later phases (not v0): US brokers, a public broker-compliance leaderboard, all-countries expansion.
- Never: a paid tier, automated sending, or anything that touches your credentials.
Found a mistake — or a broker process we missed?
Guides are only as good as their sources. If a broker changes its process, or you find a removal path we haven't covered, the fix is to update the guide with a citation. This site is maintained by one person — corrections with a primary-source link are welcome and acted on.