LocateFamily
LocateFamily is a people-search site that lists names, addresses, and phone numbers. It has a self-serve removal form — but read the warning below before you use it.
Steps not confirmed against the live site. LocateFamily's own pages could not be fetched when this guide was written (October 2026). The steps below are consistent across four independent third-party guides, but they are not confirmed against the live primary page. Treat them as reported, not verified — and see the reliability warning below.
The law, plainly: until 13 May 2027, India's DPDP erasure right is not enforceable. This request asks LocateFamily to act voluntarily. For Canadians, PIPEDA and the Privacy Commissioner complaint route (below) are the escalation path.
Reported steps — self-serve removal
- Go to locatefamily.com and click the first letter of your surname in the alphabet line at the top.
- Click the first 3 letters of your surname, then your full surname.
- Find your listing and click the trash/garbage icon at the far right of it. (If no trash icon shows, copy the listing URL and use the opt-out page instead.)
- On the removal form, enter your full name and your email address twice, complete the CAPTCHA, and click "Remove".
- Check your email for an opt-out verification message and confirm it.
- Re-check the listing a few days later. The site states no processing time.
The opt-out page is reported to be at locatefamily.com/removal2.html — this URL is reported, not fetch-verified. There is also an online contact form, and a phone number reported as (302) 223-5135. Two Privacy Officer emails (legal@locatefamily.com, contactprivacy@locatefamily.com) appear in a quoted Privacy Commissioner response — the quoted text is garbled, so both addresses are unverified; do not rely on them.
Reliability warning — read before submitting: an October 2026 removal guide reports the site "is not honoring removal requests despite having an opt-out form" and warns the form may harvest data; Trustpilot carries multiple complaints of listings remaining after requests. The form asks for your name, email, and phone number — consider whether you want to hand a people-search site your phone number to remove your phone number. If you proceed, verify the result yourself by searching again, and escalate if the listing stays.
If it fails, do this instead (Canadians)
- Complain to LocateFamily's Privacy Officer in writing, then — if there is no resolution after 30 days — complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (priv.gc.ca). That escalation path is documented in a Privacy Commissioner response quoted publicly.
- From May 2027, a DPDP erasure request carries formal legal weight in India — re-send the request then if it was ignored.
- Re-check the listing monthly. People-search data reappears.
Sources
- locatefamily.com — primary site (could not be fetched when this guide was written; steps not confirmed against it)
- OneRep wiki, BrandYourself, MyDataRemoval (updated 19 Oct 2026), and Quora citing the site's own removal page — four independent guides with consistent steps
- Trustpilot reviews — complaints of listings remaining after requests