Removal Effectiveness Benchmark
OfflistMe has not published an industry-wide removal-success, silent-failure, or reappearance rate. This page defines the evidence standard for a future benchmark so marketing copy does not turn anecdotal or broker-stated timelines into measured outcomes.
Status: not yet published
There is no OfflistMe benchmark number on this page. A credible result would require a defined sample, consented or public evidence, repeatable checks, documented exclusions, and a dated protocol.
Minimum future study design
Pre-register the sample
Name the broker set, selection rule, geography, date, and inclusion/exclusion criteria before measuring outcomes.
Separate outcome states
Record request sent, receipt confirmed, response received, profile no longer found, and later reappearance as separate fields.
Use repeatable checks
Use the same identifiers, search locations, timestamps, and verification rules for each observation.
Report uncertainty
Publish denominators, missing observations, confidence intervals where appropriate, and reasons a result cannot be generalized.
Protect people
Use consented test records or public documentation; never probe, bypass CAPTCHA, create deceptive accounts, or submit requests for people without authorization.
Keep source evidence
Retain dated URLs, screenshots or confirmations where lawful, and a redacted audit trail that another reviewer can inspect.
What current pages may say
- A broker-stated processing window is not an independently measured removal outcome.
- A registry's reported deletion field is a self-reported or source-derived field, not a universal compliance rate.
- Users should review, send, verify, and follow up; no one-time removal claim should imply permanent monitoring or guaranteed reappearance prevention.
Sources and limits
The methodology is informed by the California Privacy Protection Agency's data-broker and DROP materials, the FTC's people-search guidance, and published independent-removal research. Those sources describe particular programs, providers, or study designs; they do not supply an OfflistMe industry-wide success rate.