{
  "id": "spokeo",
  "name": "Spokeo",
  "category": "people_search",
  "priority": "crucial",
  "jurisdictions": ["US"],
  "parent": "spokeo",
  "owns": ["freepeopledirectory"],
  "search": {
    "method": "url_pattern",
    "url": "https://www.spokeo.com/search",
    "fetch": "browser",
    "match_signal": "profile",
    "by": ["name", "phone", "email", "address"]
  },
  "optout": {
    "tier": "T1",
    "method": "web_form",
    "url": "https://www.spokeo.com/optout",
    "email": "privacy@spokeo.com",
    "requires": {
      "profile_url": true,
      "email_verification": true,
      "captcha": false,
      "gov_id": false,
      "account": false,
      "phone_callback": false,
      "payment": false
    },
    "inputs": ["profile_url", "contact_email"],
    "deletion": {
      "via": "email_followup",
      "email": "privacy@spokeo.com",
      "kinds": ["ccpa", "generic"],
      "notes": "privacy@spokeo.com is the documented direct privacy contact (verified live on /optout 2026-07-01). Use for full CCPA deletion beyond listing opt-out, for listings the form rejects, and when more listings keep surfacing."
    },
    "playbook": [
      "Opt-out form at spokeo.com/optout -- clears FreePeopleDirectory. Inputs: the confirmed profile URL + contact email; the form emails a confirmation link (poll-verification picks it up; open it in the agent's own browser).",
      "EVERY LISTING SEPARATELY: 'you may have multiple listings on Spokeo. Each one is identified by a unique URL and must be opted out individually' (their own wording). Run ALL search vectors first, collect every listing URL, and submit one opt-out per URL.",
      "Fast: requests process in 24-48 hours per their page -- re-scan after 2 days and record the real outcome.",
      "FULL DELETION follow-up: send-email --kind ccpa (CA) / generic to privacy@spokeo.com naming all listing URLs -- covers data retained beyond the free-search suppression.",
      "Paid/account data may be retained even when hidden from free search -- verify actual removal via re-scan; never mark confirmed_removed off the free-search view alone."
    ],
    "notes": "Form + privacy@spokeo.com verified live 2026-07-01. Their page: opting out does not remove data from original sources and listings may reappear as new public records arrive -- keep the reappearance re-scan scheduled.",
    "quirks": [
      "Profile URL formats the form accepts: listing URL like spokeo.com/{First}-{Last}/{City}/{ST}/p{id} or a purchase URL spokeo.com/purchase?q=... (examples shown on /optout).",
      "Multiple listings per person are NORMAL (one per name x location x record cluster); each unique URL must be opted out individually -- feed every found listing URL through the form.",
      "Processing is 24-48h ('depending on the nature of your request and the amount of data').",
      "Paid accounts may retain data even when hidden from free search - verify actual removal, don't mark confirmed_removed off the free-search view alone."
    ],
    "est_processing_days": 2,
    "reappearance_risk": "medium"
  },
  "last_verified": "2026-07-01",
  "source": "BADBOOL"
}