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# Does Optery sell data or have an affiliation with any data broker?

No.  Absolutely not. 

Optery does not sell data, and has never in the past sold data to any private, public, or government organization(s). 

Optery does not, and has never in the past sold data, to a data broker. 

Optery does not have, and has never in the past had any financial relationship or affiliate partnership with any data broker. 

Optery is a data privacy and security service that finds and removes people from data brokers.

||| BEWARE - Some of our competitors also currently, or have in the past, run data brokers, or have / have had financial relationships or affiliate partnerships with data brokers. If you’re seeking privacy services, we recommend avoiding these types of companies, unless you want to fund the very data brokers you’re trying to be removed from.  You can learn more from the blog posts [Data Privacy Double Agents](https://www.optery.com/can-we-trust-onerep-helloprivacy-dataseal-and-brandyourself/) and [CEO of Data Privacy Company Onerep.com Founded Dozens of People-Search Firms](https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/03/ceo-of-data-privacy-company-onerep-com-founded-dozens-of-people-search-firms/).