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Melissa Opt Out Guide

Melissa Opt Out Guide

Julianne Subia

December 10, 2024

Reading time: 3 minutes

To opt out of Melissa, follow our Melissa opt-out guide below. 

Melissa is a provider of “smart, sharp solutions that clean, verify, update, match and enrich their People Data.”

Use our step-by-step guide below to opt out of Melissa.

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To opt out of Melissa, you need to complete an online form. After that, your request should be processed after a waiting period. 

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Melissa Listing Removal Walkthrough

Opt out of Melissa in two steps. 

1. Go to the Melissa website and click “Privacy Center” in the footer 

Go to https://www.melissa.com/ and scroll to the bottom of the page. 

Click “Privacy Center” in the footer.

Melissa footer

2. Click “Read Privacy Notice for Residents of California”

You will be redirected to the Melissa Privacy Center.

Under ‘Privacy Notice for Residents of California,’ click “Read Privacy Notice for Residents of California.”

3. Click “Fill out form”

You will be redirected to the ‘Privacy Notice for Residents of California.’

Click the “Fill out form” link under ‘How to Contact Us About Your Privacy.’

Melissa "Fill out form" link

4. Fill out the form

You will be redirected to a page with an online form. Fill out all the mandatory fields.

Enter your email, first name, last name, address, city, and zip code.

Select your state.

Select your privacy request option (you can select multiple options).

Note: If you want to know what information Melissa has collected about you, receive a copy of that information, and/or correct inaccurate information, you need to attach a copy of your driver’s license or some other form of identification to verify your identity.

Click “Submit Request Form.”

Melissa opt out form

Your Melissa opt-out request was submitted.

Melissa opt-out request submitted

How to Contact Melissa

You can also submit your opt-out request to Melissa by calling 1-800-635-4772(MELISSA) ext. 4.

Who Is Selling Your Info? 

Data brokers! These companies collect your personal information from various sources (public records, social media, etc.), compile this information into detailed profiles, and sell these profiles to anyone who wants them. 

Learn more about data brokers and people search sites in our detailed data broker guide

Then, take a look at our data broker opt-out guide to see which data brokers and people search sites you should opt-out from, including:

Alternatively, consider subscribing to a data broker removal service like DeleteMe. Our privacy experts will delete you from data brokers continuously on your behalf, saving you hundreds of hours in the process. 

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Julianne Subia was DeleteMe’s head opt-out researcher and content marketing specialist from 2018 – 2020. Julianne helped revolutionize the space by publishing some of the first in-depth collections…
Julianne Subia was DeleteMe’s head opt-out researcher and content marketing specialist from 2018 – 2020. Julianne helped revolutionize the space by publishing some of the first in-depth collections…
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