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Privacy request letter

Privacy laws let you tell a company to delete your data, show you what it has, or stop selling it. Pick your situation and we'll write the letter — with the date they have to answer by.

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Live in California?

One free request can reach 600+ data brokers at once.

The state's official DROP service (Delete Request and Opt-out Platform) sends a single deletion request to every registered data broker. Since August 1, 2026 brokers must check it at least every 45 days.

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Your letter

Open in email

October 18, 2026

To: [Company name] — Privacy team
Subject: Request to delete personal information

Hello,

I am making this request under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CCPA).

I ask you to delete all personal information you have collected about me, and to direct any service providers or contractors that hold it on your behalf to delete it too.

The details you can use to find my records are:
  • Full name: [Your full name]
  • Email address: [Your email address]

Please use these details only to find my records and to verify this request, and ask me for no more information than you need to do that.

Please confirm you have received this request and respond within 45 days, as the law requires.
If you need more time, or decide not to act on any part of this request, please tell me in writing and explain why.

Thank you,
[Your full name]
[Your email address]

Send it today and the law gives them 45 days: an answer is due by December 2, 2026 (or January 16, 2027 if they tell you they need the one extension allowed).

How to send it

Find the company's privacy contact — usually in its privacy policy, under “Your rights” or “Contact us”. Many have a web form instead of an email address; paste the letter into the form.
Send it from the email address you put in the letter, and keep a copy.
Note the date. If there's no answer by the due date, send it again and mention the first one. You can also complain to your state attorney general (or, in the EU/UK, your data protection authority).

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Not every company has to honor every request — it depends on where you live and the company's size and business. This is a template for information, not legal advice.

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