May 8, 2024 
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Opt out of OpenGovUS.com
- By Dimitri Shelest CEO at Onerep
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- Removal difficulty: Low
- Profile is removed within: 5 days
- Manual submission: around 15 min
- Removal requirements: email account
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What is OpenGovUS?
OpenGovUS.com provides open access to data issued by US government agencies. They share a wide variety of information including business details, property records, earnings, professional licenses, and more. To remove a listing from OpenGovUS.com you are required to fill out a removal request on their website.
How to opt out and remove your information from OpenGovUS.com?
In short:
- Go to OpenGovUS.com and look up your business
- Find and open your record
- Copy the URL of your record
- Go to the contact page (opengovus.com/contact?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopengovus.com%2Fsearch%2F)
- Fill out and submit the contact form
Step 1: Go to OpenGovUS.com
Access OpenGovUS’s website.
Step 2: Look up your business record
Enter a business name and location into the search field and click the ‘Search’ button.
Step 3: Open your record
Locate the listing that matches your business information and click on it.
Step 4: Copy the record URL
Check the details provided in the listing to make sure it’s yours. Then select its URL and copy it.
Step 5: Go to the Contact Us page and submit the removal request
Open the Contact Us page. Paste the URL you copied during step 4, enter your email address, and select ‘Remove Information’ as a request category. You may also add request details to describe the reason behind it. Then click on ‘Submit’.
You will now receive a confirmation email from OpenGovUS.com.
How to contact OpenGovUS directly
In case you want to reach out directly to OpenGovUS.com, you may do that via the contact form on their website.
Your data is still exposed on other brokers
Although you have removed your information from OpenGovUS, many other people-search sites are exposing your data. While removing yourself from OpenGovUS.com takes you in the right direction, it isn’t enough to keep your data private.
We recommend that you do these five first:
- How to remove yourself from MyLife.com
- How to remove yourself from SearchPeopleFREE.com
- How to remove yourself from Spokeo.com
- How to remove yourself from Whitepages.com
- How to remove yourself from NeighborWho.com
Go through this list and send opt-out requests manually to each data broker, or subscribe to Onerep to remove records automatically from 214 sites with just a few clicks.
Why remove yourself from OpenGovUS
We recommend you remove your data from OpenGovUS.com:
- Site visits: around 300K people look information up on OpenGovUS each month.(1)
- Exposure on Google: Google has already indexed over 1.2 mln OpenGovUS pages making your data easier to find through its search.(2)
- Depth of exposure: OpenGovUS exposes addresses, property owners, property estimated value, tax information, property background, info about neighbors, and other details.
Sources:
1 – Silmilarweb OpenGovUS report
2 – Google
Who sees your data on OpenGovUS
Sources: Similarweb OpenGovUS report
Frequently asked questions about OpenGovUS
How do I remove info from OpenGovUS?
To remove your information from OpenGovUS.com, you first need to locate your business record. For that, open the website and enter your business name in the search field. Locate your record and copy its URL. Then go to the contact page, enter the necessary info, and submit the request.
What is OpenGovUS?
OpenGovUS.com is a website that provides data issued by US government agencies. It posts all sorts of details including professional licenses, business background, salaries, property assessments, tax certificates, and more.
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