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Redact your ID before you send it
Some data brokers ask for identification before they will delete your data. This tool blacks out the parts they do not need — in your browser. The image is never uploaded, and Nullivo never sees it.
Do they even need it?
Often not. Under UK GDPR Article 12(6) a company can ask you to prove who you are only where it has reasonable doubts about your identity. A broker that is already publishing your name and address does not doubt who you are, and asking for a passport in that situation is over-collection. It is entirely reasonable to reply: “You already hold and publish my name, address and date of birth. Please explain what specific doubt you have about my identity before I provide further personal data.”
If they insist, send the least you can. A redacted document is almost always enough.
What to black out
- The photograph — never needed to match a name to a listing.
- The document number — passport or licence number. This is the field used to commit identity fraud.
- The machine-readable zone — the two lines of <<< characters along the bottom. They encode everything above them, so blacking out a number while leaving the MRZ visible achieves nothing.
- Anything they did not ask for — signature, place of birth, issuing office.
Usually leave visible: your name, and your address if the listing you want removed shows one. That is what lets them match you to the record.
Stays on your device. This page has no upload — you can check in your browser’s network tab that nothing is sent.
Two things worth knowing
Photos of documents carry hidden location data. Phone cameras write GPS coordinates into the file. Saving through this tool re-encodes the image and removes them, so the copy you send does not also tell a data broker where you live.
Never send ID over an unencrypted form. If a broker only offers a plain web form with no HTTPS, ask for a secure route in writing — and mention that request in your removal record, since it is worth including if you end up complaining to the ICO.