Privacy Bee is a US service, based in Atlanta, that files opt-out requests with data brokers and people-search sites on your behalf and then searches those sites again every 30 days. Its higher plans also take requests for websites outside its broker list. Privacy Bee says it files requests in every country where brokers operate, using laws such as the EU’s GDPR, but the list of brokers it publishes does not say where each one is based. It does include sites such as 192.com in the UK, Das Örtliche in Germany, Canada 411 and AustraliaLookup.

No outside party has tested how many records Privacy Bee removes. It was not part of the 2024 Consumer Reports test, and a 2025 peer-reviewed study left it out because at the time it did not publish its broker list.

Removal Effectiveness

Privacy Bee lists 1,251 data brokers on its Pro and Signature plans. This number of brokers covered is Privacy Bee’s own figure, and it spans eleven categories: people-search sites and their affiliates, marketing and advertising lists, background check, data enrichment, recruiting, healthcare and insurance, location data and others. The cheapest plan, Essentials, covers 542 of them, all people-search sites and their affiliates. Pro and Signature also accept requests for sites you find yourself, such as a blog or a forum that shows your address.

Essentials and Pro scan the list every 30 days and Signature every 7 days (re-check frequency). When a profile comes back after removal, which is called re-listing, Privacy Bee files the request again. Privacy Bee gives each company up to 60 days to answer, then sends follow-ups, and says slow sites can take three months or longer.

The removal method depends on the plan. Essentials is mostly automated and gives you do-it-yourself guides for sites it does not cover. On Pro, human analysts handle the cases the automation cannot, and on Signature, staff in Atlanta do.

Its help desk says it cannot remove court, arrest, property or voter records, your own social media posts or data on the dark web, which it only monitors. The pricing page goes further than the help desk and says Pro and Signature remove you “from absolutely anywhere that’s legally possible”.

Privacy & Data Handling

Privacy Bee asks for your full name, date of birth, current and previous street addresses, and the email addresses and phone numbers you use now. You can also sign an optional limited power of attorney; Privacy Bee says some brokers accept requests only with it, and you can revoke it at any time. When it writes to brokers, Privacy Bee uses its own proxy email addresses, so brokers do not get your real email from it.

Besides removal, Privacy Bee uses your data for its own marketing. Its privacy policy says it does not sell personal data and uses no third-party analytics or advertising trackers, yet a cookie banner on the same pages says it uses cookies to measure ads. The policy also lets Privacy Bee use your data to improve its marketing and to send promotional emails, which you can unsubscribe from, and to receive information about you from marketing partners. Your data is kept for as long as you are a customer and up to a year after you leave, unless you ask for deletion.

The pricing page and the trust page disagree about who handles your case. The pricing table says Pro cases that need a person go to a “Global Response Team” of non-US analysts. The trust page says removal specialists in the United States handle requests and that the work is not offshored. Only for Signature does the pricing page name US staff, in Atlanta.

Privacy Bee, LLC is based in Atlanta, its terms are governed by Wyoming law, and all nine companies it lists as processors of customer data, including Amazon Web Services, store it in the United States. Privacy Bee says it has a SOC 2 Type II certification, but it names no auditor and no date. There is no known data breach of Privacy Bee’s own systems.

Privacy Bee is run by its CEO, Harry Maugans, and describes itself as fully self-funded, with no venture capital or private equity. In August 2026 it bought another removal service, EraseMe.app, with its customers and technology.

Transparency & Verifiability

Privacy Bee’s proof of removal, as it describes it, is a screenshot of each confirmed removal in your dashboard. The screenshots come from Privacy Bee itself, not an outside party. Each record also has a status, and one of them is vague: Closed can mean the record was removed, the company ignored every request, or the record did not match you closely enough to file one. The monthly report sums up the month’s removals and new findings.

There is no independent verification of Privacy Bee’s results. Consumer Reports did not include it in its 2024 test of seven services. The 2025 study in Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies excluded it because Privacy Bee did not publish its broker list then. It publishes one now: a searchable directory of all 1,251 brokers with their category and the plans that cover them.

The trust page lists press quotes, awards and app-store ratings. These are reviews and opinions, not measurements of how many records were removed.

Usability & Support

The free plan is a free scan: it scans once when you create the account and shows where your details appear, and Privacy Bee files no requests until you pay. After you subscribe and fill in your details, the service runs on its own; the first quick removals come within days, and harder ones take weeks or months. You sign in with a one-time email code, a passkey or company single sign-on, so the account has no password. There are apps for iPhone and Android.

Privacy Bee says support answers by phone, live chat and email around the clock. On Essentials, sites outside the list are left to you with written guides; Pro and Signature handle them for you.

Each license covers one person. You can add family members to your account, but they get only a free scan until you buy each of them a license, and licenses are 5% cheaper each when you buy two or more. Privacy Bee also sells employee and executive protection to companies.

Price & Value

Privacy Bee is sold separately and needs no other subscription. Essentials costs $96 a year or $19 a month, and Pro costs $197 a year or $39 a month. Paying month by month costs more than twice as much over a year. Two- and three-year terms cost less per year. Essentials and Pro come with a 30-day money-back guarantee that you can claim yourself in the account settings. Signature, at $799 a year, is for people at high risk, scans every 7 days and cannot be refunded.

Essentials is the price most people will compare, and it covers only people-search sites. The wider broker list and the requests for other websites start on Pro, at about twice the price.

Pros and Cons

Pro lists 1,251 data brokers across eleven categories and also files requests for sites you find yourself
Essentials and Pro scan again every 30 days and file new requests for profiles that come back
The full broker list is public, with the plans that cover each broker
Privacy Bee says each confirmed removal is documented with a screenshot in the dashboard
Brokers get a Privacy Bee proxy email, not your real address
No password to steal: sign-in is by email code, passkey or single sign-on
Essentials and Pro come with a 30-day money-back guarantee you can claim yourself

No independent test has measured how many records Privacy Bee removes
Paying monthly costs $19 or $39, more than twice the yearly price
Your data is used for Privacy Bee's own marketing emails and kept up to a year after you leave
The Closed status does not tell a removal from a company that never answered
The pricing page says Pro cases that need a person go to non-US analysts, while the trust page says the work is not offshored
The SOC 2 certification is claimed without a named auditor or date

Our Rating

Removal Effectiveness7.0/10
Pro lists 1,251 data brokers and takes requests for sites outside the list, and Essentials and Pro search again every 30 days; no independent test has measured how many records Privacy Bee actually removes, and Essentials covers only 542 people-search sites.
Privacy & Data Handling6.5/10
Privacy Bee asks for your full name, date of birth, street addresses, email and phone, writes to brokers from its own proxy addresses and does not sell data; it uses your data for its own marketing emails, keeps it up to a year after you leave, and its pricing page says Pro cases that need a person go to non-US analysts while the trust page says the work is never offshored.
Transparency & Verifiability5.0/10
The broker list is public and Privacy Bee says each removal comes with a screenshot, but no independent test covers its results, the SOC 2 claim names no auditor, and the Closed status can mean removed, ignored or not matched.
Usability & Support7.5/10
After the setup the service runs on its own, with passwordless sign-in, a monthly email report, apps for iPhone and Android and support by phone, chat and email around the clock; each family member needs a separate license.
Price & Value6.5/10
Essentials costs $96 a year and Pro $197 a year, but paying month by month costs $19 and $39, more than twice as much over a year; both come with a 30-day money-back guarantee, Signature does not.

Overall6.5/10

Removal Effectiveness 30% · Privacy & Data Handling 25% · Transparency & Verifiability 20% · Usability & Support 15% · Price & Value 10%

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