Common questions about Arca and how engagements work.
Arca is a personal data-privacy practice. We audit what’s publicly findable about you across data brokers, people-search sites, search results, and public records. Rank by real-world risk, then request to remove or suppress relevant data. Every finding and request is documented in the evidence file provided.
Subscription services submit standardized opt-outs to a fixed list of brokers. That’s genuinely useful for the long tail of commodity brokers. Arca uses vetted tooling in the same spirit.
The difference is everything around it. Arca starts with an audit of you specifically, works high-impact sources by hand, covers findings no standard broker list includes, and verifies every item to a documented close. You end with proof, not a dashboard.
Enough to search accurately and act on your behalf: name variants, general locations you’ve lived, and any emails or usernames you choose to include; plus your written authorization. Information collected on intake is kept to the minimum the engagement needs, and handled under the terms of your service agreement.
Yes. Opting out of data-broker databases is a consumer right under a growing set of state privacy laws, and brokers maintain removal processes for exactly this purpose. Arca prepares and submits those requests on your behalf, working only from publicly available information about you.
No, and anyone who promises that is selling something. Most data-broker and people-search listings can be removed or suppressed. Some government records are permanent public record and legally stay put.
That’s why the results have three states: removed with proof, suppressed with proof, or documented as unremovable due to public record or lack of compliance. Nothing gets hand-waved.
Some of it will try. Brokers re-scrape public sources, and new sites appear constantly. Every engagement includes verification windows to catch early resurfacing, and existing clients can keep coverage current with periodic reassessment.
Most run a few weeks end-to-end. The audit itself moves quickly; remediation depends on each source’s response window. Some act in days, others take the full statutory period. You’ll get progress along the way, not silence until the end.
No. Arca is based in Texas and works remotely with clients nationwide. Everything happens by phone and email.
Engagements are flat and fixed-scope, quoted on your consult call once we understand your situation. No subscriptions required, and nothing is billed until the engagement starts. The consult is free of charge.
Carefully, and on your terms. We contact you only through the channels you choose, keep subject lines plain, and move at your pace. Your situation also changes how findings are ranked and which sources get priority.
One thing to be clear about: Arca reduces exposure. We are not an emergency service. If you’re in immediate danger, contact your local authorities first.