Every number answers a specific question.
How we count coverage, what counts as a successful submission, and where each claim comes from.
Six units. Six meanings.
We never substitute one for another in a headline.
- Broker organization
- A distinct organization in the public broker catalog. A listing does not establish a verified workflow or customer eligibility. Brands, shared actions and actual submissions are tracked separately; availability varies by broker and state.
- Direct action
- A specific opt-out page or process where the service does the work for you.
- Covered brand
- A consumer-facing site or name reached by a direct action.
- Operator family
- Confirmed related brands reached through one shared action.
- Certified workflow
- A reviewed workflow that customers can use today.
- Submission Receipt
- The record we create for you once we hold proof that the request was submitted.
Certification comes before coverage.
A ready internal workflow isn’t public coverage until confirmed. If it degrades, its public state changes immediately — past receipts don’t keep a broken workflow labeled as working.
- Submission and confirmation behavior
- Acceptable evidence capture and safety stops
- Workflow owner, current status, and last-confirmed date
The outcome vocabulary.
Statuses describe evidence, not optimism.
- Supported
- A verified workflow is approved and available for eligible requests.
- Request submitted
- We sent the request, and a valid Submission Receipt exists to show it.
- Confirmation handled
- The broker reply matched what we expected, so we completed it for you.
- Broker confirmation received
- The broker acknowledged the request or described an outcome in its own terms.
- Prior request active
- The earlier request remains active or another request is not yet eligible.
- Not found
- We did not find a close enough match. This is not counted as removal.
- Processing
- We’re handling your request. An unresolved issue is not counted as a successful submission.
Sources are ranked by the question they can answer.
Broker first-party pages set current workflow facts; independent research sets external context. We correct or withdraw a fact when its source changes — send corrections to support@databrokerremover.com.