Question 1

What exactly does MercPrivacy do?

Accepted Answer

Three things, run together: we remove your personal information from data-broker and people-search sites, we document every unwanted call, text and email into a structured evidence file, and where the record supports it we identify the company responsible and pursue compensation.

Question 2

Is MercPrivacy a law firm?

Accepted Answer

No. Mercury Holdings is not a law firm and does not practice law or give legal advice. When a matter requires legal representation, a licensed attorney is engaged — by the client, for the client.

Question 3

Can you delete me from the internet entirely?

Accepted Answer

No, and be skeptical of anyone who says they can. Public records stay public. What we suppress is the commercial resale of your information bundled into a profile and sold as a lead — the part driving the calls.

Question 4

Why is removal a subscription instead of a one-time cleanup?

Accepted Answer

Because data brokers re-acquire data continuously. A profile removed in August can reappear in November from a different supplier. Ongoing re-scanning and re-filing is what actually holds the line.

Question 5

The number that calls me is spoofed. Is it hopeless?

Accepted Answer

Usually not. The number is a dead end, but the company that paid for the campaign generally is not. When a live agent transfers you to a real business, that business is identifiable — and can be responsible for calls it never personally dialed.

Question 6

What is an unwanted call actually worth?

Accepted Answer

Federal law provides $500 per violation, which a court may increase to $1,500 where the violation was willful or knowing, and state statutes can add to that. What any matter is actually worth depends on the provable facts and the parties involved.

Question 7

Why can I not sue over spam email the same way?

Accepted Answer

The federal email statute, CAN-SPAM, gives individual recipients no private right of action. Email claims run on state statutes that target falsity or deception — a forged header, a false sender, a misleading subject line.

Question 8

Does any of this protect a business line?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The federal restrictions on automated and prerecorded calls protect the number, not the person — a business owner's mobile is covered like anyone else's, and several state statutes reach business lines the federal rules leave alone.

FAQs — Data Removal, Spam Calls and What a Violation Is Worth