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How to remove yourself from avvo.com

Site
avvo.com
Category
people-search
Difficulty
Hard — Avvo does not offer full profile deletion for licensed attorneys since it says bar-license data is public record; best achievable outcome is often a blanked/minimal profile, not removal
Time to processstandard CCPA/GDPR statutory windows (30–45 days) via Internet Brands

What they publish

Attorney profile pages — name, bar number, practice areas, ratings/reviews, sometimes photo and contact info — built largely from public state bar records.

Owner / network: Avvo, owned by Internet Brands, Inc. — general privacy requests route to privacy@internetbrands.com / the Internet Brands privacy policy at internetbrands.com/privacy (Avvo's own /support/privacy page redirects there)

Removing yourself, step by step

0 of 4 done
  1. Claim your Avvo profile (if an attorney) via Avvo's claim-profile flow, then edit/blank out optional fields.
  2. For a full data-subject deletion request, submit via the Internet Brands OneTrust form above or email privacy@internetbrands.com with your name, email, residency, and the Avvo profile URL.
  3. Verify your email via the confirmation link Internet Brands sends.
  4. If the profile persists (attorneys often can't fully delete due to public bar-record status), request minimization instead: no photo, no aggregated review content, opt out of any lead-gen contact features.

Tap a step to tick it off. Progress is saved in this browser only.

How they confirm it

email link validation; may require "proof of residency and identity" for full data-subject requests

If they ignore you

Re-submit citing CCPA/GDPR deletion rights; complaint to CA AG (Internet Brands is CA-based) or relevant state AG; for non-attorneys mistakenly listed, cite that the underlying public-record justification doesn't apply and press harder for full deletion.

Data brokers re-list. Check again in about 60 days.

Re-listing risk for this site: High for attorneys — profiles regenerate from public bar-association data even after edits

Common questions

How do I remove myself from avvo.com?

Email their privacy address, privacy@internetbrands.com. The guide above lists 4 steps, and this page writes the removal request for you to send from your own email.

How long does avvo.com take to remove my information?

standard CCPA/GDPR statutory windows (30–45 days) via Internet Brands. That is what our research recorded; the site may take longer.

Will my information come back on avvo.com?

High for attorneys — profiles regenerate from public bar-association data even after edits. Check again in about 60 days.

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