DecisionLinks Opt Out: Forms, Deletion and Follow-Up

To opt out of DecisionLinks, open its Your Privacy Choices page and complete the Opt-Out Request Form with your name, email and state. Choose sale or sharing, targeted advertising, profiling, or all of those choices. To request deletion as well, use the separate General Data Rights Request Form on the same page and select Right to Delete.

The two forms are easy to confuse because they ask for similar contact details. Selecting all opt-outs in the first form does not select deletion in the second. This guide explains the difference, the published processing note and how to follow up without assuming that a request deletes records held by other companies.

Find the two official request forms

DecisionLinks opt-out form with name, email, state and request choices. — DecisionLinks opt-out request form. Official public page checked November 3, 2026; no request or purchase submitted.

Use the DecisionLinks privacy choices page. We inspected both blank forms on November 3, 2026. The page separates Universal Opt-Out Rights from Your Other Data Rights and provides support@decisionlinks.com and 1-800-343-2955 for questions.

Goal	Form	Choice
Stop sale or sharing	Opt-Out Request Form	Sale or sharing option
Stop targeted advertising use	Opt-Out Request Form	Targeted advertising option
Stop the specified profiling	Opt-Out Request Form	Profiling option
Request all three opt-outs	Opt-Out Request Form	All the Above
Request deletion	General Data Rights Request Form	Right to Delete
Obtain or correct information	General Data Rights Request Form	Know/Access, Correct or Portability

The page lists state-specific eligibility and describes processing under the applicable state requirements. Read the current page and use your real state. A form accepting text is not a determination that every legal right applies to every person or every category of data.

Complete the opt-out form

The first form asks for first name, last name, email and state of residence. It then presents the opt-out choices. Select the individual option that matches your concern, or the combined option if you want all three listed restrictions. Review the selection before submitting.

The email should be one you can monitor for correspondence. Do not submit a guessed address or a shared work mailbox that you cannot reliably access. If your concern relates to another email or a previous address, ask support how to provide the additional matching information rather than entering it in an unrelated field.

Save the page address and the request date. If the page or email supplies an acknowledgement, keep it with a record of the selected choices. We did not send a request, so this article does not promise a particular confirmation message or an automatic identity-verification email.

The form does not ask you to find a public DecisionLinks profile URL. DecisionLinks describes consumer and marketing data services in its privacy policy. This request process addresses the provider's data use; it is different from removing a visible people-search result.

Request deletion separately when needed

Scroll to the General Data Rights Request Form. It repeats the name, email and state fields, then asks which right you want to exercise. Choose Right to Delete for a deletion request. Access, correction and portability have their own choices and should not be treated as synonyms.

If you need both a use restriction and deletion, keep separate records of the two submissions. In a follow-up message, identify each request by its type and date. This makes it easier to see whether the response addresses all of your intended actions or only the most recent form.

If you want to understand what the company holds before deciding on deletion, the access choice may be relevant. An access request can involve different verification and handling from an opt-out. Ask about the process before supplying additional sensitive documents, particularly if the form itself has not requested them.

For another provider where request categories matter, see the Data Axle opt-out guide. A request to one marketing-data company does not create a shared instruction for every company that holds similar contact information.

Handle verification and the published timing note

Both forms say requests are processed within the legally required period for the relevant state. The page also says processing across its systems can take up to 15 business days. Treat that as the provider's published estimate and scope statement, not a promise that every request will finish on the same date.

Count business days separately from calendar days when reviewing that note. Save any response that asks for clarification or explains a different applicable period. If you have not received a meaningful update, contact support with the original request date and type rather than starting again without context.

The first-stage forms show basic identifying fields. They do not establish that no further verification will ever be needed. If the provider needs more information, ask what record it is trying to match and how you should submit the minimum necessary evidence securely.

Confirm which of the two forms you used.
Save the selected request choice and submission date.
Keep acknowledgements separate from final decisions.
Record any matching or verification question.
Ask what changed and which records remain unresolved.

Do not send passwords, payment details or a full identity-document bundle in an initial message. Those are not requested in the inspected first-stage forms. If you receive an unexpected request, verify it through the contact details on the official choices page.

Understand the limits and follow up on reappearance

A DecisionLinks response should be read for its precise scope. Deletion, suppression and restrictions on advertising use are different outcomes. Ask whether the response covers the request you selected and whether any exception or retained record remains. Do not label a general acknowledgement as completed erasure.

The privacy policy describes marketing data obtained from third parties and public sources. A change at DecisionLinks does not establish that the original source or every recipient changed its records. If another business still contacts you, identify that business and use its own privacy or unsubscribe process as appropriate.

Newly supplied data, changed identifiers or a separate provider's records can explain later exposure. Keep dated evidence so a follow-up can distinguish the same record persisting from a different record appearing. If the same information seems to return after a completion response, include that response and ask what happened.

The Epsilon opt-out guide covers another marketing-data request path. Use the data broker opt-out directory to track individual providers rather than assuming a single form handles the whole data supply chain.

Appeal a decision and organize the next steps

The choices page says an appeal can be sent by replying to the denial email or contacting support@decisionlinks.com. State that you are appealing, identify the decision and explain the specific issue. Include relevant new information if it resolves a matching problem, while avoiding unnecessary personal attachments.

The company ties appeal rights and response periods to applicable state requirements. Its page discusses Minnesota explicitly, but that is not a reason to claim Minnesota residency if you live elsewhere. Ask which process applies to your circumstances and retain the written explanation.

After resolving this provider, use the opt-out guide hub to choose the next relevant source. A free privacy scan can help identify supported public listings; it cannot certify the contents of DecisionLinks' non-public marketing products. Keep your provider log and public-exposure checks separate.

The AnalyticsIQ guide also separates deletion from advertising and data-use choices, but its request form applies to a different provider.

Frequently asked questions

Does All the Above include deletion?

On the inspected opt-out form, it combines sale or sharing, targeted advertising and profiling choices. Deletion appears in the separate General Data Rights Request Form. Record both requests if both are needed.

Is 15 business days a universal legal deadline?

No. It is the processing note on DecisionLinks' page, alongside language about the applicable state period. Use the provider's acknowledgement and any explanation of verification or exceptions to track your actual request.

Do I need to purchase a report first?

The public choices page exposes the request forms without a report purchase. The forms we inspected request identifying details, not a paid report receipt or a profile URL.

Can a request here remove my underlying public records?

Do not assume so. The form addresses DecisionLinks' processing. Government records, credit-related records and copies held by other organizations have separate rules and processes. Ask for the specific scope of any completion response.

Sources and verification

Checked November 3, 2026: DecisionLinks' official Your Privacy Choices page, both blank request forms and its privacy policy. Screenshots document the visible controls, not submission success. No privacy request or personal information was sent. Provider statements about compliance or security were not independently audited and are not presented as test results.