Remove your work details from ZoomInfo, Apollo and other sales databases
Sales databases collect your work phone number and email address, then sell them to sales teams. ColdStop Pro asks them to delete your details on your behalf, under UK data protection law.
Signing up takes approximately three minutes.
A real result
One person. 19 sales databases. Here is what happened in the first 30 days.
From our pilot sweep. We now contact more than 25 databases.
Why the calls keep coming
Companies such as ZoomInfo, Apollo and RocketReach build profiles of working professionals and sell access to sales teams. This is one reason you may hear from companies you have never contacted, sometimes using details from roles you left years ago.
Your details are gathered from websites, sign-ups and other data sources.
Customers of these databases can search for your work phone number and email address.
Finding every company, working out how each one handles requests, then sending emails, completing forms and following up can take hours. Even then, details are often re-added.
Free guides: how to remove yourself from
How it works
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Your current and previous work email addresses, phone numbers and job titles. You then sign a letter of authority online.
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We send each one a formal objection to direct marketing and an erasure request. If a company requires a form or verification step that only you can complete, we tell you exactly what to do.
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Companies that have not responded by the legal deadline, normally one calendar month, are chased. On our subscription plans we re-check every quarter and send new requests where your details reappear.
Proof that it works
One still held an email address from a job they had left, and deleted it six minutes after our request. Our list has grown since: we now contact more than 25.
Pricing
A full year of protection costs less than £5 a month.
£29once
Removal requests to every database we cover, one round of follow-ups and a final report.
Choose one-off£59per year
Less than £5 a month
The full clean sweep, followed by quarterly re-checks, new requests wherever your details reappear, follow-ups and a quarterly report by email.
Choose annual£19per quarter
Everything in the annual plan, paid every three months, if you prefer not to commit for a year.
Choose quarterlyColdStop Pro is designed to reduce unwanted sales contact by asking the sales databases we cover to erase or suppress your work contact details. Results vary, and we cannot guarantee a reduction in the calls or emails you receive.
Starting with the one-off clean sweep? Upgrade to annual protection within 30 days and you will pay only the £30 difference.
Buying for work? You will receive a receipt with our company details, suitable for an expense claim. Buying for a team of five or more? Ask about team pricing.
Yes. UK data protection law gives you an absolute right to object to the use of your personal data for direct marketing and, in certain circumstances, a right to have it erased. You can generally appoint a properly authorised representative to exercise those rights for you, which is the purpose of your letter of authority.
No, and no service can promise that. Some calls come from lists we cannot reach, and some companies are slow to respond. Our service is designed to reduce unwanted sales contact by having your details removed from the sales databases we cover, but results vary and we cannot guarantee a reduction. We follow up with every company that fails to respond, and you can see every outcome in your report.
We contact more than 25 of the databases and data companies used by sales teams, including ZoomInfo, Apollo, Lusha, Cognism and RocketReach. A few will only accept a request through their own online form; for those, we send you the direct links and show them in your report. We review the list regularly and add companies as we find them.
When a company acts on your objection to direct marketing, it should keep a minimal record so that your details are not added to its database again. This is known as a suppression list, and it means a single request can protect you well beyond today. We cannot guarantee every company will keep to it, which is why our subscription plans check again every quarter and send new requests wherever your details reappear.
You could, by contacting each company, completing its forms and following up. Most professionals do not have the time. We manage the entire process and keep a record of every response.
Companies must normally respond within one calendar month under UK law. Many respond within days. We follow up with those that do not.
Only to make your removal requests. Each company receives only the details it reasonably needs to find your record, and nothing is sent to any company until you have confirmed your email address.
Signing up takes approximately three minutes.