Safety resources

Advocates at these hotlines can help you make a safety plan, find local shelter and legal help, and decide what to do about your information online. You don't have to be sure what's happening to call.

• National Domestic Violence Hotline

  Call 1-800-799-7233, text START to 88788, or chat at thehotline.org. Open 24/7, in English, Spanish and more than 200 other languages.

• National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN)

  Call 1-800-656-4673 or chat at rainn.org. Open 24/7, in English and Spanish.

• StrongHearts Native Helpline

  Call or text 1-844-762-8483, or chat at strongheartshelpline.org. Open 24/7 for Native American and Alaska Native people.

• VictimConnect Resource Center

  Call 1-855-484-2846 or chat at victimconnect.org. Referrals for victims of any crime, including stalking. See the site for hours.

• Deaf, DeafBlind and DeafDisabled callers

  National Deaf Domestic Violence Hotline by videophone: 1-855-812-1001.

• LGBTQ+ survivors

  The Network/La Red: 1-800-832-1901.

• Teens and young adults

  love is respect: 1-866-331-9474, or chat at loveisrespect.org.

• Legal information

  WomensLaw.org explains protective orders and other legal options state by state, in English and Spanish, and answers questions by email.

• If someone may be watching your phone or computer, use one they can't reach: a library computer, a work computer, or a trusted friend's phone.
• A private or incognito window doesn't keep your history, and nothing from this site is saved after you close it.
• Suddenly deleting all your history can draw attention. If that's a worry, a private window is usually the safer choice.
• Phones and accounts can be shared or tracked. The Survivor Technology Safety toolkit from the National Network to End Domestic Violence explains how to check.

People-search sites copy home addresses from government records like voter rolls, property records and driver's licenses. Most states run an address confidentiality program for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking and trafficking. It gives you a substitute address for those records and forwards your mail, so your real address stops reaching data brokers.

Choosing a state happens in your browser; nothing is sent anywhere. Program details come from the National Association of Confidential Address Programs and state offices, reviewed October 2026.

• Consider talking with an advocate first. They can help you decide what to remove first, and some will work through it with you.
• Use a new email address just for opt-outs, and a number that isn't your main phone if a site asks for one.
• Start with the Priority sites on the checklist. They're the ones most people use to search.
• Talk with anyone you live with. Their listings may show the same address, and many sites only let you remove your own information or someone's who has given permission.
• Remove search results too. Google's Results about you lets you ask it to drop results showing your address, phone or email. California residents can also use DROP to reach every registered data broker at once.
• Listings can come back. Re-check every couple of months; the checklist flags sites for you after 60 days.
• Opting out doesn't erase the original records. A determined person can still find them, which is why the address program above matters.

About this page

Opt Out Kit isn't a crisis service and can't respond to messages. The organizations above are independent of this site; they're listed because their help is free and confidential. This page is general information, not legal advice.