Show HN: Exitlight – Find privacy contacts for data deletion requests
Find the exit. 🚪
Contact websites about your personal data, the fair and legitimate way.
Every website handles privacy requests differently. Finding the correct contact method often takes longer than the request itself.
exitlight is a CLI tool that helps you find the right contact information to reach a website about your personal data (DSAR - Data Subject Access Request).
A common use case is exercising your data protection rights, such as requesting account deletion. Once you identify the appropriate contact email, you can manually send your data-related requests.
Given a website URL, it:
Requires Python 3.10+.
Install Playwright browser binaries (required on first install):
Show all options:
Scan a single site and print the full JSON report:
Print only the consolidated email list (one per line):
Write JSON output to a file:
Batch mode (one URL per line):
Notes:
This project is provided for educational and personal use purposes.
The author does not take responsibility for how this software is used.
Users are solely responsible for ensuring that their use of this tool
complies with applicable laws, website Terms of Service, and robots.txt policies.
This tool accesses only publicly available pages and does not attempt
to bypass authentication, paywalls, or anti-bot protections.
MIT. See LICENSE.
Marco Rodriguez
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