Your personal information — name, address, phone number, email, relatives, and even your property value — is being bought and sold by data brokers right now. These companies collect public records, purchase histories, and social media data, then package and sell it to anyone willing to pay.
The good news? You can opt out. Most data brokers are legally required to honor opt-out requests, and many offer simple web forms.
This guide gives you the direct opt-out links for 30+ major data brokers and people-search sites. Bookmark this page — your data gets re-listed periodically, so you'll want to come back every 6-12 months.
If you only have 10 minutes, start here. These five sites are where most of your personal information ends up first:
| Site | Opt-Out Link | Time | |------|-------------|------| | Spokeo | spokeo.com/optout | 2 min | | WhitePages | whitepages.com/suppress | 2 min | | BeenVerified | beenverified.com/optout | 2 min | | Intelius | intelius.com/optout | 2 min | | PeopleFinders | peoplefinders.com/optout | 2 min |
Acxiom One of the largest data brokers in the world. Acxiom maintains detailed marketing profiles on hundreds of millions of people.
Advanced Background Checks A background check site that publishes personal profiles.
Arivify Property records and ownership data broker.
BeenVerified One of the largest people-search sites. Shows contact info, criminal records, and relatives.
CheckPeople Background check and people-search site.
CocoFinder People-search site that aggregates public records.
CreepShield Dating profile search and background check tool.
DataTree (First American) Property records and ownership data.
Epsilon (Alliance Data) Marketing data broker that maintains consumer profiles.
Experian Data Services Credit bureau that also sells consumer marketing data.
FamilyTreeNow Genealogy site that also publishes current contact information.
FastPeopleSearch Free people-search engine.
FreePeopleSearch (FreePeoplesSearch) Another free people-search directory.
IDTrue Background check and criminal records site.
InfoTracer Background check service.
Instant Checkmate Background check and people-search site.
Intelius Major people-search site with detailed profiles.
LocatePeople People-search directory.
MyLife Public profile site that includes reputation scores.
NeighborWho People search site focused on criminal records.
Nuwber Public records and people-search site.
OKCaller Reverse phone lookup site.
OneRep Data removal service (competitor). They also publish opt-out guides.
PeopleConnect (Classmates, Glassdoor) Runs Classmates.com, which publishes yearbook and personal data.
PeopleFinders Major people-search and background check site.
PeopleLooker Background check platform.
PeopleSmart (now part of BeenVerified)
PeopleWH People-search directory.
Pipl Professional people-search engine used by recruiters.
PublicRecords Public records aggregator.
Radaris Public records and people-search site.
SearchPeopleFree Free people-search directory.
SkipCase Civil and criminal records search.
SmartBackgroundCheck Background check site operated by BeenVerified parent.
Spokeo One of the most popular people-search engines. Also shows estimated income and wealth data.
TruthFinder Background check and people-search site.
USPhoneBook Phone number and address lookup.
USA-People-Search Free people search directory.
VerifyPeople Background check site.
VineLink (VINELink) Victim notification network — also publishes incarceration records.
WhitePages One of the oldest and most-visited people-search sites.
XpressPeopleSearch People-search directory.
ZabaSearch People-search engine (now redirects to Intelius).
Data brokers don't just collect your name and address. They aggregate:
This data is sold to:
> The more data brokers have on you, the more vulnerable you are to identity theft, spam calls, and targeted scams. Opting out reduces your digital footprint significantly.
Data brokers periodically refresh their data from public records and new sources. A profile you delete today may reappear in 6–12 months.
Recommend schedule:
| Approach | Time Per Site | Total Time (30 sites) | Effectiveness | |----------|--------------|----------------------|---------------| | Manual opt-out | 2–5 min | 1–2.5 hours | Good, but you must repeat every 6 months | | Automated service | 0 min | 0 min | Continuous — monitors and re-opts out automatically |
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*Last updated: July 2026. Data broker opt-out links change periodically. If a link in this guide is broken, contact us and we'll update it.*
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