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Instant Checkmate

A criminal-records-focused background report service under PeopleConnect, marketed for checking neighbors and acquaintances.

What they have
  • Arrest and criminal records
  • Contact and address history
  • Relatives
  • Social profiles
  • Licenses and permits
Who they sell to
  • Subscribers, with marketing centered on criminal-record reveals

How to make them delete it

They demand · Email confirmation through the PeopleConnect suppression center
Turnaround · Up to 72 hours
  1. Submit through the PeopleConnect suppression center
  2. Verify by email
  3. Suppression covers the full PeopleConnect family
  4. Recheck quarterly
The catch — why this won't stick

Arrest records are the product here, and arrest records regenerate from county-level sources constantly. Suppression hides yesterday's copy, and next quarter delivers a new one.

Your legal leverage
  • CCPA / Delete Act (CA residents)
  • State deletion laws
Enforcement record
  • FTC action (September 2023): TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate, both PeopleConnect brands, agreed to a $5.8M settlement over deceptive background-report and FCRA-related practices
Sibling brands — each needs its own opt-out

TruthFinder · Intelius · US Search

The letter, pre-written

People-search removal follow-up with this broker's name filled in. Fill in your details below (they stay in your browser), keep a dated copy of what you send.Template details →

Fill in your details — stays in your browser

Everything you type here is inserted into the letter on this page and saved in this browser only, so you don't retype it for every broker. It is never sent to us or to anyone. 

Subject: Second Request: Remove My Listing [LISTING URL]

To Instant Checkmate Support and Privacy Teams:

On [DATE] I submitted a removal request for my listing at [LISTING URL] through your published opt-out process. The listing remains live [or: has reappeared] as of [DATE].

I am renewing my demand that you remove all listings and profiles about me, including variants under prior names, prior addresses, or misspellings. For your search:

- Name variants: [NAMES]
- Cities associated with me: [CITIES]
- Age: [AGE]

[If applicable:] As a resident of [STATE], I am also formally exercising my deletion rights under [statute], which obligates you to delete my personal information, including from any sibling sites you operate on shared data.

Please confirm removal in writing within 10 business days. Absent confirmation, I will file complaints with the FTC and [the California Privacy Protection Agency / my state Attorney General], and I am keeping a dated record of this correspondence.

[NAME]
[DATE]