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TruthFinder

A background-report subscription marketed on dramatic reveal advertising, owned by PeopleConnect alongside three sister brands sharing one data pool.

What they have
  • Identity and contact history
  • Criminal and traffic records
  • Sex offender registry matches
  • Social and dating profiles
  • Assets and licenses
Who they sell to
  • Subscribers, marketed heavily for looking up dates, neighbors, and family members

How to make them delete it

They demand · Email confirmation through the PeopleConnect suppression center
Turnaround · Up to 72 hours
  1. Go to the PeopleConnect suppression center and search your listing
  2. Verify by email and select suppression
  3. One suppression covers TruthFinder, Intelius, Instant Checkmate, and US Search
  4. Re-check quarterly, since upstream sources refeed the shared database
The catch — why this won't stick

The suppression covers the PeopleConnect brand family, which sounds generous until the shared database refreshes from upstream sources and your suppressed profile needs suppressing again.

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

Intelius · Instant Checkmate · 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 TruthFinder 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]