How BackgroundCheck.run Collects, Sells, and Shares Your Personal Data
What is BackgroundCheck.run?
BackgroundCheck.run (operating at backgroundcheck.run) is a people‑search and background‑check website that aggregates extensive personal data and makes it searchable online. It markets itself as a way to run background checks, revealing aliases, family member information, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, employment history, property records, criminal and civil records, social‑media profiles, and other public‑record data.
URL
backgroundcheck.run
Support
support@backgroundcheck.run
Type of Data Broker
People Search
Aggression level
Critical
What BackgroundCheck.run collects and how your privacy at risk
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This company is listed in our Top 100 Most Aggressive Data Sellers based on sensitivity and reach.
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Collects and sells basic details like your name, address, phone number, and email address.
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Collects and shares information about your family members, relationships, and household makeup.
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Collects and monetizes data related to your income, spending habits, debts, and financial status.
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The company’s practices pose a heightened risk for identity theft, scams, discrimination, and profiling.
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Collects and distributes your work history, job titles, company affiliations, and professional connections.
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Tracks your browsing habits, online searches, shopping behaviors, and content preferences.
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Tracks and sells your location history, movements, and device-based geolocation data.
The risks shown are based on the types of personal data this company collects, sells, or shares.
Even limited data collection can expose you to serious privacy threats.
How to Opt Out and Remove Your Data from BackgroundCheck.run
You can request removal from BackgroundCheck.run via a “Control this profile” or opt‑out form on the site. That said, the process is manual, may require repeated requests, and does not guarantee that your data will not reappear because the underlying public records remain available elsewhere.
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BackgroundCheck.run Privacy Risks and How to Remove Your Personal Data
They scrape and aggregate your personal data:
BackgroundCheck.run pulls in data from public records such as property records, criminal and civil court filings, liens and bankruptcies, address histories, and other government‑maintained databases. These sources are compiled into searchable profiles.
They engage in automatic data harvesting:
In addition to public records, BackgroundCheck.run appears to gather and link data such as email addresses, phone numbers, social‑media accounts and employment history by scraping online sources and combining them into enriched profiles.
Opting out is possible, but removal is difficult:
Although the broker offers an opt‑out mechanism, removal is not permanent: The data broker may repopulate listings as new public records are added, and your information may appear again. Because the data originates from public sources outside the broker’s control, manual removal can be time‑consuming and incomplete. Services like mePrism help by tracking your listings across multiple brokers and handling repeat removal requests on your behalf.
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