How Centeda Collects, Sells, and Shares Your Personal Information
What is Centeda?
Centeda offers people‑search and background‑check services, enabling users to look up contact info, address history, criminal records, property transactions and other public‑records data.
They accept user sign‑ups and collect both personally identifiable information (such as name, address, employer, phone number) and non‑identifiable data such as IP address and browser info.
URL
centeda.com
Support
centeda.com/control/privacy
Type of Data Broker
People Search
Aggression level
High
What Centeda collects and how your privacy is 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 Information from Centeda
You can submit an opt‑out request via Centeda’s online form using the specific profile URL you wish removed. The request is free but requires identifying each profile URL individually. Removal is not guaranteed and you may need to re‑check periodically to ensure your data stays off the platform.
Enroll in mePrism Privacy to ensure continuous monitoring and removal from Centeda and other brokers.
Centeda Privacy Risks and How to Remove Your Personal Data
They scrape and aggregate your personal data:
Centeda compiles records from national, state and local public‑records repositories, along with data from online sources and social media. Their “About Us” page states they assemble official government records, social media, and offline archives to build profiles of individuals.
They engage in automatic data harvesting:
When users register or purchase access, Centeda collects personally identifiable information such as name, mailing address, email, employer and job title. It also captures metadata like IP addresses, browser types, URL visit history and cookies. These are used to enrich profiles and improve matching and aggregation.
Opting out is possible, but removal is difficult:
Although Centeda provides an opt‑out option, each profile must be submitted separately. Records may reappear if new data is gathered or if other public sources supply it. Using a service like mePrism helps you track your data across multiple brokers, monitor re‑appearances and handle removals in bulk rather than individually.
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