How PeopleConnect Collects, Sells, and Shares Your Personal Data
What is PeopleConnect?
PeopleConnect (operating via peopleconnect.us) is one of the largest U.S.-based people-search and background-check companies. They aggregate personal and demographic data like names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, employment, education, browsing behavior, and more from public records, user-submitted data, tracking technologies, and third-party sources. Their suite includes services like Intelius, TruthFinder, Classmates, US Search, and InstantCheckmate.
URL
peopleconnect.us
Support
privacy@peopleconnect.us
Type of Data Broker
People Search
Aggression level
Critical
What PeopleConnect collects and why it puts 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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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 PeopleConnect
PeopleConnect offers a suppression and deletion interface, but the process is often confusing and incomplete. You must verify identity via email and provide full personal details. Even then, suppression may not work reliably. Users report profiles disappearing temporarily, reappearing later, and difficulty deleting across all associated sites. Complete account deletion removes suppression status and may take weeks.
For detailed instructions, view our Opt-Out Guide.
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PeopleConnect Privacy Risks and How to Remove Your Personal Data
They scrape and aggregate your personal data:
They merge data from public records (court filings, property registries), social media, user submissions (phone lookups, Classmates), and commercial sources. This data is compiled across their brands, Classmates, Intelius, TruthFinder, US Search, under the PeopleConnect umbrella.
Automatic Data Harvesting and Tracking:
PeopleConnect deploys cookies, web beacons, IP logging, device tracking, and pixels on its websites. These tools build behavioral profiles on your browsing habits, preferences, and geographic location.
Removal Challenges
Suppression and deletion processes are often buggy and incomplete, some users report “suppression” doesn’t fully remove records. Even deletion can remove suppression status entirely. Accurate opt-out requires ongoing monitoring and multiple forms of verification. MePrism adds value by automating follow-ups, verifying suppression status, and managing future re-appearances across the PeopleConnect network.
In short, persistent personal surveillance requires persistent personal protection.
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