How PublicRecords Collects, Sells, and Shares Your Personal Data
What is PublicRecords?
PublicRecords is a U.S.-based people‑search and public‑records directory service that aggregates publicly available records such as criminal files, property records, phone numbers, addresses, social media profiles, asset details, and employment/licensing data and makes them searchable online.
URL
www.publicrecords.com
Support
www.intelius.com/privacy-center
Type of Data Broker
People‑Search / Public‑Records
Aggression level
Critical
What PublicRecords 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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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 PublicRecords
PublicRecords.com offers a suppression/opt‑out mechanism via its data controller (PeopleConnect) but the process is somewhat involved and requires verification. While an opt‑out option exists, it is not guaranteed to stop all future listings and removal must be re‑checked periodically.
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PublicRecords Privacy Risks and How to Remove Your Personal Data
They scrape and aggregate your personal data:
PublicRecords.com aggregates large volumes of public‑records sources (court filings, property records, business licenses, arrest/traffic data, professional licence data) and compiles them into searchable profiles.
They engage in automatic data harvesting:
Beyond raw public records, the service supplements its profiles with phone numbers, email addresses, social media links, “location history,” and asset details. These may be harvested via online scraping, data‑broker partnerships, and third‑party data providers.
Opting out is possible, but removal is difficult:
Once a profile is live on PublicRecords.com it may be re‑listed or refreshed continuously with new data, and the opt‑out process does not guarantee permanent suppression. For comprehensive privacy protection, using a monitoring and removal‑service like mePrism adds value by tracking re‑appearances and handling multiple broker removals.
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