How USATrace Collects, Sells, and Shares Your Personal Information
What is USATrace?
USATrace operates a people search and background check website that aggregates publicly available records into searchable profiles. It allows users to look up individuals by name, phone number, Social Security number, or address and see details like current and past addresses, phone numbers, relatives, and background data pulled from public and third‑party sources. While the site itself claims it does not store or sell personal data directly, it displays information assembled from data brokers and public record databases, making that data easily accessible to others.
URL
usatrace.com
Support
research@usatrace.com
Type of Data Broker
People Search
Aggression level
High
What USATrace 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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The company’s practices pose a heightened risk for identity theft, scams, discrimination, and profiling.
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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.
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How to Opt Out and Remove Your Information from USATrace
USATrace lets individuals block profile previews from appearing on its site by locating their profile via the built‑in search and submitting a block request. Because USATrace pulls data from third‑party brokers and public records, this process does not remove your information from the original sources. Removing your data from underlying data brokers directly is necessary to fully reduce exposure.
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USATrace Privacy Risks and How to Remove Your Personal Data
They scrape and aggregate your personal data:
USATrace compiles information by accessing large public record databases that include court records, property records, marriage/divorce filings, addresses, phone listings, and other official documents. The site then consolidates this data into individual profiles searchable by users. This process exposes names, contact details, address history, and legal records.
They engage in automatic data harvesting:
The platform uses third‑party data sources and brokered databases to broaden its coverage. These sources include publicly available information as well as data broker feeds that aggregate additional details about individuals’ histories and associations. Although USATrace states it does not store personal data itself, it displays these aggregated results to end users.
Opting out is possible, but removal is difficult:
Users of USATrace can initiate background checks, Social Security number traces, and people search queries. These services synthesize disparate records into a unified view that can reveal sensitive details such as aliases, ages, relatives, and location history. The availability of such data increases the visibility of personal information and potential privacy risk.
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