Online Information Brokers

Online Data Vendors:
How Consumers Can Opt Out of
Directory Assistance and Non-public Information

 

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1-800-US-Search

Privacy Policy: http://www.ussearch.com/consumer/commerce/about/privacy.jsp 

Terms of Service: http://www.ussearch.com/consumer/commerce/about/terms.jsp

Opt-Out: Yes

 

1-800-Who-Where

Privacy Policy: http://www.1800whowhere.com/privacy_statement.htm

Terms of Service: http://www.1800whowhere.com/legaldisclaimer.htm

Opt-Out: No

 

555-1212.com

Privacy Policy: http://www.555-1212.com/about/privacy/

Terms of Service: http://www.555-1212.com/about/terms/;jsessionid=172F854A77CDA59CB429C5D9...

Opt-Out: Yes http://www.555-1212.com/about/opt-out/

 

99 Lists (see Intelius)

Privacy Policy: http://www.intelius.com/corp/privacy.html

Terms of Service: http://www.intelius.com/useragreement.php

Opt-Out: Yes http://www.intelius.com/privacy-faq.php#5

 

Abika

Privacy Policy: see terms of service

Terms of Service: http://abika.com/help/Termsofuse.htm

Opt-Out: Unverified

 

Accurint (Seisint)

Privacy Policy: http://www.accurint.com/privacy.html

and http://www.lexisnexis.com/privacy/statement.aspx

Terms of Service: http://www.lexisnexis.com/terms/

Opt-Out: Partial http://www.lexisnexis.com/privacy/for-consumers/opt-out-of-lexisnexis.aspx

 

Acme People Search

Privacy Policy: http://acme-people-search.com/privacy.php?u=1189617520ADMN

Terms of Service: None

Opt-Out: No

 

 Acxiom

Privacy Policy: http://www.acxiom.com/about_us/privacy/Pages/Privacy.aspx

Terms of Service: See Privacy Policy

Opt-Out: Yes

 

Address.com (affiliate of Intelius and InfoSpace)

Privacy Policy: http://www.address.com/privacy

Terms of Service: http://www.address.com/terms

Opt-Out: Yes

 

Addresses.com

(affiliated with Intelius, IAF.net, BackgroundRecordFinder.com, PublicRecordFinder.com and 99 Lists)

Privacy Policy: None

Terms of Service:http://www.addresses.com/terms.php

Opt-Out: No

 

Ameridex

Privacy Policy: http://ameridex.com/privacy.html

Terms of Service: See privacy policy

Opt-Out: Yes http://ameridex.com/newp.php

 

Ancestral Findings

Privacy Policy: None

Terms of Service: None

Opt-Out: No

 

Ancestry

(also Ancestry.ca, Ancestry.co.uk, Genealogy.com, familytreemaker.com, genealogylibrary.com, Myfamily.com, RootsWeb.com)

Privacy Policy: http://www.ancestry.com/legal/privacy.aspx

Terms of Service: http://www.ancestry.com/legal/terms.aspx

Opt-Out: Unverified

 

Any Who (part of AT&T)

Privacy Policy: http://www.att.com/gen/privacy-policy?pid=2506

Terms of Service: http://www.att.com/gen/general?pid=11561

Opt-Out: Yes

 

Aristotle

Privacy Policy: http://www.aristotle.com/content/view/31/152/

Terms of Service: See privacy policy

Opt-Out: Yes remove@aristotle.com

 

Background Record Finder

(affiliated with Intelius)

Privacy Policy: (Intelius) http://www.intelius.com/privacy.php

Terms of Service: (Intelius) http://www.intelius.com/useragreement.php?

Opt-Out: Unverified  Intelius - http://www.intelius.com/privacy-faq.php#5

 

Big Hugs

See Long Lost People

Birth Database

(affiliated with Bored.com)

Privacy Policy: (at bottom of page) http://www.birthdatabase.com

Terms of Service: None

Opt-Out: No

 

BlockShopper

Privacy Policy: None

Terms of Service: None

Opt-Out: No http://www.blockshopper.com/faq.html#q4 

 

Choicepoint

Privacy Policy:http://www.privacyatchoicepoint.com/

Terms of Service:See privacy policy

Opt-Out: Partial http://www.privacyatchoicepoint.com/optout_ext.html

 

CIA Data (Consumer Intelligence Agency)

Privacy Policy: http://www.ciadata.com/Privacy.html

Terms of Service: http://www.ciadata.com/User_Agreement.html

Opt-Out: No

 

 DA Plus AKA: Directory Assistance Plus

(source of data is InfoUSA, Inc.)

Privacy Policy: http://www.daplus.us/Privacy.aspx

Terms of Service:http://www.daplus.us/Terms_Conds.aspx

Opt-Out: Yes http://www.daplus.us/remove.aspx?key=6573AF265715C4120B391FBD9DE3507A

 

DEX Media(DEX online, DEX Knows, DEX pages)

Privacy Policy: http://www.dexknows.com/info/privacy_policy.asp

Terms of Service: http://www.dexknows.com/info/site_use.asp

Opt-Out:Yes

 

DocuSearch Investigations

Privacy Policy: http://docusearch.com/privacy.html

Terms of Service: None

Opt-Out: No

 

eFind Out the Truth

(formerly affiliated with OnlineBackgroundChecks.com, CellularPhoneRecords.com, eMailBreaks.com)

Privacy Policy: http://www.efindoutthetruth.com/disclaimer.htm

Terms of Service: http://www.efindoutthetruth.com/disclaimer.htm

Opt-Out: Unverified: Mail to: eFindOutTheTruth.com, Inc 2637 E. Atlantic Blvd Bldg 107, Pompano Beach FL 33062

Email Tracer

Privacy Policy: http://www.emailtracer.com/privacy.php

Terms of Service: http://www.emailtracer.com/tos.php

Opt-Out: Yes, in some cases. See last section of Terms of Service

e-Merges

Privacy Policy: http://www.e-merges.com/site-policy.html#privacypolicy

Terms of Service: None

Opt-Out: No

Enformion 

(part of  Peoplefinders.com)

Privacy Policy: http://www.enformion.com/help.aspx?vw=statement

Terms of Service: See privacy policy

Opt-Out: Yes

 

Experian

Privacy Policy:http://www.experian.com/privacy/index.html

Terms of Service:http://www.experian.com/corporate/legalterms.html

Opt-Out: Yes:

The toll-free number to opt out with all credit reporting agencies is 1-888-5-OPT-OUT (1-888-567-8688).

 

 Family Tree Maker

(part of Ancestry.com and MyFamily.com)

Privacy Policy: http://www.ancestry.com/legal/Privacy.aspx

Terms of Service: http://www.ancestry.com/legal/terms.aspx

Opt-Out: Unverified

 

Find a Friend

Privacy Policy: http://www.findafriend.com/privacy.html

Terms of Service: http://www.findafriend.com/terms.html

Opt-Out: None

 

Find Law

Privacy Policy: http://west.thomson.com/about/privacy/records.aspx

Terms of Service: http://west.thomson.com/about/terms-of-use/default.aspx?promcode=571404&...

Opt-Out: Partial

 

Fonecart

(source of data is InfoUSA, Inc.)

Privacy Policy: http://fonecart.com/Privacy.aspx

Terms of Service: http://fonecart.com/Terms_Conds.aspx

Opt-Out: Yes http://fonecart.com/remove.aspx?key=87DAFEAE06D69E0D02080834A901A2D4

 

 

 

Genealogy

(affiliated with MyFamily.com)

Privacy Policy: http://www.genealogy.com/privacy.html

Terms of Service: http://www.genealogy.com/agreement.html

Opt-Out: No

 

Genealogy Lookups

Privacy Policy: None

Terms of Service: None

Opt-Out: No

 

Geni.com

Privacy Policy: http://www.geni.com/company/privacy_policy

Terms of Service: http://www.geni.com/company/terms_of_use?ref=pf

Opt-Out: No

Google

Privacy Policy:http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy.html

Terms of Service: http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS

Opt-Out: Partial

 

Gov-Records

Privacy Policy: None

Terms of Service: http://www.gov-records.com/terms.php

Opt-Out: No

IAF

(affiliated with Intelius, Addresses.com, PublicRecordFinder.com and BackgroundRecordFinder.com)

Privacy Policy: See terms of service

Terms of Service: http://www.iaf.net/terms.php

Opt-Out: No

 

Infospace

Privacy Policy: http://support.infospace.com/privacy/

Terms of Service:http://support.infospace.com/terms/

Opt-Out: Yes

 

InfoUSA

Privacy Policy: http://list.infousa.com/PrivTermsJump.htm

Terms of Service: http://list.infousa.com/TermsConditions.htm

Opt-Out: Yes

 

Instant People Finder

(part of US Search)

Privacy Policy: http://www.ussearch.com/consumer/commerce/about/privacy.jsp?adID=10002101

Terms of Service:http://www.ussearch.com/consumer/commerce/about/terms.jsp

Opt-Out:Yes http://www.ussearch.com/consumer/ala/landing.do?did=538

 

Integrascan

Privacy Policy: http://www.integrascan.com/privacy.php

Terms of Service: http://www.integrascan.com/terms.php

Opt-Out: No

 

Integrity

(affiliated with Aristotle)

Privacy Policy: http://integrity.aristotle.com/content/view/31/152/

Terms of Service: None

Opt-Out: No

 

Intelius

Privacy Policy: http://www.intelius.com/privacy.php

Terms of Service: http://www.intelius.com/useragreement.php

Opt-Out: Yes http://www.intelius.com/privacy-faq.php#5

 

KnowX

(affiliated with LexisNexis)

Privacy Policy: https://www.knowx.com/home/privacy.jsp

Terms of Service: https://www.knowx.com/uinfo/license.jsp

Opt-Out: No

 

Lexis Nexis

Privacy Policy: http://www.lexisnexis.com/privacy/

Terms of Service: http://www.lexisnexis.com/terms/

Opt-Out: Partial http://www.lexisnexis.com/privacy/for-consumers/opt-out-of-lexisnexis.aspx

 

Locate People

(affiliated with LostPeople.com)

Privacy Policy: None

Terms of Service: None

Opt-Out: No

 

Long Lost People

(affiliated with My Family)

Privacy Policy: http://www.longlostpeople.com/privacy.htm

Terms of Service: http://www.longlostpeople.com/terms.htm

Opt-Out: No

 

Lookup Anyone

Privacy Policy: None

Terms of Service: http://www.lookupanyone.com/useragreement.php

Opt-Out: No

 

Lost People

Privacy Policy: None

Terms of Service: None

Opt-Out: Unverified

To opt out send a letter including: your name, address, social security number, and date of birth, and a $20 check or money order for researching your records. We will then opt you out of all databases we search.

$20 fee to opt out

 

Lycos

(source of data is Acxiom)

Privacy Policy: http://info.lycos.com/privacy/privacy.html

Terms of Service: http://corporate.yellowbook.com/terms-conditions/

Opt-Out: Unverified http://peoplesearch.lycos.com/help.html#FAQ6

To remove your listing from Lycos White Pages, send a request to Lycos Customer Service via the feedback form including the exact name, address and telephone number of the listing you wish to be removed. http://peoplesearch.lycos.com/help.html#FAQ6

 Melissa Data

(affliated with PeopleFinder.com)

Privacy Policy: http://www.melissadata.com/privacy.htm

Terms of Service: None

Opt-Out: Unverified - see optout.com

Merlin Data (Merlin Information Services)

Privacy Policy: https://www.merlindata.com/privacystatement.asp

Terms of Service: None

Opt-Out: https://www.merlindata.com/privacystatement.asp#Opt

My Family

(also Ancestry.com, Ancestry.ca, Ancestry.co.uk, Genealogy.com, familytreemaker.com, genealogylibrary.com, RootsWeb.com)

Privacy Policy: http://www.myfamily.com/privacy

Terms of Service: http://www.myfamily.com/terms

Opt-Out: Unverified

 My People Reports

Website down as on 10/2/09

MyLife.com

(also www.addressbook.com, www.myaddressbook.com, www.reunion.com, www.highschoolalumni.com, www.MyLife.com, www.whoislookingforyou.com, www.whoissearchingforyou.com, www.whosesearchingforyou.com, www.whossearchingforyou.com, and www.goodcontacts.com)

Privacy Policy: http://www1.mylife.com/privacy-policy

Terms of Service: http://www1.mylife.com/user-agreement

Opt-Out: Yes (call 888-704-1900 and request to speak with the Removal Department) http://help.mylife.com/cgi-bin/mylife.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=333&p_created=1221264868&p_sid=R_oxG_Cj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD0yMTEsMjExJnBfcHJvZHM9JnBfY2F0cz0mcF9wdj0mcF9j

Nate Find

Privacy Policy: http://www.natefind.com/Privacy_policy

Terms of Service: http://www.natefind.com/Terms_of_service

Opt-Out: Yes http://www.natefind.com/remove_listings

National People Finders

Website not operational as of 10/2/09

 

Netscape

Privacy Policy:http://about.aol.com/aolnetwork/aol_pp

Terms of Service: http://about.aol.com/aolnetwork/aolcom_terms

Opt-Out: Yes (see Acxiom)

Omnitrace

Privacy Policy: None

Terms of Service: http://www.omnitrace.com/people-search-terms-conditions/

Opt-Out: No

 

People Data

 

(affiliated with ZabaSearch)

Privacy Policy: (ZabaSearch) http://www.zabasearch.com/privacy.php

Terms of Service:http://www.peopledata.com/terms.php

Opt-Out: Yes (ZabaSearch) http://www.zabasearch.com/terms.php

People Find

(source of Data is Intelius)

Privacy Policy: None

Terms of Service: None

Opt-Out: None

 

People Find USA

Privacy Policy: http://www.peoplefindusa.com/html/pfusa_privacy_practices.html

Terms of Service: http://www.peoplefindusa.com/html/pfusa_user_agreement.html

Opt-Out: No

People Finder

(affiliated with Intelius)

Privacy Policy: (Intelius) http://www.intelius.com/privacy.php

Terms of Service: (Intelius) http://www.intelius.com/useragreement.php

Opt-Out: Yes http://www.peoplefinder.com/optout.php

People-Finder.com

Privacy Policy: http://people-finder.com/privacy.html

Terms of Service: None

Opt-Out: No

 

People Finders

Privacy Policy:http://www.peoplefinders.com/privacy.aspx

Terms of Service: http://www.peoplefinders.com/terms.aspx

Opt-Out: Yes

People Lookup

(affiliated with Intelius)

Privacy Policy: None listed

Terms of Service:http://www.peoplelookup.com/useragreement.php

Opt-Out: Yes (see Intelius)

People of Amercia

(affiliated with 1800WhoWhere and People Find)

Privacy Policy: http://www.peopleofamerica.com/privacy_statement.htm

Terms of Service: http://www.peopleofamerica.com/legaldisclaimer.htm

Opt-Out:  No

People Record Finder

 

Privacy Policy: (Intelius) http://www.intelius.com/privacy.php

Terms of Service: (Intelius) http://www.intelius.com/useragreement.php

Opt-Out:Yes (Intelius: http://www.intelius.com/privacy-faq.php#5)

Phone Book

(affiliated with Whitepages.com)

Privacy Policy: http://www.phonebook.com/privacy.html

Terms of Service: None

Opt-Out: Yes (see http://www.whitepages.com/privacy_central#6)

pipl

Privacy Policy: http://www.pipl.com/privacy/

Terms of Service: http://www.pipl.com/tos/

Opt-Out: No

 

Private Eye

(affiliated with Public Records Now)

Privacy Policy: See terms of service

Terms of Service: http://www.privateeye.com/Help/Terms.aspx?from=hys0359866156&piid=03

Opt-Out: Yes http://www.privateeye.com/Help/default.aspx?from=hys0359866156&piid=03#RemoveFromRecords

Public Data

Privacy Policy: http://publicdata.com/PandP.html

Terms of Service: http://www.publicdata.com/DisplayTC.html

Opt-Out: No

The Public Records

(affiliated with Intelius)

Privacy Policy: (Intelius) http://www.intelius.com/privacy.php

Terms of Service: (Intelius) http://www.intelius.com/useragreement.php

Opt-Out:Yes (Intelius: http://www.intelius.com/privacy-faq.php#5)

Public Record Finder

(affiliated with Intelius, Addresses.com, IAF.net, BackgroundRecordFinder.com)

Privacy Policy: None - see http://www.publicrecordfinder.com/aboutus.html

Terms of Service: None

Opt-Out: No

Public Records Now

Privacy Policy: http://www.public-records-now.com/Privacy/Privacy.aspx?from=hys0359866907&piid=46

Terms of Service: http://www.public-records-now.com/Help/Terms.aspx?from=hys0359866907&piid=46

Opt-Out: Yes http://www.public-records-now.com/Help/default.aspx?from=hys0359866907&piid=46#RemoveFromRecords

Public Records Service

Website not operational as of 10/2/09

Roots Web

(also Ancestry.com, Ancestry.ca, Ancestry.co.uk, Genealogy.com, familytreemaker.com, genealogylibrary.com, Myfamily.com)

Privacy Policy: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/rootsweb/privacy.html

Terms of Service: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/rootsweb/aup.html

Opt-Out: Unverified

Search Detective

(affiliated with Gov-Records)

Privacy Policy: None

Terms of Service: None

Opt-Out: No

Search Systems

Privacy Policy: http://premium.searchsystems.net/privacy.php

Terms of Service: http://www.searchsystems.net/tos.php.

Opt-Out: No

SentryLink

Privacy Policy: http://www.sentrylink.com/web/privacyPolicy.jsp

Terms of Service: http://www.sentrylink.com/web/userAgreement.jsp

Opt-Out: No

Social Security Search USA

Privacy Policy: http://www.socialsecuritysearchusa.com/privacy.shtm

Terms of Service: http://www.socialsecuritysearchusa.com/terms.shtm

Opt-Out: No

Spoke

Privacy Policy: http://www.spoke.com/resources/privacy.jsp

Terms of Service: See privacy policy

Opt-Out: Yes

Super Pages

Privacy Policy: http://www.superpages.com/about/privacy.html

Terms of Service: http://www.superpages.com/about/copyright.html

Opt-Out: Yes

Switch Board

Privacy Policy: http://www.switchboard.com/help/privacypolicy.htm

Terms of Service: http://www.switchboard.com/help/termsofuse.htm

Opt-Out: Yes

USA People Search

Privacy Policy:http://www.usa-people-search.com/Privacy.aspx

Terms of Service: http://www.usa-people-search.com/Terms.aspx

Opt-Out: Yes http://www.usa-people-search.com/help.aspx#p3

US Search

Privacy Policy: http://www.ussearch.com/consumer/commerce/about/privacy.jsp?adID=10002101

Terms of Service: http://www.ussearch.com/consumer/commerce/about/terms.jsp

Opt-Out: Yes http://www.ussearch.com/consumer/ala/landing.do?did=538

Veromi

Privacy Policy: See terms of service

Terms of Service: http://www.veromi.net/terms.asp

Opt-Out:Yes (see terms of service)

Vital Search

Website not operational as of 10/2/09

Vital Search Worldwide

Privacy Policy: http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/privacym.htm

Terms of Service:

Opt-Out: No

Voter Lists Online

(affiliated with Aristotle)

Privacy Policy: http://www.voterlistsonline.com/privacy.htm

Terms of Service: See privacy policy

Opt-Out: Yes (see Aristotle: http://www.aristotle.com/content/view/31/152/)

West Law

Privacy Policy:http://west.thomson.com/about/privacy/records.aspx

Terms of Service:http://west.thomson.com/about/terms-of-use/default.aspx

Opt-Out: Yes http://west.thomson.com/pdf/privacy/opt_out_form.pdf

White Pages

(affiliated with PhoneNumber.com)

Privacy Policy: http://www.whitepages.com/privacy_central

Terms of Service: http://www.whitepages.com/terms

Opt-Out: Yes http://www.whitepages.com/privacy_central#6

Who Where

Privacy Policy: see Lycos

Terms of Service: see Lycos

Opt-Out: Yes see Lycos

World Pages

(also Worldpages.net, WorldPages-ads.com, YellowBook.com)

Privacy Policy: http://www.yellowbook.com/privacy-policy/

Terms of Service: http://corporate.yellowbook.com/terms-conditions/

Opt-Out: Unverified

 Yahoo

(data source is Axciom)

Privacy Policy: http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/details.html

Terms of Service: http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/utos-173.html

Opt-Out:see Acxiom

Yellow Pages

Privacy Policy: http://www.yellowbook.com/privacy-policy/

Terms of Service: http://corporate.yellowbook.com/terms-conditions/

Opt-Out: Unverified

 

Your Own Private Eye

Privacy Policy: http://www.yourownprivateeye.com/

Terms of Service:http://www.yourownprivateeye.com/disclaimer.htm

Opt-Out: Unverified

Yahoo

(data source is Axciom)

Privacy Policy: http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/details.html

Terms of Service: http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/utos-173.html

Opt-Out:see Acxiom

 

Yellow Pages

Privacy Policy: http://www.yellowbook.com/privacy-policy/

Terms of Service: http://corporate.yellowbook.com/terms-conditions/

Opt-Out: Unverified

 

Your Own Private Eye

Privacy Policy: http://www.yourownprivateeye.com/

Terms of Service:http://www.yourownprivateeye.com/disclaimer.htm

Opt-Out: Unverified

 

ZabaSearch

Privacy Policy: http://www.zabasearch.com/privacy.php

Terms of Service: http://www.zabasearch.com/terms.php

Opt-Out: Yes http://www.zabasearch.com/block_records/

 

Zoom Info

Privacy Policy: http://www.zoominfo.com/Privacy.aspx?

Terms of Service: http://www.zoominfo.com/TermsOfService.aspx?

Opt-Out: Yes