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How to opt out of BeenVerified

A background checksite that exposes your name, address, phone, and relatives. Here's what they collect, how to opt out, and why it matters if you're on the job.

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What BeenVerified collects

  • Full name and aliases
  • Current and prior addresses going back decades
  • Phone numbers (cell and landline)
  • Approximate age and date of birth
  • Relatives, household members, neighbors
  • Email addresses and social media accounts
  • Court records, traffic violations, and criminal history
  • Property and assets data

How to opt out yourself

Direct opt-out: https://www.beenverified.com/app/optout/search

  1. Open https://www.beenverified.com/app/optout/search in a private browser window.
  2. Search your first name, last name, and state. Leave the city blank, because a narrower search can hide your record.
  3. Select the listing that matches you and continue to the opt-out. If more than one record shows your name, claim each one.
  4. Enter an email address and complete the prompt to send a verification email.
  5. Open the email and click the verification link. The opt-out only completes after you click it.
  6. Repeat for any other listings under your name, and file separate opt-outs on BeenVerified's sister sites.

What BeenVerified knows about you

BeenVerified compiles more than a typical people-search site. The free preview shows your name, age, current address, and a few relatives. The paid report adds past addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, property records, business filings, social media accounts, and criminal and traffic records. It pulls from public records and commercial data brokers, then ties all of it to your name in one file.

BeenVerified markets itself as a background-check tool for landlords and online dating. In practice, anyone with a credit card can buy the report. It gathers information in one place that no single public-records search would.

Why it matters if you're on the job

For a working officer, one BeenVerified report links your home address to your past addresses, your relatives, your phone number, and your social media. That is a short path from the job to your front door, and it points at the people who live there with you.

The criminal and traffic records catch a lot of cops off guard. BeenVerified pulls from court aggregators that don't always reflect expungements or dismissals. A charge you had dismissed years ago can still surface in a stranger's report today.

Past addresses run long here. BeenVerified lists addresses going back decades, which can include where you lived during academy or your first assignment.

How to opt out

BeenVerified's opt-out is one of the more reliable ones to file. You search for your listing, select the record that matches you, enter an email, and click the verification link it sends. The opt-out only completes after you click that link. The step-by-step version is listed above.

Two things to watch. Search by name and state without a city, because a narrower search can hide your record. And BeenVerified's sister sites need their own requests. Opting out here does not clear PeopleLooker, NeighborWho, NumberGuru, or the rest of the LTVCo network.

How long until you're back

Plan on reappearing. BeenVerified rebuilds profiles from fresh data feeds, and listings there typically return within a few months. Anything that changes your records can bring the listing back sooner: a move, a marriage or divorce, a property sale, or a new phone number.

What we do that's faster

We file the BeenVerified opt-out and the LTVCo sister-site opt-outs together, click the verification email, and keep checking after that. When a listing comes back, we file again. We run the same process across the broker and people-search sites we cover. Members get continuous coverage across BeenVerified and its sister brands on the individual member plan.

Who owns it

The Lifetime Value Co. (LTVCo)

Founded in 2007 by Josh Levy and Ross Cohen in New York. Bootstrapped until December 2020, when it took a $150 million investment led by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, its first outside funding. LTVCo's brands include BeenVerified, PeopleLooker, NeighborWho, NumberGuru, Ownerly, and PeopleSmart, one of the larger consumer people-search portfolios in the US.

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Where the data comes from

  • Court recordsCounty and state court aggregators, the source of the criminal-history data that appears in BeenVerified reports.
  • Property records
  • Social media
  • Commercial data aggregators
  • Criminal records

Named in incidents

Common questions about BeenVerified

How do I opt out of BeenVerified?
Search your name at beenverified.com/app/optout, select your record, and confirm from the email they send. The step-by-step guide on this page walks through it, and it's free.
How long does BeenVerified removal take?
BeenVerified processes most opt-outs within a few days of your email confirmation.
Will BeenVerified relist my information?
BeenVerified typically repopulates within about four months from fresh data pulls. Recheck a few times a year, or have it monitored.

Doing this for one broker is straightforward. Doing it for 200, on a continuous basis, is what we do.

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