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How to opt out of IDStrong

A people searchsite 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 IDStrong collects

  • Full name and aliases
  • Current and prior addresses
  • Phone numbers
  • Email addresses
  • Age and date of birth
  • Relatives and known associates
  • Social media profile links
  • Criminal and court records (paid report)
  • Property and asset records (paid report)

How to opt out yourself

Direct opt-out: https://members.idstrong.com/removeMyData

  1. Open https://members.idstrong.com/removeMyData in a private window.
  2. Complete the slide-to-verify check to reach the removal form.
  3. Enter your first name, last name, and your state and city of residence, complete the CAPTCHA, and submit.
  4. You will be redirected to an IDStrong account login. Sign in, or create an account, with your email and password (a disposable email is safer than your primary one).
  5. Browse the search results, find your profile, check the box next to the listing you want removed, and click 'Remove Data'.
  6. Enter your email and any comments, complete the CAPTCHA, and submit. Repeat for any additional profiles that match you.
  7. If your state has a consumer privacy law, you can also use the 'Your Privacy Choices' link at the bottom of idstrong.com, which routes to https://members.idstrong.com/opt-out/ and asks for your name and email.

What IDStrong knows about you

IDStrong runs a free "instant" search and a paid report behind it. The free search shows your name, age, current city, and a short list of relatives. Pay for the full report and you get every address on file, phone numbers, email addresses, and a criminal-record summary pulled from court filings.

IDStrong also markets breach monitoring. That means it can surface passwords or account details tied to your email if they showed up in a past data breach. The file it builds runs wider than an address lookup: it combines public records and leaked data into one profile.

Why it matters if you're on the job

A listing here is rarely the whole problem. IDStrong shares its data pool with other people-search sites, so a listing on this one usually means listings on several others nobody has checked yet. Anyone building a file on you can run your name once and get a starting point for everything else.

The relatives section carries the real risk. It links your name to your spouse, your parents, and anyone who has shared an address with you. Those links point back to a shared home address and the people who live at it.

How to opt out

IDStrong's opt-out is a self-service web flow, not a phone call. You complete a verification check and enter your name and where you live, then the site sends you to a login screen. You sign in or create an account, find your listing in the results, and submit a removal request for it. If you have more than one profile, you remove them one at a time. Residents of states with consumer privacy laws have a second route through the site's "Your Privacy Choices" link, which asks for a name and email.

People-search opt-out forms change their fields and confirmation steps often, and support inboxes can go quiet for days. Treat one submission as the start of a process you will need to check on, not a one-time fix. The exact steps are in the optOutSteps field above.

How long until you're back

IDStrong rebuilds its listings from public records, and those refresh on their own schedules, so there is no guaranteed window before you reappear. A move, a new phone number, or a new court filing can bring your listing back sooner.

Because IDStrong buys from the same aggregator pool as other broker sites, a re-list here often lines up with a re-list somewhere else around the same time.

What we do that's faster

We submit the opt-out, confirm the email, and re-check IDStrong regularly so a fresh record doesn't sit exposed for long before anyone notices. We run the same process across the major broker and people-search networks at once, including the ones that share IDStrong's data pool, so one leak doesn't spread to the rest. We handle most of the work and tell you clearly when a site needs something only you can provide. First responders on the Frontline Privacy plan for individuals don't have to track any of this by hand.

Who owns it

InfoPay, Inc.

Registered as a data broker with the state of California and based in Boston, Massachusetts. Operates IDStrong and is linked to other people-search and public-records brands, including StateRecords.org.

Where the data comes from

  • Public records aggregatorsCourt filings, property records, and voter registration data bought in bulk.
  • Data broker resale networksShares source pools with other people-search sites, which is why a listing here often means you are listed elsewhere too.
  • Breach and leak databasesIDStrong markets breach monitoring, so it also indexes credentials and personal data exposed in past breaches.

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

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