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PeekYou

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 PeekYou collects

  • Full name and aliases
  • Social media accounts and online usernames
  • Current address
  • Phone numbers
  • Approximate age
  • Relatives

How to opt out yourself

Direct opt-out: https://www.peekyou.com/about/contact/ccpa_optout/do_not_sell/

  1. Search your name and state on peekyou.com and open your profile from the results.
  2. Copy your profile's URL from the address bar.
  3. Open the opt-out form, linked from the 'Do Not Sell My Personal Information' link in the site footer.
  4. Enter your name, state, and email, and paste your profile URL.
  5. Complete the CAPTCHA and check the consent boxes.
  6. Submit the form.
  7. Click the verification link PeekYou emails you.
  8. The listing can take several business days to drop. Check again after a week.

What PeekYou knows about you

PeekYou's specialty is linking your online accounts to your real identity. Search a name and you get back social media handles, blog accounts, and forum usernames, cross-referenced with an address, phone number, and approximate age. Anyone who knows one of your usernames can use PeekYou to confirm your real name, where you live, and who you're related to.

PeekYou is an independent company, PeekYou LLC, founded in 2006 and based in New York.

Why it matters if you're on the job

Most people-search sites start from your name. PeekYou can start from a screen name. If your work depends on keeping an online identity separate from your real one, such as an undercover assignment or a federal cover identity, that link is the problem. The username-to-address connection is what raises the risk for you specifically.

The same link reaches your family. A username tied to your home address also ties to the people who live there.

How to opt out

The flow is search, claim your profile, submit the form, and verify by email. Full steps are in the opt-out steps above. Confirm the current opt-out link from the "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" link in PeekYou's footer before you start, since the site moves it from time to time.

How long until you're back

Plan on reappearing within a few months. The reappearance window shown above is our estimate, not a figure PeekYou publishes, and your own timeline can run shorter or longer. PeekYou rebuilds profiles from social media and the public web, so a large online presence lets it reassemble your profile faster. Treat the opt-out as a recurring task, not a one-time fix.

What we do that's faster

We file the PeekYou opt-out for you, then keep checking and refile when your profile comes back. We run the same process across the broker sites that list you. To see what PeekYou and similar sites currently show, run a free scan.

Who owns it

PeekYou LLC

Independent and privately held. Founded in 2006 by Michael Hussey and based in New York. No known parent company; early funding came from investor Duggal Dimensions, LLC.

Where the data comes from

  • Social media and public web profilesPeekYou scrapes usernames, handles, and public profiles, then ties them to a name.
  • Public recordsName, address, phone, and approximate age come from standard public-records feeds.
  • Blogs and forum accounts

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

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