PeopleLooker
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.
Visit PeopleLookerWhat PeopleLooker collects
- Full name and aliases
- Current and prior addresses
- Phone numbers
- Approximate age
- Relatives and household members
- Court records and criminal history
- Social media accounts
How to opt out yourself
Direct opt-out: https://www.beenverified.com/app/optout/search
- Open PeopleLooker's site and scroll to the footer.
- Click 'Do not sell my personal information.' This redirects to the BeenVerified opt-out portal, the shared removal system for the LTVCo brands.
- Search your first name, last name, and state. Leave the city blank, because a narrower search can hide your record.
- Select the listing that matches you and click 'Proceed to opt out.' If more than one record shows your name, claim each one.
- Enter an email address and complete the CAPTCHA to send the verification email.
- Open the email and click the verification link. The opt-out only completes after you click it.
What PeopleLooker knows about you
PeopleLooker is a background-check site owned by The Lifetime Value Co. (LTVCo), the same parent as BeenVerified. It runs on the same kind of data: your name and aliases, current and prior addresses, phone numbers, approximate age, relatives and household members, court and criminal records, and linked social media accounts. The marketing is aimed at landlords, online dating, and reconnecting with people, but anyone with a card can buy the report.
The record pulls from public records, court aggregators, and commercial data brokers, then ties it all to your name in one file. The court data is worth watching. These aggregators do not always reflect an expungement or a dismissal, so a charge that was dropped years ago can still surface in a stranger's search today.
Why it matters if you're on the job
One PeopleLooker report links your home address to your prior addresses, your relatives, and your phone number. That is a short path from your name to your front door, and it points at the people who live there with you. Prior addresses can reach back to where you lived during academy or a first assignment.
PeopleLooker is one brand in a network. Its parent, LTVCo, runs several people-search sites off overlapping data, so the same profile tends to show up across the portfolio. Because these brands share the BeenVerified opt-out portal, a single opt-out there generally clears the sister sites too, but it is worth confirming each one shows you removed.
How to opt out
PeopleLooker's opt-out currently routes through the BeenVerified portal. You reach it from the "Do not sell my personal information" link in PeopleLooker's footer, then search your listing, claim 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 above.
Two things to watch. Search by name and state without a city, because a narrower search can hide your record. And confirm the current opt-out URL before you start: PeopleLooker's own direct opt-out path stopped resolving at the last check, and the flow now points at the BeenVerified portal. Because these brands share that portal, one opt-out generally covers the LTVCo sites, but check each brand to confirm your listing is gone.
How long until you're back
Plan on reappearing. The broker says a listing usually drops within about a day of your clicking the verification link, but it can come back. LTVCo brands rebuild profiles from fresh data feeds, and listings there typically return within a few months. Anything that changes your records can bring it 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 PeopleLooker opt-out alongside the other LTVCo brands, click the verification email, and keep checking after that. When a listing comes back, we file again. We handle most of the process and tell you clearly when a site needs something from you. Members get continuous coverage across PeopleLooker and its sister brands on the individual member plan.
Who owns it
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. LTVCo's brands include BeenVerified, PeopleLooker, NeighborWho, NumberGuru, Ownerly, and PeopleSmart.
Lawsuits
- NJ Superior Court, Mercer County · 2024 · active
Daniel's Law suit, docket MER-L-000272-24. BeenVerified is the named brand, and the case reaches LTVCo's broader portfolio, including PeopleLooker.
Where the data comes from
- Court recordsCounty and state court aggregators, the source of the criminal-history data in PeopleLooker reports.
- Property records
- Social media
- Commercial data aggregators
Named in incidents
- 20,000 New Jersey officers sue 118 data brokers under Daniel's Law (2024)2024-02-13
PeopleLooker's parent, LTVCo, is named in Atlas's Daniel's Law litigation covering thousands of New Jersey officers and their families. The case reaches the full LTVCo portfolio, including PeopleLooker.
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