How to opt out of PrivateEye

What PrivateEye knows about you

PrivateEye is a people-search site: a free teaser, then a paid report. The free search shows your name, approximate age, city, and a list of possible relatives. The paid report adds current and prior addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and court and criminal-record summaries.

PrivateEye is owned by Confi-Chek, which also runs PeopleFinders. The two sites share one database. When you select "view details" on PrivateEye, it hands you off to PeopleFinders to finish the purchase. Treat them as one listing in two places.

Why it matters if you're on the job

The free teaser alone gives someone a starting point: your city and a list of possible relatives. The paid report costs little and returns your current address and phone number in minutes. There is no warrant or subpoena involved, just a credit card.

The relatives list is the part that reaches your family. A search on your name can surface your spouse, your parents, or an adult child, each with their own address. That is a direct line from your name to the people who live with you or near you.

How to opt out

The reliable route is PeopleFinders, since it shares PrivateEye's database. Removing your PeopleFinders record clears both sites. Go to the PeopleFinders opt-out page, find the record that is you, submit it with an email address, and click the link in the verification email.

You can also submit directly on PrivateEye's opt-out form, but that form is less consistent and does not remove your PeopleFinders record. Full steps are in the optOutSteps field above.

Confirm the current opt-out URLs before you rely on them. These sites change their forms often.

How long until you're back

Plan to check again. PrivateEye and PeopleFinders pull fresh records from public sources and other brokers on a rolling basis, so a new address or phone number anywhere in that chain can put you back on the page. A single opt-out is a point-in-time fix, not a lasting one.

What we do

We file the opt-out, handle the confirmation step, and re-check PrivateEye and PeopleFinders on a regular basis, so a re-listing gets caught and re-filed. We run the same process across the broker sites we cover, so you are not tracking forms and verification emails on your own time. We handle most of the work and tell you clearly when a site needs something from you.

First responders on the Frontline Privacy plan for individuals don't have to track this one by hand.