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SmartBackgroundChecks

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 SmartBackgroundChecks collects

  • Full name
  • Current and prior addresses
  • Phone numbers
  • Approximate age
  • Relatives and household members
  • Court records and criminal history

How to opt out yourself

Direct opt-out: https://www.smartbackgroundchecks.com/optout

  1. Open https://www.smartbackgroundchecks.com/optout in a private browser window.
  2. Enter an email address, accept the terms, and clear the CAPTCHA to start a removal request.
  3. Search your name, address, or phone number to find your listing.
  4. Open the listing that matches you and click the button to request its removal.
  5. Open the confirmation email and click the verification link. The request only completes after you click it.
  6. Allow several business days for the listing to drop, then confirm it is gone.

What SmartBackgroundChecks knows about you

SmartBackgroundChecks is a people-search and background-check site. A profile pulls your full name, current and prior addresses, phone numbers, approximate age, and a list of relatives and household members. It leans heavily on court-record aggregation, so old citations, dismissed charges, and out-of-state traffic entries can surface here even after they drop off larger sites. It is not a regulated consumer reporting agency, so its data is not held to the accuracy standards that apply to formal background checks.

Why it matters if you're on the job

Two exposures stand out. The first is your home address. A profile that ties your name to where you live, plus the relatives listed at that address, puts your household on a page anyone can pull up, including someone you arrested or testified against. The second is the court-record padding. An expungement or sealing order in your state does not automatically reach the upstream aggregators this site pulls from, so a sealed entry can keep showing here after it is gone elsewhere.

How to opt out

Based on current opt-out guidance we checked on 2026-07-11, it is a search-and-verify process: enter an email address, accept the terms, clear the CAPTCHA, find your listing, request its removal, then click the verification link the site emails you. The steps are in the box above. The site says it removes records quickly, but independent walkthroughs report it can take several business days. Confirm the current opt-out URL before you rely on it, since brokers move these pages.

How long until you're back

People-search sites rebuild profiles from fresh public-record and third-party data, so a removed listing can reappear later. Treat one opt-out as a starting point, not a permanent fix, and plan to check back.

What we do

We file the SmartBackgroundChecks opt-out for you and confirm the listing drops. Then we keep re-checking and refile if you reappear. We handle most of the process and tell you clearly when a step needs something only you can provide.

Who owns it

Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC

Based in Sacramento, California. Multiple opt-out guides and business directories list it as the operator of SmartBackgroundChecks and a network of related people-search sites.

Where the data comes from

  • Court recordsCounty and state court aggregators, the source of the criminal-history and traffic data that appears in profiles.
  • Property and address records
  • Phone directories
  • Commercial data aggregators

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

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