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TruthFinder

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 TruthFinder collects

  • Full name and aliases
  • Current and prior addresses
  • Phone numbers
  • Approximate age and date of birth
  • Relatives and household members
  • Court records and criminal history
  • Property records

How to opt out yourself

Direct opt-out: https://www.peopleconnect.us/help/optout

  1. Open https://www.peopleconnect.us/help/optout in a private window — this is the central PeopleConnect opt-out that covers TruthFinder, Intelius, US Search, Classmates, and Instant Checkmate together.
  2. Search your name. Identify your record.
  3. Provide an email address.
  4. Click the verification link in the email within 24 hours.
  5. Allow 7-10 business days for the listings to drop across all five sites.

What TruthFinder knows about you

TruthFinder is heavily advertised as a background-check service for landlords, online daters, and HR. The free preview shows your name and approximate age. The paid report adds court records, traffic citations, criminal history, property records, and a relatives list. It's the same broker aggregation Intelius uses — they're sister sites under the PeopleConnect umbrella.

The court-records aggregation is the part that bites. Old citations from a different county, dropped charges, sealed juvenile entries — court aggregators don't always honor sealing orders, and TruthFinder pulls from those aggregators.

Why it matters if you're on the job

For sworn officers, the TruthFinder report is the consolidated dossier — home address tied to traffic stops, prior addresses, spouse, parents. The report sells for under $30 and anyone with a credit card can pull it.

The PeopleConnect chain (TruthFinder, Intelius, US Search, Classmates, Instant Checkmate) is one of the higher-value cleanup targets because a single opt-out clears five sites at once.

How to opt out

Use the PeopleConnect central opt-out at https://www.peopleconnect.us/help/optout. It clears TruthFinder plus the four sister sites in one filing. Verification is by email link within 24 hours. Full processing takes 7-10 business days.

Steps are in the optOutSteps field above.

How long until you're back

Six months is typical across the PeopleConnect chain. The data feeds re-sync from court aggregators and commercial broker sources. After a move or a new court entry, expect re-listing inside 60-90 days.

What we do that's faster

We file through the PeopleConnect central opt-out so all five sister sites clear in one request, then re-check every two weeks. When you re-list, we file again. Same drill across 200+ broker sites in parallel.

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

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