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.
Visit TruthFinderWhat 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
- Open https://www.peopleconnect.us/help/optout in a private window — this is the central PeopleConnect opt-out that covers TruthFinder, Intelius, ZabaSearch, PublicRecords.com, and Classmates together.
- Search your name. Identify your record.
- Provide an email address.
- Click the verification link in the email within 24 hours.
- Allow 7-10 business days for the listings to drop across the PeopleConnect portfolio.
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, ZabaSearch, PublicRecords.com, Classmates) is one of the higher-value cleanup targets because a single opt-out clears the whole portfolio. Note: Instant Checkmate used to be in this chain and was named alongside TruthFinder in the FTC's 2023 $5.8M settlement, but it has since been divested to LTVCo (BeenVerified's parent) — so it now requires its own separate opt-out.
How to opt out
Use the PeopleConnect central opt-out at https://www.peopleconnect.us/help/optout. It clears TruthFinder plus the rest of the PeopleConnect portfolio in one filing. Verification is by email link within 24 hours. Full processing takes 7-10 business days. File the Instant Checkmate opt-out separately at LTVCo.
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.
Who owns it
TruthFinder was originally a brand of PubRec, LLC, which merged with PeopleConnect Holdings (H.I.G. Capital) in January 2020 — deal advised by Livingstone Partners. PeopleConnect is explicitly named as TruthFinder's parent in the FTC's 2023 $5.8M settlement and on PeopleConnect's own brands page. The data feeds are now shared with Intelius, ZabaSearch, PublicRecords.com, and Classmates.
Lawsuits
- NJ Superior Court, Monmouth County (MON-L-000484-24) · 2024 · active in state court; brief federal detour terminated Nov 2024
Covered under the PeopleConnect master state docket MON-L-000484-24. PeopleConnect briefly removed to federal court (D.N.J. 1:24-cv-04227, Hon. Harvey Bartle III) in March 2024; the federal case was terminated November 21, 2024 and the state action is the operative forum.
FTC actions
- FTC settlement (joint with Instant Checkmate)$5.8M2023
FTC named PeopleConnect, Inc. as parent of TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate. Action targeted deceptive marketing of background-report subscriptions and the negative-option enrollment patterns common across the PubRec / PeopleConnect portfolio. (Instant Checkmate has since been divested to LTVCo.)
Where the data comes from
- Court recordsCounty and state court aggregators — the source of the criminal-history claims in TruthFinder reports.
- Property records
- Public records
- PubRec / PeopleConnect data pipelineShared with Intelius, ZabaSearch, PublicRecords.com, and Classmates post-2020 merger.
Named in incidents
- 20,000 New Jersey officers vs. 118 data brokers — the Daniel's Law class actions (2024)2024-02-13
TruthFinder is covered under the PeopleConnect Atlas docket. The 2023 FTC $5.8M settlement (joint with Instant Checkmate) is the regulatory bookend to the current Daniel's Law exposure.
Doing this for one broker is straightforward. Doing it for 200, on a continuous basis, is what we do.
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