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://suppression.peopleconnect.us
- Open https://suppression.peopleconnect.us in a private window. This is the central PeopleConnect suppression tool, which covers TruthFinder along with other PeopleConnect brands such as Intelius, Instant Checkmate, and US Search in one request.
- Enter an email address and agree to the terms.
- Click the verification link in the confirmation email from PeopleConnect.
- Enter your date of birth and full legal name, then complete the verification step.
- Find your record and set it to suppressed. Suppression usually takes hold within a few days but can take up to about 10 business days.
What TruthFinder knows about you
TruthFinder is 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 list of relatives. It draws from the same PeopleConnect data pipeline that feeds Intelius and other PeopleConnect brands.
The court-records aggregation is the part to watch. Old citations from a different county, dropped charges, and sealed entries can surface, because the court aggregators TruthFinder pulls from do not always reflect sealing orders.
Why it matters if you're on the job
For a sworn officer, a TruthFinder report is a consolidated dossier: home address, prior addresses, spouse, parents, and records tied to your name. Anyone with a credit card can buy it. That ties your home and the people in it to your work, which is exactly the link this job needs to keep private.
TruthFinder is worth prioritizing because a single PeopleConnect opt-out covers TruthFinder and the other PeopleConnect brands at once. TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate were both named in the FTC's 2023 $5.8M settlement, and both are covered by the same PeopleConnect suppression request.
How to opt out
Use the central PeopleConnect suppression tool at https://suppression.peopleconnect.us. One request covers TruthFinder along with other PeopleConnect brands such as Intelius, Instant Checkmate, and US Search. Verify by clicking the link in the confirmation email, then enter your date of birth and full legal name and set your record to suppressed. Confirm the current opt-out URL before you start, since PeopleConnect has changed the path before.
The full steps are in the optOutSteps field above.
How long until you're back
Reappearance on the PeopleConnect brands is common. The data feeds re-sync from court aggregators and other broker sources, so a move or a new court entry can pull your record back in. Plan on checking again rather than treating one opt-out as final.
What we do that's faster
We prepare the PeopleConnect suppression request, which covers the PeopleConnect brands in one filing. PeopleConnect makes you verify from your own email and confirm your date of birth and legal name, so we hand you that step and tell you exactly what to do. Then we keep checking, and we file again when your record comes back. We run the same process across the other major broker sites we monitor.
Who owns it
TruthFinder was originally a brand of PubRec, LLC, which merged into PeopleConnect Holdings (backed by H.I.G. Capital) in January 2020. The FTC's 2023 settlement names PeopleConnect entities as the operators of TruthFinder. Data feeds are shared with other PeopleConnect brands, including Intelius, Instant Checkmate, and US Search.
Lawsuits
- NJ Superior Court, Monmouth County (MON-L-000484-24) · 2024 · active in state court
Daniel's Law is the New Jersey statute that lets covered people (judges, cops, prosecutors, and immediate family in the same household) demand data brokers take down their home address and unlisted phone number, with civil penalties if the broker refuses. This is one of the Daniel's Law suits Atlas Data Privacy Corporation filed against data brokers in 2024. PeopleConnect briefly removed the matter to federal court before it returned to the state docket. Confirm the current docket status against the New Jersey courts listing before citing it.
FTC actions
- FTC settlement (joint with Instant Checkmate)$5.8M2023
In September 2023 the FTC settled charges that TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate deceived consumers about background-report accuracy and operated as consumer reporting agencies in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. PeopleConnect entities were named as the operators.
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 across PeopleConnect brands after the 2020 merger.
Named in incidents
- 20,000 New Jersey officers sue 118 data brokers under Daniel's Law (2024)2024-02-13
TruthFinder sits under the PeopleConnect corporate umbrella named in the 2024 New Jersey Daniel's Law suits. The 2023 FTC settlement is the regulatory backdrop to that exposure.
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