ZabaSearch
A people searchsite 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 ZabaSearchWhat ZabaSearch collects
- Full name and aliases
- Current and prior addresses
- Phone numbers
- Approximate age
How to opt out yourself
Direct opt-out: https://www.zabasearch.com/block_records/
- Open https://www.zabasearch.com/block_records/ in a private window.
- Search your name on the main ZabaSearch site to confirm a record exists.
- Submit the suppression form with your name, age, and current address.
- Provide an email address.
- Click the verification link in the email if one is sent.
- Allow 7 days for the listing to drop.
What ZabaSearch knows about you
ZabaSearch is a legacy people-search site dating to the early 2000s. The data is the standard set: name, address, prior addresses, phone, approximate age. Lower traffic today than Spokeo, but the listings are still indexed and searchable. The site has been quietly deprecated in pieces over the years — some old profiles still surface in Google results even when the live page has thinned out, which is the part that catches people.
Why it matters if you're on the job
Old cached profiles ranking against your name is the exposure here. The page itself may show less than it used to, but Google's index keeps the older snippet alive long enough for a stranger to read your prior address right out of the search result. Suppression at the source is what eventually clears the cache.
How to opt out
The opt-out works through a suppression form. Steps in optOutSteps above.
What we do that's faster
We file the ZabaSearch suppression and re-check every two weeks. Re-listing is slower than tier-1 brokers but it does happen — usually following a property transaction or address change.
Who owns it
ZabaSearch was acquired by Intelius in December 2008 for an undisclosed sum. Originally founded 2005 by Nick Matzorkis and Robert Zakari; claimed to have overtaken Yahoo! People Search in traffic by May 2005. When H.I.G. Capital bought Intelius in 2015, ZabaSearch came along as a legacy brand inside the PeopleConnect portfolio.
Lawsuits
- NJ Superior Court, Monmouth County (MON-L-000484-24) · 2024 · active in state court; brief federal detour terminated Nov 2024
ZabaSearch is covered under the PeopleConnect master state docket MON-L-000484-24. PeopleConnect briefly removed the action 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. No standalone Atlas filing names ZabaSearch directly — litigation is structured at the parent level.
Where the data comes from
- Public records
- Telecom directories
- Property records
- Intelius data pipeline (post-2008)Once acquired, ZabaSearch's data refreshes have come from the Intelius pipeline rather than independent sources.
Named in incidents
- 20,000 New Jersey officers vs. 118 data brokers — the Daniel's Law class actions (2024)2024-02-13
ZabaSearch is covered under the PeopleConnect Atlas docket along with Intelius, PublicRecords.com, TruthFinder, and Classmates.
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