How to opt out of CheckPeople
Checkpeople is one of many, many data broker sites sharing invasive personal data that originates from public records. This site used to have a quick and easy automated opt out option which they replaced with a USPS opt out requiring 60 days that never worked for me. Then they allowed an automated opt out again but I’ve had to do a lot of follow up to get checkpeople to follow through with their automated opt out and this has been frustrating. As such, I’m conflicted about sharing this tutorial but I’m sharing it anyway because I think that if opting out becomes problematic for enough people, we can rally together to get checkpeople to become more consistent with their opt outs.
It doesn’t take long to do the opt out so please give it a shot and then report back in a comment.
1. To begin, click CheckPeople Opt Out, enter your full name and then click “Search.”
- If you have a common name that returns too many results, search again and this time add your state, and even your city if you need to narrow the results down further.
Start with general information and add specifics as needed
2. Once you locate your information, click the red “Opt Out” button.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Many people have more than one record on this site. You will need to repeat all steps for each record you locate.
3. Enter your email address, check the “I’m not a robot” box and then click the “SEND CONFIRMATION EMAIL” button.
4. Go to your email account click on the “Confirm Request” button in the email you receive from checkpeople.
NOTE: If you don’t get an immediate confirmation email, check your junk/spam folder.
5. To finalize your request, enter your name and check the box telling them if you’re opting yourself out or someone else. Then click the “COMPLETE REQUEST” button.
You must complete this step to opt out successfully
6. Repeat the tutorial from Step 1 for all additional records that belong to you. Be sure to look for misspellings of your name and for maiden and married names for women. (Even if a spouse’s name was not legally taken.)
7. You will receive an email from checkpeople after they process your removal. Once you get that email, be sure to confirm your information has actually been removed from the site by searching for yourself on CheckPeople.
NOTE: Allow as long as 30 days for Checkpeople to process your removal(s) and if your information remains on the site after 30 days, contact checkpeople for assistance. You can call them at 800-267-2122 or email them at support[at]checkpeople.com (substitute @ for [at]) If you do not have success after that, please mention that in a comment following this tutorial and we will band together to make sure that checkpeople honors its opt outs.
If you’re reading this tutorial, you likely want to remove your information from other sites as well. To access my other free tutorials, go to https://what-is-privacy.com/category/opt-out-2/. Alternatively, reach out if you don’t want to do your own removals and you’d like an estimate for me to remove you from all sites listed as well as a whole lot more.
Until next time, … Stay Cyber Safe.
