US Search (ussearch.com) is a people-search site whose privacy policy states it is operated by Intelius LLC, 'the owner of US Search' — placing it in the same PeopleConnect-adjacent corporate family as sibling brand Intelius. Its privacy policy discloses collection of user-provided data plus 'Third Party Data' compiled from social media, financial institutions and public/private data providers, tracking via cookies/pixels/web beacons, and sale/sharing of identifiers and other categories with advertising partners and data analytics providers under CCPA. US Search was not named in the FTC's September 2023 order against TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate, but the FTC brought its own, earlier enforcement action against the predecessor entities US Search, Inc. and US Search, LLC in September 2010, alleging the company's 'PrivacyLock' record-removal service made false effectiveness claims; that settlement required refunds to nearly 5,000 consumers and barred future misrepresentations, without an admission of liability.
TRACK RECORD
1 ENFORCEMENT ACTION
[2010-09-22]
The FTC announced on September 22, 2010 that it settled deceptive-practices charges against US Search, Inc. and US Search, LLC over the company's 'PrivacyLock' service, which falsely claimed to let consumers block their records from appearing in the company's search results; the settlement barred future misrepresentations and required refunds to nearly 5,000 consumers.
US Search's privacy policy states that in addition to data users provide directly, it collects 'Third Party Data' obtained from social media, financial institutions, public sources, and private sources and data providers, which may include financial transaction and account information and personal identifying information.
US Search's own privacy policy states it describes 'the information processing practices of Intelius LLC, the owner of US Search,' directly disclosing its operating parent entity.
California's Data Broker Registry lists 'Intelius, LLC' as a registered data broker doing business as 'Intelius, US Search & US Search Pro,' with a San Diego, California business address and its own privacy policy URL, corroborating from an independent government registry (rather than only the operator's own statement) that Intelius LLC is the entity behind US Search.
US Search's CCPA disclosure table states that Identifiers (real name, postal address, online identifier, IP address, phone number, email address, account name) are sold and/or shared with referral affiliates, advertising partners and data analytics providers.
The FTC announced on September 22, 2010 that it settled deceptive-practices charges against US Search, Inc. and US Search, LLC over the company's 'PrivacyLock' service, which falsely claimed to let consumers block their records from appearing in the company's search results; the settlement barred future misrepresentations and required refunds to nearly 5,000 consumers.
US Search's privacy policy discloses that it collects information through cookies, pixels, web beacons and other tracking technologies about users' web browsing activities, including IP address, geographic location, and device/display settings.