BackgroundCheckers.net opt-out
backgroundcheckers.net How to remove yourself from BackgroundCheckers.net
Open BackgroundCheckers' Remove My Information page, enter enough detail to find your record and submit it. Nothing is removed until you click the confirmation link the site emails you. A separate Your Privacy Choices option only stops sale or sharing and leaves the listing up.
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- Method
- Online form
- What you need
- Email address
- Time to remove
- About 14 days
- Last updated
How to opt out of BackgroundCheckers.net
- 1
Open the removal page
Go to the Remove My Information page on backgroundcheckers.net.
- 2
Find your record
Enter enough detail for the site to identify you, then pick the record that is yours.
- 3
Submit the request
Send the request for that record. The site emails you a confirmation link.
- 4
Click the confirmation link
Nothing is removed until you click it. After that the site stops returning results for you, including inside reports members already have.
- 5
Search yourself again
Look yourself up on the site a few days later and repeat the request for any record that still shows.
Watch out for
- The site has two privacy options. Your Privacy Choices stops it from selling or sharing your information and takes effect immediately, but it does not remove the listing. Remove My Information is the one that takes the record off.
- Removal can't recall copies a member already downloaded.
- To act for someone else you need that person's signed permission. Authorized agents can also submit requests by phone at (833) 714-0641.
What BackgroundCheckers.net holds about you
- Full name and aliases
- Current address
- Phone numbers
- Relatives
- Age and date of birth
- Court and criminal records
- Social media profiles
What BackgroundCheckers.net is known to collect, not a check of your listing.
Sister sites
These are run by the same company. Removing yourself from BackgroundCheckers.net doesn't remove you from them, so check each one.
Does it come back?
BackgroundCheckers doesn't publish a relisting policy. Search your name every few months and repeat the request if a record comes back.
Your rights
California: CCPA. If you live in California, the CCPA lets you ask a business to delete the personal information it holds about you and to stop selling or sharing it. Businesses generally have 45 days to respond.
California: the Delete Act. Data brokers that hold information on Californians must register with the state. California residents can use DROP, the state's Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, to send one deletion request to every registered broker at once.
Other US states. Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, Oregon and a growing list of other states give residents a similar right to delete. Vermont, Texas and Oregon also make data brokers register with the state. Where no state law applies, the broker's own opt-out above still works for most people.
General information, not legal advice.
Frequently asked
Does Your Privacy Choices remove my listing?
No. It stops the site from selling or sharing your information, but the record stays up. Use Remove My Information to take it down.
Why is my listing still showing after I submitted?
BackgroundCheckers only removes a record after you click the confirmation link it emails you. Check spam for the email.
How long does removal take?
BackgroundCheckers doesn't publish a removal time on the page. Its operator told California it responded to deletion requests in a median of 1 day in 2024.
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