USA People Search opt-out
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Also known as Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC
USA People Search is run by Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC, which runs nine other sites. Its California registry entry says an opt-out of sale on any one site applies across all of them.
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- Method
- Online form, Email
- Privacy email
- privacy@mtalley.zendesk.com
- Last updated
How to opt out of USA People Search
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Open the privacy page
California's registry points to usa-people-search.com/privacy for how to exercise your privacy rights.
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Submit an opt-out of sale
Follow the opt-out instructions on that page. The operator's registry entry says consumers may submit the request on any of its sites and it applies across all of them.
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Use a sister site if this one is slow
The same operator also runs AdvancedBackgroundChecks and PeopleSearchNow, plus seven more people-search and phone-lookup sites. Its registry entry names them.
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Set cookie opt-outs on each site
The registry entry says opting out of sale through online tracking has to be done separately on each website.
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Search each site afterwards. It's quick
Look yourself up on each site. Repeat the request where a listing remains.
Watch out for
- The opt-out of sale applies across the operator's sites, says the registry entry. Cookie and tracking opt-outs don't.
- Requests get denied. The operator's 2024 California filing reports 207,021 denials out of 1,204,017 opt-out requests. Match your listing closely.
- The privacy email in the registry is a Zendesk address. The operator's USPhoneBook site says it doesn't accept privacy requests by email, so use the web form first.
What USA People Search holds about you
- Full name and aliases
- Current address
- Address history
- Phone numbers
What USA People Search is known to collect, not a check of your listing.
Sister sites
These are run by the same company. Removing yourself from USA People Search doesn't remove you from them, so check each one.
- AdvancedBackgroundChecks
- PeopleSearchNow
- USPhoneBook
- FastPeopleSearch.io
- Smart Background Checks
- Cyber Background Checks
- FastBackgroundCheck
- PhoneBooks.com
Does it come back?
No relisting policy appears in the registry entry. Sister site AdvancedBackgroundChecks says new public records arrive regularly and may bring a listing back, so check again every few months.
Your rights
Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC is registered as a data broker in California. For 2024 it reported 1,204,017 opt-out-of-sale requests, 993,412 complied with in whole, 207,021 denied, with a mean response of 1 day.
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
Who owns USA People Search?
California's data broker registry lists Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC of Sacramento as the operator of USA People Search and nine other sites. That's the same company behind USPhoneBook.
Does one opt-out cover all the sister sites?
The operator says an opt-out of sale on any of its sites applies across all of them. Cookie opt-outs must be set on each site.
Is there a different company called SearchUSAPeople?
Yes, SearchUSAPeople is a separate site. This guide is about USA-People-Search.com.
Why might my request be denied?
The operator reported 207,021 denials in 2024. It doesn't list reasons in the registry entry, so use details that match your listing exactly.
Related guide Guide: How to Delete Yourself from the Internet Something changed? If these steps no longer match the USA People Search opt-out, tell us and we'll re-check it.
