What is ZabaSearch?
Definition
ZabaSearch is a people-search website where anyone can look up a person by name and see details such as age, address and a partial phone number, with a paid report for more.
- Category
- Privacy
- Also called
- Zaba Search, zabasearch.com
- Last updated
Reviewed by Anthon Wansland
Head of Product & Co-Founder
Serus is a privacy company with paid tools to find and remove your personal data. This page is free and based on official sources.
Sources checked: zabasearch.com, suppression.peopleconnect.us
Last verified against the official page:
ZabaSearch is a people-search site (a website that gathers records about individuals and lets anyone look them up). Its own homepage says you enter a first and last name, and for a common name you can narrow the search with the last city and state you remember. Results can show a name, an age, an address and partial phone number information. The site offers a paid background check report for more detail, and its homepage says it is powered by Intelius.
What a listing can look like
Someone types your name and your town. If you match, they can see your approximate age, where you live and part of your phone number, with an offer to buy a fuller report. You don't need an account or any connection to the person to run that search, which is why these sites matter to your privacy. Your home address and phone number sit one search away from a stranger, an ex or a scammer.
What the site says about use
The homepage carries a notice that it does not provide consumer reports and is not a consumer reporting agency. Visitors have to agree not to use it to make decisions about hiring, renting or selling a home, lending or credit, insurance underwriting, or any other eligibility decision that would require FCRA compliance. That is a promise visitors make to the site, not a guard against misuse.
ZabaSearch vs. a data broker
A data broker is any company that collects and sells personal information. A people-search site such as ZabaSearch is the public storefront: the part of the trade where anyone can search by name. Removing one listing does not remove you from the others, and listings can appear again later.
How to protect yourself
- 1
Search for yourself
Look up your own name and city on ZabaSearch and note what shows: address, age, phone. Check the same details on other people-search sites too, since each keeps its own listing.
- 2
Ask for the listing to be suppressed
PeopleConnect runs a Suppression Center at suppression.peopleconnect.us. Open it and read what it covers before you submit anything, and only use the official page.
- 3
Re-check later
Listings can return when a site refreshes its data, so search for yourself again every few months.
- 4
Cut down what feeds these sites
Keep your address and phone number off public profiles and forms where you can. Serus finds the sites that list your address and phone number, including people-search sites where you live, and removes the listings.
See it in action
See where your personal data is exposed
Serus finds it on data brokers and people-search sites and removes it.
Frequently asked
Is ZabaSearch free?
The homepage describes its basic people search as free and offers a paid background check report for more information. The asterisk next to "free" on the page signals conditions, so read them on the site.
Can I use ZabaSearch to screen a tenant or employee?
No. The site states that it is not a consumer reporting agency and that visitors must not use it for hiring, housing, credit, insurance or other eligibility decisions.
Is ZabaSearch the same as Intelius?
They are connected. The ZabaSearch homepage says it is powered by Intelius, and its suppression page is run by PeopleConnect. They are not the same website.
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