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Data Broker Directory & Privacy Glossary

A comprehensive, cited directory of the internet's most pervasive data brokers, coupled with an essential guide to the legislation that allows us to fight them.

Privacy Legislation Glossary

CA

CCPA

California Consumer Privacy Act

Enacted in 2018, the CCPA is a landmark state statute granting consumers the right to know what personal data is being collected about them, the right to delete that data, and the right to mandate that companies explicitly "Do Not Sell" their information.

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CA

CPRA

California Privacy Rights Act

An expansion of the CCPA, this act created the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) and added the right to correct inaccurate personal data and limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information by data brokers.

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SB

The Delete Act

Senate Bill 362

A major 2023 legislative victory that requires data brokers to register with the state and allows consumers to request the deletion of their personal information from all registered data brokers through a single, verifiable mechanism.

Read Official Bill Text
EU

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation

The toughest privacy and security law in the world. Though drafted by the European Union, it imposes obligations onto organizations anywhere, so long as they target or collect data related to people in the EU, popularizing the "Right to be Forgotten."

Review EU Guidelines

Featured Threat Profiles

Detailed intelligence on the industry's largest and most aggressive data aggregators.

Spokeo

People Search Engine
HQ: 199 S Los Robles Ave Suite 711, Pasadena, CA 91101
Data Harvested: Comprehensive whitepages data, reverse phone lookups, historical addresses, court records, and estimated wealth. Highly trafficked by private citizens.
View Official Privacy Policy

Whitepages

Legacy Directory
HQ: 2033 6th Ave, Suite 1100, Seattle, WA 98121
Data Harvested: One of the oldest digital directories. Compiles massive databases of current/past phone numbers, tenant histories, and background check data via their premium tier.
View Official Privacy Policy

Acxiom

Enterprise Aggregator
HQ: 301 E Dave Ward Dr, Conway, AR 72032
Data Harvested: A massive B2B data broker. They do not have a public people-search face, but they sell massive tranches of consumer financial, demographic, and purchasing data to marketers globally.
View Official Privacy Policy

Intelius

Background Checker
HQ: 1501 4th Ave, Suite 400, Seattle, WA 98101 (PeopleConnect)
Data Harvested: Specializes in deep background checks. They scrape public court records, marriage/divorce filings, relative associations, and criminal histories for packaging into paid reports.
View Official Privacy Policy

The Complete Monitoring Index

Wiperts actively monitors and issues legally binding deletion mandates to the following 100+ entities, preventing them from selling your data.

  • 411.com
  • Acxiom
  • Addresses.com
  • AdvancedBackgroundChecks
  • AnyWho
  • Arrests.org
  • BackgroundChecks.org
  • BeenVerified
  • Blockshopper
  • CallerSmart
  • CheckPeople
  • City-Data.com
  • Clearbit
  • ContactOut
  • CourtRecords.us
  • CyberBackgroundChecks
  • DOBsearch.com
  • Epsilon
  • FamilyTreeNow
  • FastBackgroundCheck
  • FastPeopleSearch
  • FindPeopleFast.net
  • FreePeopleSearch
  • FullContact
  • Glad I Know
  • IDCrawl
  • Information.com
  • InfoTracer
  • InstantCheckmate
  • Intelius
  • Local Crime News
  • MyLife
  • National Public Data
  • NeighborWho
  • NumberGuru
  • Nuwber
  • Ownerly
  • PeopleByName
  • PeopleFinders
  • PeopleLooker
  • PeopleSearchNow
  • PeopleWhiz
  • Pipl
  • PrivateEye
  • PublicRecordsNow
  • Radaris
  • Realtyhop
  • ReversePhoneLookup
  • SearchPeopleFree
  • SmartBackgroundChecks
  • SocialCatfish
  • Spokeo
  • SpyDialer
  • StateRecords.org
  • ThatsThem
  • TruePeopleSearch
  • TruthFinder
  • US Search
  • USA People Search
  • VoterRecords.com
  • Whitepages
  • ZabaSearch
  • ZoomInfo

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