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CheckPeople

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A US people-search and background-report service operated by CheckPeople, LLC, a registered California data broker in Orlando, Florida, owned by Niche Ventures Management LLC and managed by Slatkis, Inc. It settled an Illinois Right of Publicity class action (Gaul et al. v. CheckPeople, LLC) for $2.6M in late 2024, carries a BBB F rating driven by complaints about subscription billing, and publishes eight data categories spanning addresses, phone numbers, relatives, and criminal and court records. Its opt-out runs through a Suppression Center that finds your record by legal name and birthdate.

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CheckPeople overview

At a glance

Quick facts
Privacy Risk
LimitedModerateSubstantialExtensive
Data published
Extensive
Re-listing frequency
Recurring
Complaint record
Pattern of complaints
Opt-out friction
Moderate
Operator opacity
Mostly disclosed
Prior data incidents
None documented

Each broker is scored 1 to 4 across the six dimensions above; higher means more exposure, and the overall gauge is their average.

What each dimension means
  • Data published: how much and how sensitive the personal data they put out.
  • Re-listing frequency: how quickly you reappear after opting out.
  • Complaint record: the volume and pattern of complaints across BBB, Trustpilot, and Sitejabber. No listing, or a listing with no reviews, counts against the broker.
  • Opt-out friction: how hard the removal process is to complete.
  • Operator opacity: how hidden the operating company and its principals are.
  • Prior data incidents: history of breaches or leaks of the data they hold.
Category

People-search & background reports

Operating entity

CheckPeople, LLC

Owner

Niche Ventures Management LLC

Management

Slatkis, Inc.

Founded

Sep 5, 2012

Headquarters

Orlando, FL

BBB rating

F

FCRA covered?

No

Background

Background

Company history

CheckPeople.com is operated by CheckPeople, LLC, a Florida-registered entity founded September 5, 2012. The LLC sits inside a three-layer ownership stack, with CheckPeople, LLC at the operating layer, Niche Ventures Management LLC as the named owner on BBB records, and Slatkis, Inc. as the management company overseeing the day-to-day operation, along with related entities like Trazi Ventures, LLC at the same Orlando address.

LLC founded

Sep 5, 2012

Delaware formation

Nov 17, 2017

Florida primary

111 N Orange Ave, Orlando

Owner of record

Niche Ventures Management LLC

Management

Slatkis, Inc.

A typical CheckPeople report includes a person's full name, current and previous addresses, age, phone numbers, email addresses, likely relatives and associates, criminal records, court records, and arrest records. The platform sells unlimited searches and downloadable reports through a paid subscription.

The subscription billing is where CheckPeople gets in trouble. The BBB has logged a pattern of complaints about unauthorized recurring charges - users reporting unexpected charges of $29.16 every 30 days after free trials, often without documented consent. The BBB has issued an F rating, citing both industry concerns and CheckPeople's failure to respond to 29 separate complaints. CheckPeople is not BBB-accredited.

Watch the billing if you try the opt-out. CheckPeople's opt-out should never require payment. If you're asked for a credit card along the way, back out. The BBB complaint pattern around recurring charges is specific and well documented.

Data Published

Data types

8 categories

Sensitive: elevated identity-theft, doxxing, or safety riskStandard public-record field

  • Full names, including aliases and prior names
  • Current and previous home addresses (street-level)Sensitive
  • Phone numbers (landline and mobile)
  • Approximate age and date of birthSensitive
  • Email addresses (when available from upstream aggregators)
  • Names of likely relatives, household members, and associatesSensitive
  • Criminal records, court records, and arrest recordsSensitive
  • Public-records data: property history, marriage/divorce filings, professional licenses

Data sources: US public records (voter rolls, court filings, property records) plus commercial data aggregators. Records are not verified against the actual subject and may be stale or attributed to the wrong person.

Sealed and expunged records risk. CheckPeople's report content is scraped from a wide net of court records and may continue to display criminal data that has since been sealed or expunged under state law. If you find such records on your CheckPeople listing, document them with a timestamped screenshot before opting out so the evidence exists if escalation is needed later.

Contact

Contacts & links

CheckPeople, LLC
Operating entity

CheckPeople, LLC

Owner of record

Niche Ventures Management LLC

Management

Slatkis, Inc.

Headquarters

111 N Orange Ave, Suite 800 Orlando, FL 32801-2381 United States

Secondary address

530 Lytton Ave, Floor 2 Palo Alto, CA 94301-1541

Privacy contact

compliance@checkpeople.com · (561) 461-8439, both from its California data broker registration

Customer phone

+1 (800) 942-1366 · +1 (800) 267-2122 (customer service)

Website

https://checkpeople.com/

BBB profile

Orlando, FL · F rating, not accredited, 29 unanswered complaints

BBB notes a pattern of unresponsive customer service. The F rating is driven in part by CheckPeople's documented failure to respond to consumer complaints. If the on-site opt-out doesn't work, escalating via phone or email may have low success rates - keep dated records of every attempt so your paper trail shows what you asked for and when.

Network

Sister brands

UnMask · Trazi Ventures

CheckPeople's closest relative is UnMask, a free people-search site that says its search is powered by CheckPeople.com. The two run the same Suppression Center under different colours. California's data broker registry lists them as separate companies, CheckPeople, LLC and UnMask, LLC, both in Orlando. Slatkis, Inc. also oversees at least one other Florida LLC at CheckPeople's Orlando address, Trazi Ventures, LLC. The full scope of Slatkis-managed properties isn't publicly disclosed.

Related broker: UnMask

UnMask shows CheckPeople's data under its own name and files with California as its own company, with its own privacy contact. An opt-out request to one isn't a request to the other. Each site runs its own Suppression Center, so do both.

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Reputation

Trust signals

Mostly negative

Independent review and trust-rating sites consistently rate CheckPeople poorly. The dominant theme across all platforms is the same one the BBB flags: unauthorized recurring charges following the "$1 free trial" entry point.

Trustpilotconsumer review platform · 1,000+ reviews1.2 / 5 · BadAs of 2026-05View reviews ↗
Better Business BureauFlorida · not accredited · 29 unanswered complaintsF ratingAs of 2026-05View profile ↗
SmartCustomer (formerly Sitejabber)independent consumer review site2.7 / 5As of 2026-05View reviews ↗

  • "$1 trial" → unexpected $18.88 charge → $29.16 monthly recurring without clear consent

  • Difficulty cancelling subscriptions; refund requests denied

  • Inaccurate, incomplete, or stale data in reports

  • Unresponsive customer service - the BBB cites failure to respond to 29 complaints

Common complaint themes across all three sources:

Note on Trustpilot: different pages of CheckPeople's Trustpilot listing show slightly different aggregate scores (1.2, 1.3, 1.4 across recent snapshots). The score floats in the 1.2-1.4 range but the qualitative pattern is consistent. Treat the rating as "Bad / 1-2 stars" rather than a single fixed number.

Litigation

Litigation history

$2.6M settlement (2024)

CheckPeople settled an Illinois Right of Publicity Act class action in late 2024. The same theory produced ZoomInfo's $29.55 million settlement and the $4.89 million Eisenberg v. Confi-Chek settlement. CheckPeople's was the smallest of the three and covers a comparable claim pattern.

Gaul et al. v. CheckPeople, LLC

Settled

C.D. Illinois, Peoria Division · Illinois Right of Publicity Act · ~$2.6M settlement

Docket

1:21-cv-01313

Court

C.D. Illinois

Judge

Hon. James E. Shadid

Filed

2021

Theory

Illinois Right of Publicity Act

Settlement fund

$2,598,050

Per-claim payout

$200 - $400

Damages class period

Nov 1, 2020 - Mar 31, 2023

Injunction class period

Nov 1, 2020 - Jun 20, 2024

Final approval

Oct 31, 2024

Payment distribution

Dec 30, 2024

The class action alleged CheckPeople used Illinois residents' names, ages, current city/state of residence, former residence locations, lists of possible relatives, and other identifying details to advertise and promote CheckPeople subscriptions - without consent - in violation of the Illinois Right of Publicity Act. The damages subclass covers Illinois residents whose profiles appeared on search results that were clicked by a user who then purchased a subscription. The injunction subclass covers all Illinois residents in CheckPeople's database during the broader injunction period.

We have not found a Federal Trade Commission enforcement action, state Attorney General consent decree, or California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Delete Act settlement against CheckPeople, LLC or Slatkis, Inc. as of the last-updated date below. The Illinois Right of Publicity settlement is the only resolved major case we have on record for this broker.

FAQ

Q & A

Common questions
Is CheckPeople a data broker?

Yes. CheckPeople is a US people-search and background-report service publishing names, addresses, phones, emails, ages, relatives, criminal history, court and arrest records, property history, marriage and divorce filings, and professional licenses. Sells unlimited searches and downloadable reports through a paid subscription. Settled an Illinois Right of Publicity class action for $2.6 million in late 2024.

Who owns CheckPeople?

CheckPeople, LLC is owned by Niche Ventures Management LLC and managed by Slatkis, Inc. out of Orlando, Florida. The LLC was formed September 5, 2012, and it's the entity on California's data broker registry. A secondary address sits in Palo Alto, California.

What information does CheckPeople publish?

The eight categories CheckPeople publishes are full names with aliases and prior names, current and previous street-level addresses, landline and mobile phone numbers, approximate age and date of birth, email addresses, names of likely relatives and associates, criminal records and court and arrest records, and public-records data including property history, marriage and divorce filings, and professional licenses.

Can I remove myself from CheckPeople?

You can opt out, through its Suppression Center at checkpeople.com/opt-out. That hides your listing from its people-search results and stops CheckPeople selling or sharing it. It isn't a deletion, and the company keeps the record. You verify an email address, save your birthdate, give your legal name, and pick your record from the ones that match. The birthdate can't be changed once it's saved, so enter it carefully. If the form finds nothing for a listing you can see on the site, write to compliance@checkpeople.com, the privacy contact on its California registration. See our CheckPeople removal guide for the screens.

How long does CheckPeople take to remove information?

CheckPeople's privacy rights page says an opt-out can take 5 to 7 days to take effect, and longer to clear from search engines. That's the company's own figure. We haven't timed one.

Is CheckPeople covered by FCRA?

No. CheckPeople is not a Consumer Reporting Agency under FCRA. Its data legally cannot be used for FCRA-covered decisions. The relevant litigation has been Gaul v. CheckPeople, LLC (C.D. Illinois 1:21-cv-01313), which settled for $2.6 million under the Illinois Right of Publicity Act in October 2024 over the use of Illinois residents' identifying data to advertise paid subscriptions.

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Last updated:

October 5, 2026 · Opt-out sections rewritten after walks on August 11 and October 5, 2026, which went as far as the Suppression Center's Legal Name screen. They stopped there because our walker has no CheckPeople listing to match. The registered operator and privacy contact were read from California's data broker registry on October 5. The rest of the profile was researched in May 2026.