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A US people-search and background-report site operated by Truth Now LLC out of Glendale, California (confirmed via its California data broker registration). It's also one of 15 brands researcher JayeLTee found with users on a passwordless server exposed in 2024, whose admin accounts were @mc2data.com addresses; Cybernews counted about 106 million records on it. Its web-form opt-out, which ended on an unreadable CAPTCHA when we tried it in August 2026, has been replaced by a request page that takes a removal and confirms it by email. California residents can also route a deletion through the state DROP platform.

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Check Secrets overview

At a glance

Quick facts

Redact's exposure rating

Substantial

LimitedModerateSubstantialExtensive

Data published: Editorial estimate
Re-listing frequency: Editorial estimate
Complaint record: Mixed
Opt-out friction: Moderate
Operator opacity: Mostly disclosed
Prior data incidents: On the 2024 MC2 leak list

Our editorial assessment from public sources as of October 8, 2026, and our own opt-out testing as of October 8, 2026. Each dimension is scored 1 to 4, higher means more exposure, and the overall gauge is their average, unless a confirmed breach holds it higher. It is an opinion, not a finding about the company's conduct or legal compliance. Dimensions marked "Editorial estimate" are estimated from the kind of service offered rather than observed on this site. How we score

On the 2024 MC2 leak list: a security researcher listed Check Secrets among the sites with users on the exposed server. We found no filing showing who ran that server. Being on the list still holds the overall rating at Substantial or higher.

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
Legal operator: Truth Now LLC
CA AG data broker reg.: Truth Now LLC
Leaked server's admin accounts: @mc2data.com (MC2 Data, LLC)
BBB ratings (two filings): A- (Truth Now LLC) · B
Business started: Apr 20, 2017
Opt-out: On-site request form + email confirmation
Brands on the leaked server: 15 brands · 5 LLCs
Shared server's 2024 leak (MC2 Data): On a researcher's 15-brand list · 106M records on the server

Background

Site history

CheckSecrets.com is operated by Truth Now LLC, a California entity registered as a California data broker (registry). The site was also one of 15 brands researcher JayeLTee found with users on a passwordless server exposed in 2024, whose admin accounts were @mc2data.com addresses; he wrote that he didn't know whether MC2 Data owns the sites. Cybernews counted about 106 million records on the server. MC2 Data, LLC is a Delaware company whose Florida registration was withdrawn in October 2024.

Legal operator: Truth Now LLC
CA AG data broker reg.: Truth Now LLC
Leaked server's admin accounts: @mc2data.com (MC2 Data, LLC)
Business started: Apr 20, 2017
Also on the leaked server: privaterecords.net (Private Records LLC)

The Glendale, California address on file (3746 Foothill Blvd #7060) is a UPS Store mail-drop. The mailbox serves two BBB-registered names at the same suite: "Truth Now LLC" (the CA-registered legal entity, BBB rating A-) and "Checksecrets" (a separate BBB filing for the same operation, rating B). Two filings, one address, one phone number.

CheckSecrets' tie to MC2 Data became public in September 2024, when a misconfigured database surfaced holding 106,316,633 consumer records and 2.3 million subscriber accounts. Researcher JayeLTee found every user record carried a brand ID mapping to one of 15 websites, and admin accounts under @mc2data.com. CheckSecrets.com is among the 15, per DataBreaches.net's list. JayeLTee wrote that he didn't know whether MC2 Data owns the sites. Three class actions followed in the Southern District of Florida against MC2 Data, LLC, and were dismissed in February 2025 (see Litigation below). The relationship between Truth Now LLC (the consumer-facing California entity) and MC2 Data, LLC (the Delaware company whose domain the server's admin accounts used) isn't publicly disclosed.

Why the California registration matters. Truth Now LLC is on California's data broker registry, which gives California residents a CCPA route. California residents can make a CCPA deletion request, which carries a 45-day response window that can be extended once to 90. See the removal guide's escalation section for how to use this in practice.

The web-form opt-out has been rebuilt. In August 2026 CheckSecrets's removal form stopped at a scribble CAPTCHA with no readable letters and never submitted. By October 8 the same address served a different page with a Remove My Information request and no CAPTCHA on it. California residents can still go through the state DROP platform, and the written-request channel (email, postal mail) remains as a fallback. See the removal guide.

$1 trial billing complaints. The Checksecrets BBB filing's six complaints concentrate on billing: a $1 7-day membership trial that renews monthly unless cancelled before the trial expires. Complainants say the terms were easy to miss.

Data Published

Data types

11 categories

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

Full names, including aliases and prior names
Approximate age and date of birthSensitive
Names of likely relatives, household members, and known associatesSensitive
Current and previous home addresses (street-level)Sensitive
Phone numbers (landline and mobile)
Marriage and divorce records
Education background
Bankruptcy filings
Criminal records, court records, and arrest records (when the site's scraper has found matches in court systems)Sensitive
Names of neighbors
Linked social media profiles when discoverable from indexed sources

Data sources: US public records (voter rolls, property, court), commercial data aggregators, and indexed social data. Records are not verified against the actual subject and may be stale, mismatched, or attributable to the wrong person. The site frames itself as a "look up your date" / "background check on a stranger" tool.

Sealed and expunged records risk. If CheckSecrets shows arrest or court data that should be sealed, expunged, or vacated under state law, document the listing with a screenshot before opting out. The timestamped evidence supports a state-AG or CFPB complaint later if removal stalls.

Contact

Contacts & links

From BBB filings

BBB-registered entity: Checksecrets
Companies tied to the 2024 leaked server: MC2 Data, LLC · Private Records LLC
BBB-listed address: 3746 Foothill Blvd #7060 Glendale, CA 91214
Customer phone (CheckSecrets): +1 (855) 754-7951 · Sun-Sat 8 am to 11 pm ET
Site support email: support@checksecrets.com
Website: https://www.checksecrets.com/
BBB profile: Glendale, CA · B rating · 6 complaints (1 unresolved)

A mail-drop address. The Glendale, CA address the BBB lists for Truth Now LLC is a private mailbox at a UPS Store. No filing documents common ownership with the other companies whose brands were on the server leaked in 2024.

Network

Related sites

15 brands, five LLCs

CheckSecrets sits on Truth Now LLC's California filing beside SealedRecords.net and PeopleSearchUSA.org, and the cards below show the wider group of sites found on the same leaked server rather than that filing alone. The 15 brands on the server are filed under five LLCs (Truth Now, The People Searchers, Private Records, We Inform, and Infomatics), and no filing documents common ownership. privaterecords.net is the most feature-complete; backgroundcheckers.net uses an identical template and dataset.

Opt-out propagation is possible, but verify each. Because the 15 brands shared one server in 2024, suppression on one brand may reach the others. None of the five LLCs has published this either way. Until confirmed, treat each brand as requiring its own opt-out request.

Related sites: the 2024 MC2 leak. Check Secrets is one of the 15 brands researcher JayeLTee found with users on one exposed server whose admin accounts were @mc2data.com addresses; Cybernews counted 106,316,633 records across roughly 2.2TB on it. Opting out of Check Secrets doesn't automatically remove you from the other brands listed below; each requires its own opt-out request.

Owned or operated by Truth Now LLC21 entities in this network · Glendale, CAExplore the full map

sealedrecords.net

peoplesearchusa.org

backgroundcheckers.net

inmatessearcher.com

mugshotlook.com

peoplesearch123.com

Reputation

Trust signals

B rating; thin reviews

CheckSecrets has the most visible BBB footprint of any brand on the shared template. Six complaints, one unresolved, all clustered around the same $1-trial-to-monthly billing pattern. The Trustpilot and SmartCustomer footprints are negligible.

TrustpilotNo listing surfaced for checksecrets.comNo listingAs of Verify manuallyCheck Trustpilot ↗

BBB (Truth Now LLC)La Crescenta, CA · not accredited · 5 complaints in last 3yrA- ratingAs of 2026-08View profile ↗

BBB (Checksecrets DBA)Glendale, CA · not accredited · 6 complaints (1 unresolved)B ratingAs of 2026-05View profile ↗

SmartCustomer (formerly Sitejabber)No listing surfaced for checksecrets.comNo listingAs of Verify manuallyCheck SmartCustomer ↗

What reviewers and complainants say, from the sources above. Redact hasn't verified these complaints.

$1 7-day trial renews as a monthly subscription unless cancelled before the trial expires
Reports returning "nothing found" after the $1 charge, with no refund offered
Difficulty cancelling subscriptions and disputing recurring charges
Complainants say the trial terms were easy to miss

Common complaint themes (per BBB filings):

The B rating is misleading. BBB letter grades reward complaint responsiveness, not satisfaction. The Glendale, CA "Checksecrets" entity responds to BBB complaints, which the grade rewards, while the $1-trial billing complaints keep coming. Read the complaint themes, not the letter grade.

Litigation

Litigation history

Settled suit, dismissed breach cases

No case names CheckSecrets.com as a defendant, but its registered operator has been sued. Truth Now LLC was taken to Illinois federal court in Gaul v. Truth Now LLC over the free-preview search these brands all run on, and the case ended in a 2023 settlement, with the full docket laid out on the People Search USA profile. The rest of the litigation here is about the leaked server rather than the brand: the 2024 MC2 Data breach, which exposed a server CheckSecrets had users on, led to three class actions.

Bujok, Jones & Smart v. MC2 Data, LLC

Dismissed Feb 6, 2025 · no class certified

S.D. Florida · Three class actions, consolidated Nov 2024 · Filed October 2024

Dockets: 0:24-cv-61864 · 0:24-cv-61978 · 0:24-cv-62006
Filed: Oct 7 · Oct 22 · Oct 25, 2024
Court: S.D. Florida
Defendant: MC2 Data, LLC
Records exposed: 106,316,633 + 2.3M subscribers
Database size: 2.2 TB

On August 7, 2024, Cybernews researchers discovered a passwordless 2.2TB MC2 Data database accessible to anyone on the internet. The exposed records included names, emails, IP addresses, encrypted passwords, partial payment information, home addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, property records, legal records, family / relative / neighbor data, and employment history. The cause was human error (misconfigured database, no authentication) rather than a hack. Researcher JayeLTee found every user record carried a brand ID mapping to one of 15 people-search sites, CheckSecrets.com among them, with cross-brand admin accounts under @mc2data.com emails. Three class actions were filed in S.D. Florida in October 2024 alleging breach of contract and related claims, namely Bujok, Smart and Jones. The court consolidated them under Bujok on November 20, 2024, but no consolidated complaint was ever filed. After the plaintiffs gave notice of a settlement, the case was dismissed on February 6, 2025, with prejudice as to the named plaintiffs' own claims and without prejudice as to the putative class claims. No class was certified, so there's no classwide settlement to claim from.

We haven't found a Federal Trade Commission enforcement action, state Attorney General consent decree, or California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Delete Act settlement against CheckSecrets.com, the Glendale "Checksecrets" entity, Truth Now LLC, or MC2 Data, LLC as of the last-updated date below. The Gaul settlement above was private litigation rather than a regulator action.

FAQ

Q & A

Common questions

Is Check Secrets a data broker?

Yes. CheckSecrets.com is a US people-search and background-report site publishing names, ages, relatives, addresses, phones, marriage and divorce records, education, bankruptcy filings, criminal records, neighbors, and linked social-media profiles. It's registered as a California data broker under Truth Now LLC and was one of the 15 brands identified on the server exposed in the 2024 MC2 Data leak.

Who owns Check Secrets?

CheckSecrets.com is operated by Truth Now LLC out of Glendale, California (a UPS Store mail-drop at 3746 Foothill Blvd #7060). In 2024 a researcher found the site among 15 brands on one exposed server, alongside Private Records LLC's sites, whose admin accounts were @mc2data.com addresses; he said he didn't know whether MC2 Data owns them, and no filing documents common ownership. The Truth Now CA filing is active.

What information does Check Secrets publish?

The eleven categories Check Secrets publishes are full names with aliases and prior names, approximate age and date of birth, names of likely relatives and associates, current and previous street-level addresses, landline and mobile phone numbers, marriage and divorce records, education background, bankruptcy filings, criminal records and court and arrest records, names of neighbors, and linked social-media profiles.

Can I remove myself from Check Secrets?

Yes. The request page at checksecrets.com/api/helper/optOutLight/search takes a removal for one person at a time. You give their name, date of birth, city, ZIP code and state, add an email address, and click the confirmation link Check Secrets sends. The scribble CAPTCHA that blocked this form in August 2026 is no longer on it. A written request to support@checksecrets.com is the fallback; California residents can make it as a CCPA deletion request. See our Check Secrets removal guide for step-by-step instructions.

How long does Check Secrets take to remove information?

Check Secrets prints two figures on its form, 10 business days to acknowledge what you sent and 45 calendar days to finish the job. If you're a California resident the 45 days is also the law's figure, and Truth Now LLC can take a further 45 if it tells you it's doing so, which makes 90 at the outside. That clock starts the day you submit. Clicking the link the site emails you is what authorizes the removal, and nothing is removed until you do, so click it promptly.

Is Check Secrets covered by FCRA?

Not by its operator's account. Truth Now LLC answers no to FCRA regulation on its California registry filing, and the platform's terms bar using reports for FCRA-covered decisions. That's a self-description, not a ruling. Whether the FCRA applies depends on how a report gets used, so a report used against you in a job, rental or credit decision can still bring the act into play. The relevant litigation is the data-breach litigation against MC2 Data, LLC in the Southern District of Florida arising from the August 2024 exposure (Cybernews reported that a misconfigured MC2 Data database exposed 106,316,633 records across roughly 2.2TB of data), not FCRA enforcement.

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Last verified October 8, 2026.

The opt-out status was corrected once Check Secrets retired its blocked form. Its replacement was read in full that day and no request was sent. Profile otherwise dated August 4, 2026.

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