Broker profile
Information.com
- Redact finds listings · manual opt-out
A people-search site publishing listings on crawlable pages by name, state, and city, with ages, addresses, phones, emails, and relatives reachable by anyone who searches. California's data broker registry lists its operator as Information.com, LLC of Tampa, Florida. Its opt-out form is the Suppression Center that CheckPeople and UnMask also use, though each files with California as a separate company and no filing documents common ownership. The form ties a suppression to the first email address that verifies it, and says a birthdate can't be changed once it's saved.
Information.com overview
At a glance
Redact's exposure rating
- Data published
- Editorial estimate
- Re-listing frequency
- Editorial estimate
- Complaint record
- No public record
- Opt-out friction
- High
- Operator opacity
- Obscured
- Prior data incidents
- None documented
Our editorial assessment from public sources as of October 5, 2026, and our own opt-out testing as of August 12, 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
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 · SEO listing pages
- Same opt-out form as
CheckPeople · UnMask
- Opt-out
- The catch
First verifying email claims your records permanently
- FCRA covered?
Doesn't present itself as a CRA
Background
Background
Information.com publishes its listings as crawlable pages (/people/your-name/your-state/your-city), so your record isn't just searchable on the site, it's indexed by search engines under your name. The removal mechanism is where this site earns its warning.
- Listing structure
SEO pages by name → state → city
- Opt-out shape
Verify an email → set a birthdate → give a legal name → pick from matching records
- Binding
Permanent · records can't be re-claimed by another address
The opt-out flow claims matched records to the first email address that verifies them, permanently. Whoever controls that inbox controls the suppression, forever: manage it, re-assert it, or release it. That's exactly why Redact's own product scans this site but refuses to automate its opt-out. Automating it would make a temporary machine-generated address the permanent owner of your suppression record, locking you out of ever managing it with an email you actually control. The same reasoning applies to any removal service you might hire: if their address claims your records, the suppression is theirs, not yours.
Do this one yourself, with an email account you'll keep for life.
Never run this opt-out with a throwaway address. A disposable or forwarding email that claims your records becomes their permanent owner, and when that inbox dies, so does your ability to manage the suppression. Use your own long-term address, treat it as part of the removal, and keep it.
Data Published
Data types
Listings surface the standard people-search bundle, on pages search engines index by name.
Sensitive: elevated identity-theft, doxxing, or safety riskStandard public-record field
- Full names
- Age
- Current and past addressesSensitive
- Phone numbers
- Email addresses shown in listings
- Relatives shown in listingsSensitive
Contact
Contacts & links
- Opt-out
- Registered operator
Information.com, LLC, Tampa, Florida
- Privacy contact
compliance@information.com · (561) 462-0092, as given on its California data broker registration
- Website
Network
Related sites
Information.com, CheckPeople and UnMask run the same on-site Suppression Center opt-out form. California's registry lists them as three separate companies, and no filing documents common ownership.
A shared form isn't shared suppression. Each of these sites runs its own opt-out against its own records. Removing yourself from one does nothing on the others.
FAQ
Q & A
Is Information.com a data broker?
Yes. It publishes people-search listings (names, ages, addresses, phones, emails, and relatives) on crawlable pages organized by name, state, and city, about people who never signed up for it.
How do I remove my information from Information.com?
Through the Suppression Center at information.com/opt-out. It's an opt-out of sale and sharing that hides your listing, not a deletion. Do it yourself, with an email address you'll keep permanently, because the form ties a suppression to the first email that verifies it and says a birthdate can't be changed once saved. It then lists the records matching your legal name and birthdate for you to select. If it lists nothing for a page you can see on the site, write to compliance@information.com, the privacy contact on the operator's California registration. Our removal guide shows each screen.
Why shouldn't a removal service handle it for you?
Because of the claiming gate. Any service that verifies your opt-out with its own address permanently binds your records to that address. Redact's scan checks this site for your listing, and removal here is a manual step for exactly that reason. A suppression you can't manage with your own email isn't really yours.
Is Information.com covered by FCRA?
It doesn't say. It presents itself as a people-search site of the standard non-CRA kind. That changes nothing about what a listing exposes.
Take yourself off data broker sites
Redact scans data broker sites from your device. The free scan shows which of your details are exposed but hides which broker lists you; Premium and Ultimate show where each listing is. Redact checks Information.com for your listing. Removal here is a manual step. Premium and Ultimate submit removals for most other brokers Redact covers.
The opt-out material here follows a walk on August 12, 2026, which ended on an empty Matching Records screen because the form found no record for our walker. That's the form working, not failing. The first Suppression Center screen and California's data broker registry were read on October 5. The listing structure and the email-claiming behavior come from Information.com's own site and Redact's testing in August, which is why Redact's product scans this site and doesn't automate its removal.
Opt-out last verified August 12, 2026.
The page provides general information, not legal advice. Redact is not affiliated with or endorsed by Information.com or any other company named here. Spotted an error, or represent this company? Email support@redact.dev.