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Kids Live Safe

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A people-search subscription wrapped in child-safety branding. Kids Live Safe sells sex-offender maps as the hook, then attaches full background reports (criminal records, financial history, relatives, voter registration) on 350 million people. It's operated by Scalable Commerce LLC of Santa Barbara, runs a $1 trial that converts to ~$29.97 a month, and is a defendant in New Jersey's Daniel's Law litigation. Its opt-out works and usually clears within a day.

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Kids Live Safe overview

At a glance

Quick facts

Redact's exposure rating

Moderate

LimitedModerateSubstantialExtensive

Data published: Editorial estimate
Re-listing frequency: Editorial estimate
Complaint record: Mixed
Opt-out friction: Moderate
Operator opacity: Mostly disclosed
Prior data incidents: None documented

Our editorial assessment from public sources as of August 4, 2026, and our own opt-out testing as of August 27, 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 · sex-offender alerts · phone lookup
Operating entity: Scalable Commerce LLC
Headquarters: Santa Barbara, CA
Claimed database: 350M people · 750K+ offender records · 500M+ phones
Running since: 2009 (Scalable Commerce since 2007)
Pricing: $1 trial · $29.93-$29.97/mo after
BBB: A+ · accredited since 2011
Opt-out: On-site form · ~24h turnaround
FCRA covered?: Says it isn't a CRA · explicitly bars babysitter/nanny screening

Background

Safety-branded people search

Kids Live Safe leads with the most sympathetic pitch in the industry, registered-offender maps for worried parents, framed around Megan's Law. What it sells is a standard people-search subscription. The People Lookup product returns address history, phones, emails, social profiles, relatives, criminal records, financial history, bankruptcies, employers, professional licenses, voter registration, and even hunting and weapons permits, and the homepage encourages running these reports on babysitters, coaches, teachers, and dating partners, "100% anonymously."

Operating entity: Scalable Commerce LLC
Address: 3905 State St #7228 Santa Barbara, CA 93105
BBB alternate name: Kids Live Safe, LLC · Goleta, CA
Company history: Scalable Commerce LLC · started in 2007
Side product: Kids Live Safe ID Protect · $1.93/mo
CA registration: Scalable Commerce LLC · kidslivesafe.com + quickpublicrecords.com

Scalable Commerce's own site says it got started in 2007 as a provider of backend systems for startups. The company registered as a California data broker starting in the 2025 cycle, covering kidslivesafe.com and its sister site quickpublicrecords.com in one filing. That registration discloses two collection categories most people-search brokers don't: biometric data (call-center voice recordings, kept 120 days) and precise geolocation. In a March 2024 federal court disclosure in the Daniel's Law case, Scalable Commerce and National Data Analytics state that they are each wholly owned by the same individual, a citizen of California.

The billing model is the industry's usual, which is a $1 seven-day trial that converts to $29.93-$29.97 a month until canceled, refunds at the company's "sole discretion," and binding arbitration in Santa Barbara County with a class-action waiver.

The safety pitch cuts both ways. The same report that vets a babysitter also hands a stalker your address history, relatives, and voter registration. The site's own FCRA page prohibits using reports to screen babysitters and nannies for employment, the exact use the homepage marketing implies.

Data Published

Data types

14+ categories

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

Full names with address history
Current home addressesSensitive
Phone numbers and email addresses
Social media profiles
Possible relatives and associatesSensitive
Criminal records and offender-registry matchesSensitive
Financial history, bankruptcies, and foreclosuresSensitive
Possible employers and affiliations
Professional licenses
Voter registrationSensitive
Hunting and weapons permitsSensitive

Accuracy isn't promised. Reviews on SmartCustomer (formerly Sitejabber) repeatedly cite wrong criminal charges and wrong addresses attached to the wrong person, and the company's own privacy policy says identifiers are retained "indefinitely, unless the consumer requests that their information be deleted."

Contact

Contacts & links

Documented channels

Operating entity: Scalable Commerce LLC (BBB: Kids Live Safe, LLC)
Address: 3905 State St #7228 Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Second address (BBB): 120 Cremona Dr Ste 155 Goleta, CA 93117
Support: support@kidslivesafe.com · 1 (800) 301-5905
Privacy requests: privacyinfo@kidslivesafe.com
Opt-out: kidslivesafe.com/help-center/privacy-requests
Website: https://www.kidslivesafe.com/

Network

Related sites

Two operators, one owner

Scalable Commerce LLC runs quickpublicrecords.com on the same California filing as Kids Live Safe. National Data Analytics, LLC, a co-defendant in the same Daniel's Law appeal with the same site template, runs publicdatacheck.com from Goleta, and its federal court disclosure, filed jointly with Scalable Commerce, names the same sole owner for both. Civil Data Research (searchpublicrecords.com) and Digital Safety Products (spyfly.com, publicrecordreports.com) name that owner in their own disclosures (Civil Data Research, Digital Safety Products) too.

Each site runs its own suppression. The family shares an owner, templates and litigation, but there's no documented shared opt-out. If your record shows on quickpublicrecords.com or publicdatacheck.com, file each site's privacy-request form separately.

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Reputation

Trust signals

Polished but pattern-complaints

Kids Live Safe keeps a cleaner storefront than most people-search brokers (BBB-accredited since 2011 with an A+), while the complaint themes underneath are the industry standard, meaning trial conversions people didn't expect, and report data that's flat wrong.

Better Business BureauAccredited since 2011 · 17 complaints in 3 yearsA+As of 2026-08View profile ↗

SmartCustomer (formerly Sitejabber)~5,380 reviews4.2 / 5As of 2026-08View reviews ↗

TrustpilotOnly 3 reviews2.8 / 5As of 2026-08View reviews ↗

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

$1 trial converting to ~$30/month recurring billing
Charges reported without a knowing signup
Wrong criminal charges or addresses attached to the wrong person
Disputes over CCPA deletion requests

Litigation

Litigation history

Daniel's Law defendant

Kids Live Safe's operator is a named party in the New Jersey Daniel's Law wave, the same litigation that has named most of the people-search industry.

Atlas Data Privacy Corp. v. Scalable Commerce LLC

Active

Docket checked August 4, 2026.

D.N.J. 1:24-cv-04160 · Third Circuit No. 25-1564 · Filed 2024

Statute: New Jersey Daniel's Law
Co-appellant: National Data Analytics, LLC (publicdatacheck.com)
Covered persons: ~19,000 (judges, prosecutors, law enforcement)
Status: Certified question argued at the N.J. Supreme Court

Atlas Data Privacy, as assignee of roughly 19,000 covered persons, sued 100+ data brokers in 2024, alleging they kept publishing covered persons' addresses after takedown notices. Scalable Commerce and National Data Analytics appealed together after the district court upheld the law in November 2024; the Third Circuit consolidated the appeals, heard argument in July 2025, and certified the key liability-standard question (what mental state Daniel's Law requires) to the New Jersey Supreme Court, which accepted it in October 2025 as A-8-25 and heard argument on March 17, 2026.

We haven't found an FTC enforcement action, state Attorney General action, or class action specific to Kids Live Safe or Scalable Commerce beyond the Daniel's Law matter as of the last-updated date below.

FAQ

Q & A

Common questions

Is Kids Live Safe a data broker?

Yes. Behind the child-safety branding, Kids Live Safe is a subscription people-search service claiming 350 million people in its database, and it's registered as a California data broker under its operator, Scalable Commerce LLC. The sex-offender maps are the marketing hook; the product is background reports on anyone.

Who owns Kids Live Safe?

Kids Live Safe is operated by Scalable Commerce LLC of Santa Barbara, California, which also operates quickpublicrecords.com under the same California registration. The BBB lists the business under the alternate name Kids Live Safe, LLC. In a March 2024 federal court disclosure, Scalable Commerce states that it is wholly owned by a single individual, who also wholly owns National Data Analytics (Public Data Check). Civil Data Research (Search Public Records) and Digital Safety Products (Public Record Reports, SpyFly) name the same sole owner in their own disclosures (Civil Data Research, Digital Safety Products).

How do I remove my information from Kids Live Safe?

Kids Live Safe takes removals through the Privacy Requests form in its help center. Do Not Sell My Info, the request type it opens on, is the one that suppresses a public listing. Delete My Info is for subscribers erasing account data and does nothing for a listing. You give the first name, last name, city, state, ZIP and age from the listing, type in an emailed code, choose your record, press Remove, and click a link from a second email inside 60 minutes. The company says removal happens at the next database update, usually within 24 hours, and its metrics show a three-day median. The Kids Live Safe removal guide has each screen.

Why did my record come back after I removed it?

Their own policy explains it: data partners supply new records with "different spellings, initials, and/or addresses," which re-enter the database as new listings. Recheck a few weeks after removal and refile if a variant of your record has reappeared, and check quickpublicrecords.com and publicdatacheck.com, which run separate suppressions.

Why was I charged $29.97 by KLS or Kids Live Safe?

The $1 seven-day trial converts to the full $29.93-$29.97 monthly subscription unless canceled within the trial window, and it renews automatically. Cancel at 1 (800) 301-5905 or support@kidslivesafe.com; refunds are case-by-case per their terms, so dispute with your card issuer if support won't help.

Is Kids Live Safe covered by FCRA?

It says it isn't a consumer reporting agency, and this is where the branding and the terms disagree. Its own FCRA page prohibits using reports to screen babysitters, nannies, or any employment decision, scenarios its homepage markets. For FCRA-covered screening, use a consumer reporting agency.

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Last updated August 4, 2026.

Opt-out last verified August 27, 2026.

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