MugshotLook

Yes. MugshotLook is a people-search site specializing in mugshots, arrest histories, and criminal-records reports, sold as $1 trial reports that convert to a recurring subscription. It's registered as a data broker with the California Attorney General (registration #542906, shared with PrivateReports), and it was one of the 15 brands researcher JayeLTee found on the shared MC2 Data backend exposed in 2024.

Infomatics LLC of Woodland Hills, California, which also operates PrivateReports and PublicSearcher - one California data-broker registration covers all three domains, and they share the same support infrastructure. The brand family runs on the backend Cybernews attributed to MC2 Data, LLC, a Florida-based company that withdrew its registration weeks after the 2024 breach became public. No corporate filing we can cite documents the formal relationship between the two entities.

Open the request page at mugshotlook.com/api/helper/optOutLight/search and choose Remove My Information. The form asks for the listed person's name, date of birth, city, ZIP code and state, then an email address, and the site says it removes nothing until you click the confirmation link it sends there. The earlier search form, which errored out every time we tried it on August 10, 2026, is gone. If the link never arrives, email support@mugshotlook.com with your name, state, and the listing details. Our MugshotLook removal guide covers each step and the fallback routes.

Assume no. The family shares a backend, but the operator has never confirmed that suppression travels between brands, so each site that lists you needs its own request. The same request page now runs on every one of them, including InmatesSearcher, Background Checkers and Check Secrets, whose earlier forms refused everyone in August as this site's did. PeopleSearch123 and PrivateReports serve it too.

The $1 trial converts to a ~$39.82 charge if not canceled within 48 hours, and the subscription then renews at ~$49.82 a month - the most common complaint in MugshotLook's reviews. Cancel through support@mugshotlook.com or (888) 408-3417, and dispute the charge with your card issuer if support doesn't resolve it.

Not by its own account. MugshotLook disclaims being a consumer reporting agency and says its reports aren't for employment, credit, insurance, or tenant-screening decisions. A disclaimer isn't a ruling, though - if a report was used against you in one of those decisions anyway, the FCRA may still give you rights. The disclaimer also doesn't soften the practical harm of an old arrest photo surfacing in a name search, which is why removal is worth doing.