Removal guide · PrivateReports
PrivateReports runs the same opt-out flow as the rest of its template family, with the same catch - after you submit the form, nothing happens until you click the verification link they email you. The site allows itself up to 48 hours to send that email, though it arrived within minutes when we walked the flow, and the operator publishes no removal timeline after the click. The flow itself takes about five minutes and it's free.
Background. The PrivateReports profile covers Infomatics LLC, the two domains filed beside it, and the 2024 leak.
Quick facts
On-site opt-out form + email verification
About 5 minutes, plus an email click
Free
Verification email within 48 hours (their claim) - minutes on our walk · no published removal timeline
support@privatereports.com · (833) 783-0920 · postal mail
Prereqs
An email address you can check over the next couple of days - the verification link is what actually triggers the removal, and the email can take up to 48 hours to arrive.
Your current state of residence, to find your record in their search.
A regular browser with JavaScript enabled - the site renders as a blank page without it.
Use a masked or secondary email if you have one. The form requires a working inbox for the verification link, but there's no reason to hand a data broker your primary address.
The steps
Go to privatereports.com/api/helper/optOutLight/search. The page is titled "Remove My Information" - enter the first name, last name, city, and state on the record you want removed (zip, phone, and email are optional but tighten the match), then hit SEARCH. Expect CAPTCHAs along the way - this platform serves several back to back in one pass, so keep solving and moving.
The results page is headed "Select the person you would like to remove" and lists each candidate's name, age, and location history. Check the age and the cities before clicking REMOVE - common names cluster together, and removing the wrong record leaves yours in place.
One last Remove My Information form asks for your email, full name, address, and phone number so they can verify you're the matching person. Fill it in and hit SUBMIT - a masked or secondary email you can open beats your primary here.
The page's own wording: after they receive and verify your information, they send an email within 48 hours. On our walkthrough it arrived within minutes, but give it the full window before resubmitting.
The email arrives from support@privatereports.com with the subject "OptOut Request Confirmation" and a single link - Click to Remove your information. The opt-out does not process until you click it, so check spam if it hasn't landed and click through as soon as it does.
Confirm
Search your name on PrivateReports again after a week or two. The operator publishes no removal timeline, so use 30 days as your outer marker - if your record still shows by then, email support@privatereports.com with your submission date and ask for status. That's the address on the operator's California data-broker registration, so it carries a regulator's filing behind it.
Done here? Hit the sister sites next. Suppression is not confirmed to travel between them, so each one that lists you needs its own request. PeopleSearch123 and sealedrecords.net run a form you can finish like this one. MugshotLook, PublicSearcher, InmatesSearcher, Background Checkers and Check Secrets all refuse every request their forms receive, and their guides give the written route instead.
If it fails
No verification email: the site's own claim is up to 48 hours (ours arrived within minutes), so wait that out and check spam first. Then resubmit with a different email address - the removal doesn't process without the click-through.
Record still up after 30 days: email support@privatereports.com or call (833) 783-0920 - both sit on the operator's California registration, so they carry regulatory weight. The postal fallback is Infomatics LLC, ATTN: PrivateReports, 21781 Ventura Blvd. #105A, Woodland Hills, CA 91364.
Billing problems (the $1 trial that became $49.82): that's a separate fight from removal. Cancel through support first; the BBB complaint record shows the company usually refunds once a complaint is filed there, and your card issuer's dispute process is the backstop.
Stay off
PrivateReports sits on the aggregator backend the press attributes to MC2 Data, so a suppressed record can resurface when fresh public-records data flows in. Recheck quarterly, and recheck the sister brands while you're at it - the family runs the same form but separate suppressions. Redact's data-broker scan automates exactly this loop - it watches for your details reappearing across the family and refiles removals when they do.
Redact scans 120+ data broker sites from your device, finds where your details are listed, and submits the removal requests for you. If a broker relists you, it files again.
August 12, 2026 · CAPTCHA guidance corrected. The drafted CAPTCHA claim was right after all - the platform serves several CAPTCHAs back to back - and its earlier removal is retracted. Steps rebuilt August 10 from a real walkthrough of the whole flow, verification click included - entry moved to the direct optOutLight form URL, and four step screenshots wired in. The confirmation email arrived within minutes against the site's 48-hour claim.