Broker profile
USA People Search
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A free US people-search and background-check-style site operated by Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC out of Sacramento, California, the same entity whose data-broker filing also lists FastPeopleSearch, PeopleSearchNow, USPhoneBook, and Advanced Background Checks. Business start date July 19, 2017. Listings publish name, addresses, phones, age, possible relatives, and a background-check surface. BBB rating: A, with 17 complaints in the last 3 years. The site disclaims FCRA coverage in its terms of service.
USA People Search overview
At a glance
Redact's exposure rating
- 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 May 27, 2026, and our own opt-out testing as of May 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 · background-check style
- Operating entity
- Business start
July 19, 2017
- Headquarters
1915 21st St, Sacramento, CA 95811
- Phone
(800) 248-1544
- Sister brands
FPS · PSN · USPB · ABC
- BBB rating
A
- FCRA status
Terms disclaim FCRA coverage
Background
Background
USA People Search is a free US people-search and background-check-style site that consolidates name, address, phone, age, relatives, and criminal-records / court-filing detail in a single free-to-search interface. It's operated by Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC, the Sacramento entity whose data-broker filing also lists FastPeopleSearch, PeopleSearchNow, USPhoneBook, and Advanced Background Checks. All five brands share the operating address at 1915 21st Street, Sacramento, California 95811.
- Business start date
July 19, 2017
- Operating entity
Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC (per California registry filing)
- Shared address
1915 21st St, Sacramento, CA 95811
- BBB rating
A (not accredited)
- Complaints / 3yr
17 filed
The BBB lists USA People Search under both Searchers of Records and Employment Background Check. The site's terms of service disclaim FCRA coverage, so by its own terms its reports aren't for employment, tenant, credit, or insurance screening, whatever the BBB category label says. The opt-out path is through the "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" link in the site footer; typical processing is 3-10 days, though some BBB complaints say opt-outs went unhonored until they were resubmitted.
The Mississippi Tornado Alley sites. Mississippi Tornado Alley's data-broker filing lists USA People Search alongside FastPeopleSearch, PeopleSearchNow, USPhoneBook, and Advanced Background Checks. All five share the 1915 21st St Sacramento address. If you have a record on one, check the others too. The operator's filing says one request covers the sale of personal information across its sites, but we haven't verified that a removal here reaches the others, so opt out at each one separately and re-check.
Data Published
Data types
Sensitive: elevated identity-theft, doxxing, or safety riskStandard public-record field
- Full name and known aliases / name variants
- Current postal address and previous addressesSensitive
- Phone numbers (landline and mobile)
- Age / approximate date of birthSensitive
- Possible relatives and associates by name
- Reverse phone and reverse address lookup
- Criminal records when present in source dataSensitive
- Court filing detail (civil cases, judgments, liens)Sensitive
- Marriage and divorce records when available
- Employment-history hints (the "Employment Background Check" BBB category)
How the data is sourced: Aggregated from public records (county recorders, state filings, court records), telecom data, and downstream third-party data brokers.
The "Employment Background Check" label is the BBB's. The BBB lists USA People Search under both Searchers of Records and Employment Background Check, but the site's own terms disclaim FCRA coverage. By those terms, its reports aren't for the screening uses the category label suggests (employment, tenant, credit, or insurance).
Contact
Contacts & links
- Operating entity
Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC (per California registry filing)
- Business address
1915 21st Street Sacramento, CA 95811-6813 Shared with FastPeopleSearch, PeopleSearchNow, USPhoneBook, and Advanced Background Checks
- Phone
- Opt-out / removal
"Do Not Sell My Personal Information" link in the site footer at usa-people-search.com
- BBB profile
- CPPA Data Broker Registry
Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC files one registration covering ten domains, usa-people-search.com included · the 2024 filing reports zero requests to delete, as filed, per cppa.ca.gov/data_broker_registry/
- General website
Network
Related sites
USA People Search and four sister brands run from the same Sacramento address. The CPPA registry goes further than the BBB cluster. Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC's single filing lists ten domains (the five profiled here plus SearchPeopleFree, CyberBackgroundChecks, SmartBackgroundChecks, FastBackgroundCheck.com, and Phonebooks.com) and reports zero 2024 deletion requests across all of them.
Plan on a separate submission per brand
For the Mississippi Tornado Alley sites (FastPeopleSearch, PeopleSearchNow, USPhoneBook, Advanced Background Checks), the operator's filing says one request covers the sale of personal information across its sites, but we haven't verified that a removal here reaches them. Plan on a separate submission per brand, or use the CPPA DROP platform if you're a California resident; the current registration for these sites is under Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC.
Cross-category comparison: within this directory, USA People Search's closest analogs are the four other Mississippi Tornado Alley sister sites above. By product shape, the broader free-people-search peer group (411.com, TruePeopleSearch, PeopleByName, Whitepages, Spokeo) covers the same data category but with different operators behind each.
Reputation
Trust signals
USA People Search's BBB profile is the dominant available trust signal. The A rating is unusually high for a people-search broker (most sit in the B- to F range), but the 17 complaints in the last three years, many about opt-out friction, are worth reading alongside it.
What reviewers and complainants say, from the sources above. Redact hasn't verified these complaints.
Opt-out requests ignored or requiring multiple submissions before honored
Listings reappearing after a successful opt-out
Sister-brand re-exposure: someone opts out of USA People Search but still appears on FastPeopleSearch / PeopleSearchNow / USPhoneBook / Advanced Background Checks
Technical issues with the "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" form
The "Employment Background Check" BBB category label creating confusion about whether the data is FCRA-permissible (the site's terms disclaim FCRA coverage)
Common complaint themes:
Litigation
Litigation history
No litigation against the USA People Search brand specifically is on the public record as of the last-updated date.
A 2025 Colorado class action against the operating LLC, Elliott v. Mississippi Tornado Alley LLC (D. Colo. 1:25-cv-02384), was voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff in September 2025 (docket). The FastPeopleSearch profile has the details.
- No standalone FTC enforcement against USA People Search on the public record. FTC attention to the people-search category has gone to larger, named brokers (Spokeo, MyLife) rather than mid-tier operators.
FAQ
Q & A
Is USA People Search a data broker?
Yes. USA People Search (usa-people-search.com) is a free US people-search site operated by Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC out of Sacramento, California. Listings publish full name, current and previous addresses, phone numbers, age, possible relatives and associates, and a "background-check" surface that pulls criminal-records and employment-background-check fields. The BBB classifies the business under both "Searchers of Records" and "Employment Background Check" categories. Business start date July 19, 2017.
Who owns USA People Search?
California's data broker registry lists usa-people-search.com on Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC's filing, at 1915 21st Street, Sacramento, California 95811. No filing we can cite links Mississippi Tornado Alley to Confi-Chek, Inc. Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC's data-broker filing also lists FastPeopleSearch, PeopleSearchNow, USPhoneBook, and Advanced Background Checks, and all five brands share the Sacramento address.
What information does USA People Search publish?
Each public listing typically includes full name, age, current and previous addresses, phone numbers (landline and mobile), possible relatives and associates by name, and a "background-check" layer that surfaces criminal records, court filings, employment-history hints, and similar public-records-derived detail. The site also offers reverse phone and reverse address lookup. Source data is aggregated from public records, county and state filings, court records, telecom data, and downstream data-broker partnerships. The BBB lists it under both Searchers of Records and Employment Background Check, though the site's terms disclaim FCRA coverage.
Can I remove myself from USA People Search?
Yes. The opt-out runs through the "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" link in the site footer. You submit your full name, location (city / state), and an email address you control. Typical processing 3-10 days after email verification, though BBB complaints note some opt-out requests have gone unhonored or required multiple submissions. Consider a separate email address for opt-outs. The operator's filing says one request covers the sale of personal information across its sites, but we haven't verified that a removal here reaches the others, so file separately at FastPeopleSearch, PeopleSearchNow, USPhoneBook, and Advanced Background Checks. See our USA People Search removal guide for step-by-step instructions.
How long does USA People Search take to remove information?
Typical processing is 3-10 days once you confirm the email-verification step. Some opt-outs complete within 72 hours; others take the full window. Annual rechecks are reasonable maintenance because listings can come back. California residents can make a CCPA deletion request, which a business generally has 45 days to answer (extendable to 90); Mississippi Tornado Alley, LLC is on the CPPA Data Broker Registry.
Is USA People Search covered by FCRA?
The site's terms disclaim FCRA coverage, even though the BBB lists it under "Employment Background Check." By those terms, its reports aren't for employment screening, tenant screening, credit decisions, or other FCRA purposes. State privacy laws (CCPA / CPRA in California, plus VA / CO / CT / UT / TX / OR) give residents of those states deletion and opt-out requests.
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