What we know about this broker
Civil Data Research, LLC operates searchpublicrecords.com, a people-search aggregator covering 160M+ property records, 500M+ phone records, and 350M+ public records (addresses, relatives, criminal/financial history). Opt-out flow confirmed: navigate to homepage > "Remove Me From Website" > enter first name, last name, age, state > solve CAPTCHA > locate your profile in results > select Remove > provide email > complete CAPTCHA > click email verification link. Verification email arrives within ~15 minutes; removal takes 1-7 days. State privacy-rights path (CA/CO/CT/NV/UT/VA) also available: select "State Privacy Rights" link, submit deletion request form, reply to confirmation email. Captcha is a known obstacle. Authorized-agent process not documented. Category overridden from 'ad_tech' (seed) to 'people_search' (confirmed by site content — public records aggregator). Tier 2 because no stable profile URL pattern is available for automated rescan. Last confirmed 2026-06-16.
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