Remove your data from SmartBackgroundChecks
Delist pursues supported removal requests and tracks their status. Before requesting help with SmartBackgroundChecks, check the current request scope and any steps that require you. A request receipt does not establish that a listing is no longer visible.
Prefer to handle the request yourself? Read the SmartBackgroundChecks request guide and its current limits.
Review possible exposure
A free scan is separate from paid removal work. Review the supported request scope before proceeding.
Run a free scan- What SmartBackgroundChecks is
- background-check site
- Parent company
- Enformion/Endato data backbone (operator not definitively named)
- Opt-out difficulty
- easy
- Opt-out page
- https://www.smartbackgroundchecks.com/optout
- Verification required
- Time to removal
- within 72 hours (some sources cite 3-9 days)
- Does your data come back?
- Data refreshed from Enformion/public sources; can reappear.
What is SmartBackgroundChecks?
A people-search and background-check aggregator that compiles names, addresses, phones, relatives, and public records from public and commercial sources.
Data categories Delist has recorded for SmartBackgroundChecks
- full name
- age/DOB
- current and past addresses
- phone numbers
- email addresses
- relatives/associates
- social network info
- public records
Removal and reappearance limits
Data refreshed from Enformion/public sources; can reappear. Recheck periodically.
Where Delist fits
Review the current supported removal work and any steps that require you. Submission, a provider response and direct visibility establish different things; blocked access is inconclusive.
Beyond SmartBackgroundChecks: see your state's data privacy rights for laws that may give you stronger tools than opting out site-by-site.
Find out what data brokers know about you
Start with a free scan to review possible exposure. Review service scope and any required authorization separately.