Arrests.org is a data broker that collects personal information and posts it online. To remove yourself from Arrests.org, you must email them a Removal Request form by clicking here. Once you complete this form, it may take up to 48 hours for your information to be removed from the site.
The website states that the information is not found via a search engine and therefore does not show up in internet searches. This is false as we have found your information on other sites such as PublicData.com, PeopleFinders.com, and BeenVerified.com
Arrests.org was purchased by Intelius in November 2007. The data broker Intelius is known for selling personal information online. To remove yourself from Intelius, you can email them a removal request or call their toll-free number at 1-800-970-6227.
Intelius was recently in the news for selling the personal information of Washington state residents to a data broker called Exact Data. The data broker then sold this information to a company called Cambridge Analytica. Cambridge Analytica is known for working with the Trump presidential campaign.
If you would like to remove your personal information from all of the data brokers that we have found, you can do so by clicking here. This will send a removal request to over 200 data brokers at once.
How to Remove Yourself from Arrests.org
1. Visit https://arrests.org/ and search for your listing.
2. Once you find your listing, click the name or picture you see.
3. Take a screenshot. To do this on a Mac, hold Shift – Command – 4 and drag the box over the image you want to capture. To do this on a PC, hold Window – Print Screen.
4. Please email info@arrests.org with the information appearing on your listing, including:
- Screenshots of the pages that need to be removed
- Along with your complete name
- And current address (and previous addresses you wish to protect).
- Phone number (and previous phone numbers you wish to protect).
- Your birth date.
- Cross out your picture and ID number from your driver’s license or state identification card (for security reasons)
- As a reason to remove it
5. You might have to wait around a week for your information to be removed.
Final Thought:
Arrests.org, Intelius, and Cambridge Analytica are just a few of the many data brokers that sell personal information online. If you would like to remove your personal information from these and other data brokers, you can do so by clicking here. This will send a removal request to over 200 data brokers at once.
