Exposed: Radaris

Radaris is a people search engine that has become notorious for its aggressive data collection and exceptionally difficult opt-out process. The platform compiles personal information from public records, social media, commercial data sources, and web scraping into profiles that include names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, criminal records, court records, property data, and known associates. What distinguishes Radaris is the depth of information it exposes publicly without even requiring a paid subscription, offering partial previews that include enough personal data to be useful for stalkers and harassers. The opt-out process has been documented as deliberately obstructive, requiring multiple steps, email verification, phone verification, and sometimes reverting removals after a period. Cybersecurity researchers have found that Radaris appears to restore removed profiles from backup databases, effectively nullifying opt-out requests. The company has been linked to Russian-origin technology operations, raising additional concerns about data sovereignty and foreign access to American personal information. Radaris represents the most aggressive end of the consumer data broker spectrum.