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National Public Data privacy guide · reviewed 2026-10-05

National Public Data opt-out: how to remove your profile (and what the breach changes)

Open nationalpublicdata.com/optout.html and use the contact route it lists: email, or phone 800-630-1790, which the page offers to residents of California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut and Utah. Send the URL of your profile, found by searching your name on the site. This only affects today's people-search site, which is run by a different, anonymous operator than the company breached in 2024. It does not touch the leaked breach data, so also freeze your credit.

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Guide content reviewed: 2026-10-05. This is a reference date, not a current native route check.

Open nationalpublicdata.com/optout.html and use the contact route it lists: email, or phone 800-630-1790, which the page offers to residents of California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut and Utah. Send the URL of your profile, found by searching your name on the site. This only affects today's people-search site, which is run by a different, anonymous operator than the company breached in 2024. It does not touch the leaked breach data, so also freeze your credit.

Before preparing any request, re-read the current official instructions and report any differences from this reference.

Official opt-out route: https://nationalpublicdata.com/optout.html

Privacy email: support@nationalpublicdata.com

Requirements: not documented

Published steps (reference only; submission steps require separate authorization):

1. Know which National Public Data this is: Opting out here deals with today's people-search site, not the 2024 breach. The leaked data from the original company is outside this site's control. Before you start, decide whether you also need to protect your credit, which is covered in a later step and matters more if your Social Security number was exposed.

2. Find your profile and copy its URL: Search your name on nationalpublicdata.com and open the profile that is you. Copy the address from your browser. Profile addresses follow a pattern like nationalpublicdata.com/people/s/ followed by name, state, city and an ID. If you see a Verify you are human check, complete it in a normal browser with no VPN.

3. Open the official opt-out page: Go to nationalpublicdata.com/optout.html. It lists rights for California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut and Utah residents: know, correct, delete and opt out of sale or sharing. It says the operator has already opted out all personal data and does not sell it, and that exempt data such as public information may be kept. We have not tested whether your profile is actually removed.

4. Use the profile-URL form if the page shows one: An archived copy of the page from November 2025 had a box for the profile URL, a "Request Removal" button, and a next screen asking for your email. The version we read on October 5, 2026 described email and phone only. If a form is there, use it with an alias email address you can open.

5. Email or call with your profile URL: The live page hides its email address behind Cloudflare email protection. Our directory data and the archived page list support@nationalpublicdata.com, so compare it with what your browser shows. Send your name, state, the profile URL and a request to delete and opt out, or call 800-630-1790 and ask the same.

6. Do not send sensitive documents: You should not need to send a Social Security number, a driver's license or a payment to remove a profile, and the page asks for none of these. The operator is anonymous, so give the minimum: name, state, profile URL and an alias email. Treat any request for more as a warning sign.

7. Protect your credit separately: Opting out does nothing about the breached dataset. The FTC's advice after an exposed Social Security number is to order your free credit reports, consider a credit freeze or fraud alert, and report misuse at IdentityTheft.gov. A freeze or fraud alert makes it harder for an identity thief to open new accounts in your name.

8. Check the profile and avoid settlement scams: Search the site again after a week. If the profile is still there, re-send your request with the profile URL. Ignore sites that promise a payout from a National Public Data settlement: as of July 6, 2026, a secondary source reported no approved settlement and no legitimate claim form.

Unsent email draft (review and explicitly authorize before sending):

To: support@nationalpublicdata.com

Subject: Deletion and opt-out request for my National Public Data profile

Hello,

Under applicable state privacy laws, I request that you delete the personal information you hold about me and stop selling or sharing it.

Name: [Full name]
Email address: [Email]
Location: [City, State]
Profile URL: [Listing URL]

Please confirm by email once the profile has been removed.

Thank you.

Troubleshooting and cautions:

- The page shows a "Just a moment..." or "Verify you are human" screen: This is a Cloudflare check. When we loaded the page on October 5, 2026, an automated request was blocked by it. Use a normal desktop browser without a VPN or privacy extensions, wait a few seconds, and tick the box if one appears.

- There is no form on the opt-out page: The version we read on October 5, 2026 described email and phone only. Email support@nationalpublicdata.com or call 800-630-1790 with your profile URL. An older form flow existed in November 2025, so check whether the page shows one for you.

- I cannot see the email address on the page: The live page protects its address from scrapers, so it may appear only after the page's scripts run. Turn off script blockers and reload. If it still does not show, use the phone number or the address in our directory data, support@nationalpublicdata.com.

- I do not live in California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut or Utah: The page ties its rights to those five states. Send your request anyway with the profile URL and your state, and ask for removal. The operator does not have to agree, and the page may decline, so re-check the profile after a week.

- My profile disappeared but I am worried about my Social Security number: A removed profile says nothing about the breach. Order your free credit reports, consider a credit freeze or fraud alert, and report any misuse at IdentityTheft.gov. Opt-out requests do not remove data from the leaked dataset.

Sources cited by this guide (a source link alone does not verify the workflow):

- National Public Data opt-out page: https://nationalpublicdata.com/optout.html

- Archived opt-out page, November 2025 (profile-URL flow): https://web.archive.org/web/20251115115446/https://nationalpublicdata.com/optout.html

- 2024 National Public Data breach (timeline and data claimed): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_National_Public_Data_breach

- Jerico Pictures, Inc. bankruptcy docket: https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/55304934/Jerico_Pictures,_Inc

- FTC guidance after Social Security number exposure: https://consumer.ftc.gov/media/79862

- OpenClassActions: breach lawsuit and claim-form status: https://openclassactions.com/lawsuits/data-breaches/national-public-data-breach-class-action-lawsuit.php

Agent lookup (public, read-only MCP; no authentication):

https://myprivacyagent.com/api/mcp

get_opt_out_instructions {"broker":"nationalpublicdata"}

get_route_verification {"route":"nationalpublicdata.com"}

Public HTTP references:

https://myprivacyagent.com/api/public/v1/opt-out-instructions/nationalpublicdata

https://myprivacyagent.com/api/public/v2/library/verification/nationalpublicdata.com

https://myprivacyagent.com/library/verification/nationalpublicdata.com

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Ask for my explicit authorization before submitting any form, sending any request or taking another external action. Copying these instructions is not authorization.

Keep my identifiers out of public URLs, tool calls and analytics. Ask me privately only for information the official route requires.

Report preparation, actual submission, provider receipt or acceptance, and an independent removal check as separate stages. A prepared draft is not a sent request; a sent request or receipt is not proof of removal. Never promise removal or leak-database erasure.

A content review or directory snapshot is reference history. A historical route observation does not establish submission, provider acceptance or removal, and does not establish a current working route. Current independent evidence has its own scope and expiry.

Step by step

Remove yourself from National Public Data

8 steps. Use the official site in a normal browser and follow its current instructions if a human check fails.

01
Know which National Public Data this is
Opting out here deals with today's people-search site, not the 2024 breach. The leaked data from the original company is outside this site's control. Before you start, decide whether you also need to protect your credit, which is covered in a later step and matters more if your Social Security number was exposed.
02
Find your profile and copy its URL
Search your name on nationalpublicdata.com and open the profile that is you. Copy the address from your browser. Profile addresses follow a pattern like nationalpublicdata.com/people/s/ followed by name, state, city and an ID. If you see a Verify you are human check, complete it in a normal browser with no VPN.
03
Open the official opt-out page
Go to nationalpublicdata.com/optout.html. It lists rights for California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut and Utah residents: know, correct, delete and opt out of sale or sharing. It says the operator has already opted out all personal data and does not sell it, and that exempt data such as public information may be kept. We have not tested whether your profile is actually removed.
04
Use the profile-URL form if the page shows one
An archived copy of the page from November 2025 had a box for the profile URL, a "Request Removal" button, and a next screen asking for your email. The version we read on October 5, 2026 described email and phone only. If a form is there, use it with an alias email address you can open.
05
Email or call with your profile URL
The live page hides its email address behind Cloudflare email protection. Our directory data and the archived page list support@nationalpublicdata.com, so compare it with what your browser shows. Send your name, state, the profile URL and a request to delete and opt out, or call 800-630-1790 and ask the same.
06
Do not send sensitive documents
You should not need to send a Social Security number, a driver's license or a payment to remove a profile, and the page asks for none of these. The operator is anonymous, so give the minimum: name, state, profile URL and an alias email. Treat any request for more as a warning sign.
07
Protect your credit separately
Opting out does nothing about the breached dataset. The FTC's advice after an exposed Social Security number is to order your free credit reports, consider a credit freeze or fraud alert, and report misuse at IdentityTheft.gov. A freeze or fraud alert makes it harder for an identity thief to open new accounts in your name.
08
Check the profile and avoid settlement scams
Search the site again after a week. If the profile is still there, re-send your request with the profile URL. Ignore sites that promise a payout from a National Public Data settlement: as of July 6, 2026, a secondary source reported no approved settlement and no legitimate claim form.

Link checked October 5, 2026

What the National Public Data opt-out page looked like when we checked

Behind a human check

When we loaded nationalpublicdata.com on October 5, 2026, it showed a "verify you are human" check before the form. Use a normal browser with VPN off; the form usually appears after the check.

This is a dated record of what our browser saw, not a removal. We never submit requests from this page.

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Use this guide if you find a matching listing on Unmask. Check that site separately; a request elsewhere does not establish removal here.

What is National Public Data?

There are two things behind this name, and people mix them up. The original National Public Data was a background-data company run by Jerico Pictures, Inc. It was breached in 2024, and an attacker claimed to hold about 2.9 billion records, including names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers and Social Security numbers. That company filed for bankruptcy and closed the site.

By August 2025 the same domain was serving a different site: a free people-search service, titled "NPD People Finder" in archived copies. It advertises people, email, criminal-record, voter and vehicle-ownership searches, says it is not a consumer reporting agency, and describes itself as a free telephone directory. Its own FAQ says it has no affiliation with the 2024 breach and never held Social Security numbers. Those are the site's claims, not verified facts. Its operator is not named.

What a National Public Data listing can show

Names on people-finder profile pages
Phone numbers (the site advertises hundreds of millions)
Email addresses (also advertised in bulk)
Criminal and court records the site advertises
Property records the site advertises
Voter and vehicle-ownership lookups the site advertises

Who runs National Public Data, and which sites one request covers

The current operator is not published. The original operator, Jerico Pictures, Inc., filed Chapter 11 in the Southern District of Florida on October 2, 2024 (Case 0:24-bk-20281), and the case was dismissed on October 31, 2024. The new site says Jerico abandoned the domain and that it has no connection. The site does not name its operator, and nothing we found identifies it. We found no sister sites, so a request here covers this one site only.

What is the nationalpublicdata.com opt-out removal process?

The nationalpublicdata.com opt-out page we read on October 5, 2026 is a state privacy-rights notice with an email address and a phone number, 800-630-1790, rather than a web form. An archived November 2025 copy showed a different flow: paste your profile URL, click "Request Removal", then enter your email. When we loaded the page on October 5, 2026, an automated request met a Cloudflare "Just a moment..." check, so expect a "Verify you are human" screen and use a normal browser without a VPN.

How long it takes

The opt-out page states no processing time, and we have not tested a submission, so we cannot say whether removals are honored or how fast. Search the site again for your name after about a week. If the profile is still live after two weeks, send your profile URL again by email and by phone, and note the dates. There is no confirmation to rely on, so keep a copy of every message you send.

If it does not work

National Public Data opt-out problems and fixes

The page shows a "Just a moment..." or "Verify you are human" screen

This is a Cloudflare check. When we loaded the page on October 5, 2026, an automated request was blocked by it. Use a normal desktop browser without a VPN or privacy extensions, wait a few seconds, and tick the box if one appears.

There is no form on the opt-out page

The version we read on October 5, 2026 described email and phone only. Email support@nationalpublicdata.com or call 800-630-1790 with your profile URL. An older form flow existed in November 2025, so check whether the page shows one for you.

I cannot see the email address on the page

The live page protects its address from scrapers, so it may appear only after the page's scripts run. Turn off script blockers and reload. If it still does not show, use the phone number or the address in our directory data, support@nationalpublicdata.com.

I do not live in California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut or Utah

The page ties its rights to those five states. Send your request anyway with the profile URL and your state, and ask for removal. The operator does not have to agree, and the page may decline, so re-check the profile after a week.

My profile disappeared but I am worried about my Social Security number

A removed profile says nothing about the breach. Order your free credit reports, consider a credit freeze or fraud alert, and report any misuse at IdentityTheft.gov. Opt-out requests do not remove data from the leaked dataset.

Email route

Send this to support@nationalpublicdata.com

Subject: Deletion and opt-out request for my National Public Data profile

Hello, Under applicable state privacy laws, I request that you delete the personal information you hold about me and stop selling or sharing it. Name: [Full name] Email address: [Email] Location: [City, State] Profile URL: [Listing URL] Please confirm by email once the profile has been removed. Thank you.

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After you opt out of National Public Data

Keep copies of every email you send and any reply. Because the operator is anonymous and its removals are untested, re-search the site every month or two, and resend your request if a profile returns. The bigger risk is the 2024 breach, which no opt-out reverses: keep your credit frozen, check your reports, and watch for fraud. Then work through other people-search sites that list your address and phone. Re-checking those on a schedule is what My Privacy Agent's Patrol plan automates.

Set expectations

Realistic scope

This guide explains how to request the action National Public Data publishes for its own site. Reading the guide or sending a request does not establish completed removal. Other sites and original public records are separate; recheck the specific nationalpublicdata.com page after the site's response and if the information appears again.

Directory entry

Not yet a filed-for-you target

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Common questions

National Public Data opt-out FAQ

Is National Public Data legit, and is its opt-out safe to use?

It is a live people-search site, but treat it with care. The 2024 breach belonged to the previous operator, and today's operator is anonymous and says it is unaffiliated, which we could not verify. The opt-out page at nationalpublicdata.com/optout.html is its official route. Use an alias email, send only your name, state and profile URL, and never pay anyone to remove you.

How do I remove myself from National Public Data?

Go to nationalpublicdata.com/optout.html and use the email or phone route it lists, with the URL of your profile. If the page shows a profile-URL form, use that with an alias email. This only affects today's site, not the 2024 breach data.

Is National Public Data still online?

Yes. The original operator closed the site after the 2024 breach and bankruptcy filing, but by August 2025 a different, anonymous operator was running a free people-search site on the same domain. It says it has no connection to the breach.

Does opting out of National Public Data remove me from the breach?

No. The breached dataset belongs to the original operator and is outside any opt-out. Freeze your credit, order your free reports and use IdentityTheft.gov if you see misuse.

Was my Social Security number in the National Public Data breach?

The attacker claimed records with names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers and Social Security numbers, but the 2.9 billion figure is unverified and includes duplicates. Assume exposure is possible, freeze your credit and watch your reports.

Is there a National Public Data settlement or claim form?

As of July 6, 2026, a secondary source reported no approved settlement and no legitimate claim form. About 20 class actions were consolidated in Florida federal court. Ignore sites that promise a payout.

Who owns National Public Data now?

The current operator is not published. Nothing on the site names it, and the site's claim that it is unaffiliated with the old company cannot be verified. That is a reason to share as little as possible when you opt out.

How long does the National Public Data opt-out take?

The page states no time and we have not tested whether requests are honored. Re-check after about a week, and resend your profile URL by email and phone if it is still live after two weeks.

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Sources and review

Reviewed October 5, 2026 against National Public Data's own pages and the sources below. Broker forms change often; if something here no longer matches, the official page wins.

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Review and change history

A content review or directory snapshot is reference history. A historical route observation does not establish submission, provider acceptance or removal, and does not establish a current working route. Current independent evidence has its own scope and expiry.

2026-10-05 · Guide content reviewed against the published sources. This is the recorded review baseline; no earlier editorial change log is available.
2026-10-05 · Historical route observation: bot challenge (HTTP 403). This describes only the page observed on that date; later steps and today's availability were not established by that observation.
- https://nationalpublicdata.com/optout.html

Read current independent route evidence. That record reports its own scope, date, expiry and any gaps; this history does not renew verification.

National Public Data opt-out: how to remove your profile (and what the breach changes)

Work through this with your agent

Remove yourself from National Public Data

Know which National Public Data this is

Find your profile and copy its URL

Open the official opt-out page

Use the profile-URL form if the page shows one

Email or call with your profile URL

Do not send sensitive documents

Protect your credit separately

Check the profile and avoid settlement scams