As their name suggests, people-search websites are used for finding people. Some of the largest include Intelius, Truthfinder, and Instant Checkmate. They are a type of data broker that buys and sells personal information. People-search websites are used by everyone from law enforcement to the media. Nobody voluntarily provides people-search websites with their personal information. Instead, that data is scraped from public forums, social media sites, local and state public records, or purchased from other data brokers. It can include information on everything from who you live with to details about your job, home, education, and political affiliations. You may have to pay to see exactly what data the company holds about you, as most people-search sites are a paid-for service. Systematically checking each site for your personal information, and then submitting a request to have it removed, can be expensive – as well as time-consuming. Services such as Incogni represent good value for money in that they do all the searching, removal requests, and follow-up checks for you.