National Public Data is the site behind one of the largest data breaches on record: in 2024, hackers walked off with hundreds of millions of records, including an estimated 270 million Social Security numbers, from its then-operator, Jerico Pictures, Inc. The company filed for bankruptcy that October and the site went dark in December 2024. That would normally be the end of the story, but it isn't: nationalpublicdata.com came back online in 2025 under new ownership, and as of August 2026 it's live again as a free people-search engine serving names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, relatives, and criminal-record data. The new operator states it has no affiliation with Jerico Pictures and never held SSNs. But if your profile is on the relaunched site, it's searchable by anyone right now. The good news: there's a working opt-out form, it's free, and it takes a few minutes.
Step 1: Find your listing
Go to nationalpublicdata.com and search your full name (partial names won't return results), adding your city and state to narrow things down if your name is common. (The results page also has a direct address: nationalpublicdata.com/people/s/your-first-your-last, with state and city filters to narrow from there.) You may hit a brief "performing security verification" screen before pages load. It usually clears on its own after a few seconds. Click through to the profile that's actually you, checking the age, address history, and relatives shown against your own details so you don't remove a namesake's record instead.
Step 2: Copy your profile URL
On your listing's page, copy the full URL from your browser's address bar. It will look something like nationalpublicdata.com/people/s/your-name/ny/new-york/ followed by a long record ID. The opt-out form identifies your record by this exact URL, not by your typed name, so grab the whole thing.
Step 3: Submit the removal form
Go to nationalpublicdata.com/optout.html, which is also linked as "Do Not Sell My Info" in the site's footer. Paste your profile URL into the "Your Profile Link" field and click "Request Removal."
Step 4: Enter your email and finish
The page that follows asks for your email address to complete the request. Use an inbox you actually check, and follow the remaining prompts through to the end. Keep an eye out for a confirmation message. Opt-out requests at sites like this typically sit incomplete until the email step is done.
Step 5: Check back in a few days
National Public Data doesn't publish a removal timeline, so search your name again after several days, ideally in a private/incognito window, to confirm the listing is gone. If you find additional profiles under a maiden name, a nickname, or an old address, each one needs its own request: repeat steps 1–4 with each profile's URL.
If you're here because of the breach
One thing this opt-out can't do: claw back anything exposed in the 2024 breach. That data, SSNs included, left with the hackers and has circulated since. Removing today's profile from the relaunched site doesn't touch it. If your SSN may have been in the leak, the higher-impact move is a free credit freeze with Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion, plus a close watch on your financial accounts. Then treat the site removal as what it is: taking your current listing out of public search results. And since the same public-records supply chain feeds dozens of similar sites, it's worth running the equivalent process at TruePeopleSearch, FastPeopleSearch, and the rest. Our full removal walkthrough covers the ecosystem.
Why it's worth checking back
The relaunched National Public Data says it builds its listings from publicly available records, the same feeds that restock every people-search site. A successful removal only means your profile is gone as of today. A new address, phone number, or public filing under your name can generate a fresh record later. A site with this history and a change of ownership behind it deserves a periodic re-check more than most.
That recurring check is exactly what Delist My Data automates: filing the removal once, then watching for you to reappear on National Public Data and the rest of the people-search sites and re-filing without you having to remember. We're in pre-launch now; join the waitlist for founding-member access as we bring it online.