Written by the Removal Lab team.
Clicked an old PeekYou result for your name and landed on a notice about a lawsuit instead of a profile? Right now there is no PeekYou opt out form to fill in, because every peekyou.com page we opened shows a Domain Update notice saying Atlas Data Privacy Corporation now controls the domain. What is left is free to do yourself: clear the old PeekYou result from Google and check the other people search sites that may hold the same details. Or Removal Lab can do it for you.
This guide explains what the notice says, what it leaves out and the steps that still make sense for anyone searching for a PeekYou opt out today.
The quick version: PeekYou opt out
- Open the PeekYou address that showed your details. If you see the Domain Update notice, there is no PeekYou opt out form to send.
- Save the old address and a screenshot of the Google result that still shows it.
- Ask Google to refresh the old result with its Refresh outdated content tool.
- Use Google Results about you for any result that still shows your phone, address or email.
- Check the people search sites that are still live and opt out of each one. Or send the links to Removal Lab for a free check.
What happened to PeekYou
Anyone looking for a PeekYou opt out needs this background first. We opened the PeekYou home page, its old opt out address, its privacy policy address and a profile style address. Each one showed the same notice headed Domain Update. Its opening sentence says the domain name peekyou.com is now controlled by Atlas Data Privacy Corporation. Here is what the notice says.
| Question | What the notice on peekyou.com says |
|---|---|
| Who controls peekyou.com? | Atlas Data Privacy Corporation |
| What was the case? | Atlas Data Privacy Corporation and others against PeekYou LLC and others, in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Essex County |
| Who brought it? | Atlas and three individual plaintiffs |
| What law was involved? | New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law, which the notice says protects home addresses and unpublished home phone numbers from disclosure |
| Whose claims? | Claims assigned to Atlas by about 21,700 covered persons, such as law enforcement officers and prosecutors |
| How did it end? | Atlas and PeekYou LLC entered into a settlement agreement and the lawsuit has been resolved |
| Is there a PeekYou opt out form? | Not on any page we opened. The notice does not mention opt out, removal or deletion |
| Is there a contact? | The footer lists support@atlas.net and links to atlas.net. It does not say what that address handles |
The notice also points readers to the Superior Court of New Jersey for more on this and other Daniel’s Law cases. It does not give the terms of the settlement.
How to opt out of PeekYou step by step
Because the site now shows a notice, the PeekYou opt out today is mostly about Google and about the other sites that copy the same kind of data. These steps follow what the official pages say.
Step 1. Open the PeekYou address yourself
Search Google for your name with the word PeekYou and click any result. If the Domain Update notice appears, the page no longer shows your profile. Write down the full address from the result, not just the home page.
Step 2. Save your evidence
Take a screenshot of the Google result that still shows your name, town or relatives next to PeekYou. Keep the address in a note. You will need it for the Google tools and it helps if anything changes later.
Step 3. Refresh the old result in Google
Google’s Refresh outdated content tool is meant for pages that have changed or been deleted but still appear in Search with old details. Select Request refresh, enter the PeekYou address on the Page tab and select Submit. For most people this is the closest thing to a PeekYou opt out that is left.
Step 4. Use Results about you for anything still live
If a result shows your phone number, home address or email, add those details to Google Results about you. The Google section below covers each screen of this part of the PeekYou opt out.
Step 5. Opt out of the sites that are still running
The PeekYou notice says nothing about other people search sites. The FTC suggests starting your search with a phone number or address, because your details may also sit in the reports of relatives, neighbours or associates. Our guides to the Whitepages opt out, the TruePeopleSearch opt out and the Spokeo opt out are good places to start.
What you might see now and what to do
| What you see | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| The Domain Update notice on peekyou.com | Atlas controls the domain, according to the notice | Nothing to submit on the site. Clear the old Google result |
| A Google result with your name and PeekYou | Google is showing an older copy of the page | Use Refresh outdated content on that address |
| Your phone or address in a Google result | The page or a copy of it is still indexed | Request removal through Results about you |
| Your details on another people search site | That site has its own records and rules | Use that site’s own opt out |
| A PeekYou profile with your details | Something has changed since our check | Screenshot it, save the address and look for a removal link on the page |
What the PeekYou opt out does and does not remove
It is tempting to read the notice as the end of the PeekYou opt out story. Be careful. Here is what the notice leaves out. It is also why a PeekYou opt out in Google still matters.
- The data. The notice says who controls the domain. It does not say what happened to the information PeekYou held.
- The people. It describes claims from covered persons under Daniel’s Law. It says nothing about anyone else.
- Other sites. It does not say whether the former operators run other websites. A PeekYou removal tells you nothing about Spokeo, Whitepages or any other site.
- Google. Old PeekYou titles can stay in Search until Google visits the page again. That is what the Refresh outdated content tool is for.
- Public records. The FTC says opting out of people search sites does not delete your information from public records. It adds that your details could appear for sale again if those records change.
The notice gives support@atlas.net as its only contact but does not say what the address is for. We would not treat it as a PeekYou opt out channel. Our data broker removal page explains how we find every site that still shows you.
PeekYou and Radaris: two Atlas domains, two different stories
If this sounds familiar, it is because Radaris went the same way. Both domains now show notices about Daniel’s Law cases brought by Atlas Data Privacy Corporation. The details differ, so here they are side by side.
| PeekYou | Radaris | |
|---|---|---|
| Court | Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County | Superior Court of New Jersey, Middlesex County |
| How it ended | A settlement between Atlas and PeekYou LLC, says the notice | A final judgment by default, says the Radaris notice |
| What the notice says about the domain | Now controlled by Atlas | Transferred to Atlas by court order |
| Opt out form today | None on the pages we opened | None, as our Radaris guide explains |
Our Radaris opt out guide covers that notice in full. The clean up steps for a Radaris or PeekYou opt out are the same: refresh the old Google result, then deal with the sites that are still live.
Your rights in California: DROP and the CCPA
The CCPA. The California Attorney General says you can ask a business to tell you what it holds, to delete personal information it collected from you, to correct it and to stop selling or sharing it. You can ask to know up to twice a year free of charge. Businesses must answer requests to know, delete and correct within 45 calendar days, or 90 in total if they tell you they need longer. Opt out requests must be handled as soon as feasibly possible and within 15 business days at most. You can also authorise someone else to file for you.
DROP. CalPrivacy’s Delete Request and Opt out Platform lets a California resident send one free deletion request to over 600 registered data brokers. You confirm residency through the California Identity Gateway. Registered brokers must now check DROP at least once every 45 days and CalPrivacy says a status update can take up to 90 days. A parent can file for a child and a family member can file for an elderly relative.
The limits. CalPrivacy says brokers may keep public records such as vehicle or real estate ownership or voting records and that information you gave a broker directly is not deleted through DROP. The Attorney General says publicly available information from government records falls outside the CCPA. For PeekYou itself there is no live listing to ask about, so these rights matter most for the sites that are still running.
Is PeekYou on the registry? We could not confirm a current PeekYou entry. CalPrivacy publishes the registry as download files that were too large for our reader to show in full. DROP only reaches registered brokers, so a DROP request is still worth making for the many registered sites that may hold your details.
New Jersey. The PeekYou notice refers to Daniel’s Law and to covered persons. We have only described the law the way the notice does. If you think you are a covered person, get advice on New Jersey law from a qualified source.
How to clear the old Google result
For most people the PeekYou opt out now happens in Google. A result can keep showing an old PeekYou title, snippet or image for a while after the page itself has changed.
- Refresh a result for a page that has changed. In Google’s Refresh outdated content tool, select Request refresh, enter the old PeekYou address on the Page tab and select Submit. Our guide to the Refresh outdated content tool shows each screen.
- Use Results about you for a page that is still live. Add your name, phone numbers, home addresses and email, then open the To review tab, select the result to expand it and choose Request to remove. You can also search your name, select More next to a result, then Remove result, then It shows my personal info and I don’t want it there, then Contact Info. See how to use Google Results about you.
- Look wider. Our guides to removing personal information from Google and removing your name from Google cover what is left.
Google lists four request statuses: In progress, Approved, Denied and Undone. It says there may be a delay between approval and the result leaving Search. It also says removing a result from Google does not mean the information is gone from the internet. That is why the step on PeekYou comes first.
If your listing comes back
Domains can change hands again, so do not assume today’s notice is permanent. The FTC’s advice for people search sites in general is to check them from time to time and send a new request when new information appears. If PeekYou profiles ever return, a fresh PeekYou opt out would be the first step.
- Check every three months. This is our suggestion, not a rule from any official page. Search your name with PeekYou and open any result.
- If profiles return. Screenshot the page, save the address and look for a removal or opt out link on the site itself.
- Keep a record. Save each old address, each screenshot and every Google request status.
- Turn on alerts. Results about you can email you when new results show your contact details.
If someone is using an old PeekYou page to find or threaten you, read our doxxing removal page first.
Mistakes to avoid
- Hunting for an old PeekYou opt out form. Pages that describe one may be out of date. Check peekyou.com yourself first.
- Treating the Atlas address as a help desk. The notice does not say what support@atlas.net is for.
- Stopping at PeekYou. A PeekYou opt out never covered other people search sites. They need their own requests.
- Paying for something that is free. The FTC says you can opt out on your own, one site at a time, for free. Paid services are a choice, not a requirement.
A worked example
This is a made up example to show the steps. It is not a client case.
A nurse in Newark searches her name before a new job and sees a PeekYou result listing her town and her brother. She clicks it and finds the Domain Update notice. She saves the address and a screenshot of the Google result, then starts her PeekYou opt out in Google by submitting the address to Refresh outdated content.
Next she adds her phone and address to Results about you and finds two other people search pages with the same details. She opts out of each one on its own site. Three months later she searches again. The PeekYou title has gone from her results and nothing new has appeared.
When it makes sense to get help
A PeekYou opt out through Google takes a few minutes. Help makes sense when your details have spread across many sites, when an old page is being used against you or when results for your name are hurting your work. That is what our personal reputation removal service handles.
How Removal Lab works
- Send the link. WhatsApp, email or the two field form. Two minutes, no long questionnaire.
- Free policy check. A specialist reads it against the platform rules and tells you honestly whether it qualifies.
- We build and file the case. The right policy, the right channel, the evidence attached. We handle the appeal too.
- Pay only when it is gone. No upfront payment on qualifying cases. If the platform says no, you owe nothing.
What we will never do
- Promise a removal. The platform decides, not us.
- Post fake reviews or pay anyone to delete a review.
- Pressure, threaten or try to identify a reviewer.
- Charge an upfront fee on a case that does not qualify.
Want us to handle your PeekYou opt out clean up?
Send the links. The check is free and confidential and there is no upfront payment on qualifying cases.
Frequently asked questions
Is there still a PeekYou opt out?
Not in the usual way. Every peekyou.com page we opened showed a Domain Update notice instead of profiles, so there was no PeekYou opt out form to use.
Who controls peekyou.com now?
The notice on the site says the domain name peekyou.com is now controlled by Atlas Data Privacy Corporation.
Why did PeekYou change?
The notice describes a Daniel’s Law case brought by Atlas and three individual plaintiffs against PeekYou LLC in the Superior Court of New Jersey. It says the parties settled and the lawsuit is resolved.
How do I remove myself from PeekYou results in Google?
Submit the old PeekYou address to Google’s Refresh outdated content tool. If a result still shows your phone, address or email, request removal through Results about you.
Does the PeekYou notice delete my data everywhere?
The notice does not say what happened to PeekYou’s data and says nothing about other sites. Check other people search sites and use their own opt outs.
Who should I contact about PeekYou now?
The notice lists support@atlas.net but does not say what that address handles. For your own details, focus on Google and on the sites that are still live.
Is PeekYou the same as Radaris?
No. Both domains now show Atlas notices about Daniel’s Law cases, but the PeekYou notice describes a settlement and the Radaris notice describes a default judgment.
Does DROP cover PeekYou?
DROP reaches registered data brokers only. We could not confirm a current PeekYou entry on the California registry.
Do I have to pay for a PeekYou removal?
No. The FTC says you can opt out of people search sites on your own for free. Google’s removal tools are free too.
Sources: Domain Update notice on peekyou.com, Old PeekYou opt out address, now showing the same notice, Old PeekYou privacy address, now showing the same notice, FTC on people search sites, CalPrivacy: DROP, CalPrivacy: personal information and data brokers, CalPrivacy data broker registry, California Attorney General on the CCPA, Google: Results about you and Google: Refresh outdated content. Removal Lab does not work for PeekYou or Atlas. Every decision is made by the platform.