Radaris Loses Domains in Privacy Fight

Executive Summary

Consumer data broker Radaris.com faces a lawsuit for violating New Jersey privacy law that protects law enforcement officials. The judge ordered Radaris and over a dozen other data broker domains to be transferred to plaintiffs, highlighting the company's history of ignoring removal requests.


Intelligence Metadata - Source Publisher: Krebs on Security - Published Date: 2026-09-16T18:14:22+00:00 - Category: threat-intel

Original Description: The consumer data broker Radaris.com has long had a reputation for ignoring requests to remove personal information from its vast empire of people-search services online. That reputation caught up with the company recently in a lawsuit alleging Radaris violated a New Jersey privacy law that provides for hefty fines against data brokers that publish personal information on state law enforcement officials. In the face of repeated stonewalling and prevarication by attorneys for Radaris, the judg...

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