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As of January 30, 2018, BBB had
received several complaints regarding Peepfind.com which then started doing
business as SpeedyHunt.com. Consumers allege the company is sharing their
personal information publicly on their website without their permission.
The company states the information provided is publicly available. In addition,
consumers allege they have not been able to have their information removed at
their request. Furthermore, some consumers allege the website directed them to
third party affiliates who charged fees of $250 - $700 to have their
information removed.
BBB contacted the company and found the company is headquartered in South
Africa and is not registered to do business in the United States. At that
time, the company informed BBB it did not cost any money for consumers to
remove their information from their website. Consumers could request
their information be removed on speedyhunt.com by clicking on “Remove/Manage
your Info.” The consumer is then required to register on the website,
which the company claims is free. Once registered on the website, the
company claims the consumer can remove their information by following the
prompts. In regards to the fees charged by third party affiliates, the
company has responded to say consumers should not have been required to pay any
fees and these companies were
not following their agreement. The company has removed these affiliate
offers as options from their website.
As of June 24, 2018, BBB continues to receive complaints from consumers stating the
company does not respond to requests to have their personal information removed
at their request. BBB found the company is now doing business as Makelia
utilizing the domain name, makelia.com. BBB found that although the
website has an “Opt-out” link, the company states, “At present we are
overwhelmed with opt out requests and are implementing and automated removal
system. Unfortunately, at this time we don’t make changes to records.”
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