{
  "id": "beenverified",
  "name": "BeenVerified",
  "category": "people_search",
  "priority": "crucial",
  "jurisdictions": ["US"],
  "parent": "beenverified",
  "owns": ["peoplelooker", "peoplesmart"],
  "search": {
    "method": "url_pattern",
    "url": "https://www.beenverified.com/app/optout/search",
    "fetch": "browser",
    "match_signal": "result",
    "by": ["name", "phone", "email", "address"]
  },
  "optout": {
    "tier": "T1",
    "method": "web_form",
    "url": "https://www.beenverified.com/svc/optout/search/optouts",
    "email": "privacy@beenverified.com",
    "requires": {
      "profile_url": true,
      "email_verification": true,
      "captcha": false,
      "gov_id": false,
      "account": false,
      "phone_callback": false,
      "payment": false
    },
    "inputs": ["full_name", "contact_email", "profile_url"],
    "deletion": {
      "via": "email_followup",
      "email": "privacy@beenverified.com",
      "kinds": ["ccpa", "generic"],
      "notes": "privacy@beenverified.com is the documented address for opt-out, access, deletion, and correction requests (verified from the live privacy policy 2026-07-01). Controller is The Lifetime Value Co. -- a deletion request here can name their other properties too. DPO: dpo@beenverified.com. CCPA window: respond within 45 days (extendable to 90)."
    },
    "playbook": [
      "Opt-out tool at beenverified.com/svc/optout/search/optouts ('Do Not Sell or Share' footer link; the legacy /app/optout/search path serves the same search) -- clears PeopleLooker + PeopleSmart.",
      "Search the subject, open the matching listing, and submit with the confirmed profile URL + contact email. Email verification: poll-verification picks up the confirmation link; open it in the agent's own browser.",
      "ONE opt-out per email address via the tool; for additional listings email support@beenverified.com or privacy@beenverified.com.",
      "FULL DELETION follow-up (right-to-delete, beyond listing suppression): send-email --kind ccpa (CA) / generic to privacy@beenverified.com naming the listing URL(s); as the controller is The Lifetime Value Co., ask that the deletion cover affiliated LTV properties (NeighborWho, Ownerly, NumberGuru, Bumper) in the same request.",
      "A separate property-search opt-out exists (NeighborWho/Ownerly are property-focused sisters); note residual exposure if relevant and re-scan the children after the parent confirms."
    ],
    "notes": "Opt-out form + deletion email both verified from the live privacy policy 2026-07-01 (policy dated 2025-10-21). Authorized agents: signed authorization letter or CA POA emailed to privacy@beenverified.com; agent-submitted delete/know requests must include the consumer's name, valid email, age, and address.",
    "quirks": [
      "The 'Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information' footer link now points to /svc/optout/search/optouts (observed 2026-07-01); records citing /app/optout/search are the same tool's older entry.",
      "One opt-out per email address through the tool; email support for additional removals. The same browser/inbox must open the confirmation link.",
      "Sister LTV Co. properties (NeighborWho, Ownerly, NumberGuru, Bumper) keep separate opt-out tools -- do NOT assume the BV tool cleared them; the privacy@ deletion request can name them, then verify by scanning each.",
      "Right-to-know requests get an initial response within 10 days; deletion/access within 45 days (CCPA)."
    ],
    "est_processing_days": 7,
    "reappearance_risk": "medium"
  },
  "last_verified": "2026-07-01",
  "source": "BADBOOL"
}