Data Broker Radaris Loses Domains in Privacy Fight

A lawsuit brought under New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law forced the consumer data broker Radaris to lose radaris.com and at least 13 sister domains after judges found the company repeatedly failed to meaningfully defend removal requests from state law enforcement and other protected officials. Plaintiffs led by Atlas Data Privacy Corp documented shell-company maneuvers, fabricated officers, and last-minute jurisdictional games aimed at avoiding liability; a judge concluded defendants ignored multiple chances to appear and ordered domain transfers. The company’s legal team has moved to vacate or appeal the default judgment, arguing domain names are non-entities, but the public-facing sites now redirect to court notices and reporting about the case.

Discovery produced more than 10,000 emails and documents showing a small Boston-area team centrally administering dozens of nominally separate entities via shared mail domains, bank/payment profiles, and virtual offices. Those records show radaris.com earned roughly $42,000/month, veripages about $45,000/month, and some sites received up to $25,000/month through partnerships with remediation firms such as Onerep. The suit exposes how people-search networks profit from aggregating public records, faces potential $1,000-per-violation fines, and sits amid broader constitutional challenges and state-level copycat laws that will determine whether aggressive removal rights survive federal court scrutiny.