[1] It provides information services, including people and property search, background checks and reverse phone lookup.
It is owned and operated by PeopleConnect, Inc.[3] Intelius was founded in 2003[4] by six former Infospace executives: Naveen Jain, Kevin Marcus, Niraj Shah, Ed Petersen, Chandan Chauhan and John Arnold.
[7] On December 5, 2006, Intelius acquired Bothell, Washington-based IntelliSense Corporation, a background check, fingerprinting and drug screening company.
[12] Intelius has created an app available for both Android and iOS that allows users to perform people searches, reverse phone lookups and background check services directly from their mobile device.
[17] On October 19, 2009, in the Federal Court in Seattle, Intelius was accused of violating Washington's Consumer Protection Act.
[20] In 2008 the company discontinued its phone directory services after legal threats and negative press attention focused on allegations that the opt-out process was unreasonably difficult.
[17] On October 19, 2009, in the Federal Court in Seattle, Intelius was accused of violating Washington's Consumer Protection Act.
[24] Intelius received thousands of consumer complaints regarding post-transaction marketing practices and allegedly deceptive credit card charges.