In May 2017 a similar panic spread via e-mail and Facebook, involving a site called (or simply "TruePeopleSearch"): Those third-party records will still exist and will remain publicly accessible, so the same information provided by FamilyTreeNow will remain available to others, either working on their own or using information aggregators similar to FamilyTreeNow. However, as we have noted about similar search services in the past, your personal information will still be available through the underlying public record sources used by FamilyTreeNow (and others). Persons whose information appears on the web site can use the "opt out" to block their information from being displayed to users, and our tests so far indicate that that option does work. The site does not specifically categorize members of law enforcement, but of course any user who knew enough about a particular police officer (such as name and hometown) could potentially retrieve more information about that person. The searches are provided free of charge. The site then pulls up information about the named person obtained from public records, such as age, month and year of birth, immediate family members and "associates," and past and current addresses. The web site in question,, allows users to look up a person by first and last name. The amount of info and the accuracy of it is terrifying. We've tested it, my address was in the search, and some of my family was connected to the profile. The alert was posted on the Facebook page "Survive the Streets: A Page for Cops" with the following warning:
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