Company Overview

Skip Smasher is a company that provides data to the nation's top professional people finders and investigators. Skip Smasher is not a replacement for good investigators but rather a tool the investigators use to be more successful.

Since 2004, Skip Smasher has been the buzz of the people-finding industries through their cloud-based data model and their unique approach of being limited to searches. These searches are for finding and identifying people, phone numbers, addresses, and more. Their search results include no information on "creditworthiness" or any other characteristic regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, such as credit scores.

Skip Smasher customers use the service for various purposes, from skiptracing to fraud investigation/prevention. All customers are businesses, and the service is unavailable to the general public. For a business to be eligible, it must be one of the following types: private investigation agency, repo agency, law firm, process server, debt collection agency, or business that provides a product or service to one of these types of businesses. This model ensures a risk-free usage of data since one can hold people accountable for any form of misuse.

Type Of Consumer Data Collected

Skip Smasher collects a variety of consumer data, including:

• Personal Information such as name, age, date of birth, gender, etc.

• Contact Information such as mailing address, email address, phone number, etc.

• Location Information such as current city and state, previous cities and states lived in, etc.

• Employment history includes current employer, previous employers, job titles, etc.

• Educational History, such as colleges attended, degrees earned, etc.

• Public records include bankruptcy filings, criminal records, property ownership records, etc.

• Social Media Data include profile information and posts from social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

How Is Consumer Data Collected?

Skip Smasher collects consumer data from a variety of sources, including:

• Public Records: Skip Smasher accesses public records from county courthouses, state agencies, and the federal government.

• Social Media: Skip Smasher uses crawlers and other automated tools to collect data from social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

• Data Brokers: Skip Smasher purchases consumer data from third-party data brokers.

• Self-Reported Data: Skip Smasher collects data that consumers voluntarily provide when filling out forms on the Skip Smasher website or interacting with customer service representatives.

How Is Consumer Data Used?

Skip Smasher uses consumer data for a variety of purposes, including:

• Providing Services: Skip Smasher uses consumer data to provide its people-finding services to customers.

• Improving Services: Skip Smasher uses consumer data to improve its services and develop new features.

• Marketing: Skip Smasher uses consumer data to market its services to potential customers.

• Research and Development: Skip Smasher uses consumer data for research and development purposes.

• Fraud Prevention: Skip Smasher uses consumer data to prevent fraud and protect its customers.

Does Skip Smasher Sell Consumer Data?

Skip Smasher does not sell any data. They may share consumer data with the following types of third parties: 

• Affiliates: Skip Smasher may share consumer data with its affiliates for marketing purposes.

• Service Providers: Skip Smasher shares consumer data with service providers that perform functions on their behalf, such as customer support, marketing, and fraud prevention.

• Law Enforcement: Skip Smasher may share consumer data with law enforcement in response to a subpoena or other legal request.

Skip Smasher takes a number of steps to protect the security of consumer data, including:

• Encrypting all data in transit using SSL/TLS.

• Storing all data in encrypted form at rest.

• Restricting access to customer accounts to authorized personnel only.

• Requiring strong passwords and two-factor authentication for all customer accounts.

• Training employees on data security best practices.

• Performing regular security audits.

The Rights Given Under CCPA, FCRA, GDPR, And DPA

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and Data Protection Act (DPA) all grant consumers certain rights concerning their data. These include: 

• The right to know what data is being collected about them.

• The right to access their data.

• The right to have their data deleted.

• The right to opt-out of the sale of their data.

• The right to receive equal service and prices, even if they exercise their privacy rights.

How To Request Deletion Of Your Data?

If you want your data deleted from the Skip Smasher database, please contact them at info@skipsmasher.com. You can call them at their toll-free hotline, 1-866-505-7170.

Or, You can also fill out the form here. Please note that they may need to verify your identity before processing your request.