It takes much more than one day a year to thank Veterans for all that they have done to defend our freedom, but we are glad that there is at least one special day reserved just for this specific appreciation. Though yesterday was officially Veteran’s Day, today is the day many workers have been given [...]

Photo Credit: Kara’s Party Ideas New York Times blogger and statistician Nate Silver had a lot riding on Tuesday’s election. The young mathe-magician spent years developing a complex statistical model that analyzed countless polls to predict the outcome of the Presidential race. In the end, Silver determined that a sizable victory for President Barack Obama [...]

Spokeo is committed to helping people reconnect. You’ve recently read about our commitment to families who have been separated through adoption and foster care. This November, Spokeo is also focusing on another group of people who are often separated from those they have become close with–veterans! We are all grateful for the services of our armed [...]

Spokeo’s Chief Privacy Officer, Angela Saverice-Rohan, and I recently attended the Privacy Academy organized by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) in San Jose, California. While I enjoyed discussing privacy with experts from around the world, I think it is even more important for conference attendees to return to their companies and share their takeaways with their [...]

As the next step in our ongoing commitment to help more people reconnect, Spokeo has partnered up with Mixed Roots Foundation (an adoptee-led non profit that supports adoptees and their families) to launch a program to honor search angels. What are search angels? Nice people who help others search? Yes! But they are also actually [...]

SPOKEO AND MIXED ROOTS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE NEW PARTNERSHIP TO HONOR SEARCH ANGELS PASADENA, CA and SAN FRANCISCO, CA (October 26, 2012) – The leading people search engine, www.spokeo.com, and strategic partner, Mixed Roots Foundation, have announced a new partnership to launch the Spokeo Search Angel Awards initiative, which will honor volunteer searchers who help reunite adult adoptees [...]

You might have experienced some errors on our site today and over the past weekend. Please know that we’ve got our team on it and are restoring flawless service to you asap. Please be patient while we fix some pesky database issues. We appreciate your patience and assure you that we’ve got many hedgehogs working [...]

Spokeo has submitted a panel proposal for the 2013 SXSW Interactive events. We’re hoping to be able to chat about why people pay to search and what the future of people search will entail. If you’re interested in learning about these topics or want to ensure that a wider audience has the opportunity to learn [...]

The Opening Ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games have kicked off and we couldn’t be more excited. Here’s a quick list of ten U.S. athletes to make sure to watch and cheer on!   10. Mariel Zagunis - For the fourth time in the last seven summer Olympics, the U.S. has chosen a woman to bear the [...]

You can tell from how often we ask for your stories about finding your loved ones and the great stories we’ve recently profiled (Edward and his father!) that Spokeo loves reuniting people. We love to hear from people who have used Spokeo to find one another. It makes our hearts feel warm and fuzzy (including [...]