A New Jersey court has ordered the transfer of Radaris.com and more than a dozen related people-search domains to Atlas Data Privacy Corp. as part of litigation alleging the data broker failed to remove protected personal information under the state's Daniel's Law.
Daniel's Law allows certain law enforcement officers, judges, public employees and their family members to request removal of their personal data from commercial people-search and data-broker services. Companies that fail to comply can face penalties of up to $1,000 for each violation.
Atlas first sued Radaris in February 2024. The case was refiled and expanded in June 2025 after disputes over service, corporate ownership and which entities operated the sites. Atlas alleged that companies connected to Radaris repeatedly changed their stated operators and jurisdictions while resisting the claims.
On August 26, the court found that defendants had received multiple opportunities to appear and contest the case but did not do so, leading to a default judgment and the domain-transfer order.
Radaris representatives have challenged the ruling. Attorney Victor Worms said the company had moved to vacate the default judgment, arguing that Radaris.com is not a legal entity and therefore cannot be sued. He also said the company plans to pursue appeals, characterizing the transfer as an improper forfeiture.
Long-running ownership disputes
The litigation follows earlier disputes involving Radaris and its affiliated businesses. Reporting and court filings have raised questions about the ownership and management of the network of data-broker sites, which have operated through multiple corporate entities in several jurisdictions.
Atlas said it obtained thousands of emails and documents during the case that it believes connect several nominally separate companies to common personnel, payment systems and administrative resources. Those claims have not been independently adjudicated in the reported court order.
Radaris.com remains visible in search results for names of U.S. residents, but it no longer appears to offer its previous paid personal-information reports. Its homepage now displays a notice from Atlas and links concerning the litigation.
The case highlights the enforcement challenges facing privacy laws that require data brokers to suppress sensitive records, particularly when site operators, domains and corporate structures change across jurisdictions.