Reading public information about a person is legal. What is regulated is the decision you make with it. That single distinction covers almost every question people have here.
Anyone may read what a person has published or what a public registry holds: profiles, posts, company filings, news, academic records. Checking a stranger before meeting them alone is ordinary personal safety and is not restricted.
In the United States, the Fair Credit Reporting Act governs reports used to decide on employment, housing, credit or insurance. Those decisions require a licensed consumer reporting agency and the subject's written consent. Proofile is not a consumer reporting agency, so its reports must not be used for any of those purposes.
Rules on personal data vary. In the EU and the UK, personal use of public information is generally outside the scope of data protection duties, but professional use is not. If you are checking someone for business reasons in those regions, take local advice.
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Run a free search →Not for reading public information for your own safety. Consent is required for FCRA covered screening, which Proofile does not provide.
No. Nothing is sent to them and no profile is visited in a way that records you.
Proofile does not keep a database of people. Each report is generated live from public sources when someone runs it. To reduce what is findable about you, remove or lock down the source accounts.