WhitePages is a provider of online directory services. It was established in 1997 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington US. WhitePages has the largest directory of contacts that consists of business services, background records services, fraud screening, etc. WhitePages serves all around the world.
WhitePages was founded by Alex Algard. At the time, the founder of WhitePages was a college student enrolled in Stanford. Although WhitePages was started as a hobby, it became incorporated in 2000 and received funding of $45 million in 2005. Algard later bought out all investors in 2013.
WhitePages has also created mobile apps and several redesigns. In 2009, users are now able to use new features such as the ability to control their information and more. Starting from 2010 to 2016, the company began to change from advertising revenue to selling additional services and business subscriptions. The current CEO is Rob Eleveld along with CFO Jason Eglit.
WhitePages has the largest database of information on US Americans. In 2008, it has over 200 million records on citizens and over 15 million records on businesses. That is estimated to be 90% of the adult US population. Data that is obtained for WhitePages come from public records, telecommunication services, and property deeds. Although WhitePages collect quite a bit of personal data on nearly all Americans, there have been a common concern of privacy. The WhitePages website allows users to update and correct their information or remove it from the directory if you have concerns about your personal information being breached.
WhitePages sees healthy traffic of over 50 million unique visitors per month and 2 billion searches per month. In 2010, WhitePages began making services for business users. In 2016, the WhitePages website turned off advertising to give users access to unlimited background checks and other records via subscriptions.
Since 2013, WhitePages now provides it’s data through 7 web properties and 10 mobile apps. One such app called Hiya which was previously known as WhitePages Caller ID checks incoming calls against a database of known spammers and scammers. WhitePages Pro is another service for business users with offer features like verifying the identity of a sales lead and checking data against common indicators of fraud. Since 1997, WhitePages has expanded tremendously and will continue to grow along with the US population. If you would like to cancel your subscription, you can do so at any time. Simply follow the cancellation instructions below.
WhitePages CANCEL GUIDES
Get together the following account information:
First Name
Last Name
Phone Number
Email Address
Username
Password
Billing Address
City
State/Province/Region
ZIP/Postal Code
Country
Reason for Cancellation
Last 4 Digits of Card
Date of Last Charge
Amount of Last Charge
Login
Follow these steps:
Use your internet browser to visit Whitepages.com
You’ll need to login with this info: username and password
Hit the link that says “My Account” in the upper right corner
Choose “Purchases and Billing”
Go down the page to find “Subscription Status”
Hit the link that says “Cancel Auto-renewal”
As usual, just in case, keep the proof that you’ve cancelled handy.
Web Form
Follow these steps:
Use your internet browser to visit Whitepages.com and create an account
You’ll need to login with this info: username and password
Use your internet browser to visit https://secure.whitepages.com/me/suppressions
Now put in your info where it asks for it
Wait for an email confirmation that your removal was successful
As usual, just in case, keep the proof that you’ve cancelled handy.
Phone (Live Agent)
Follow these steps:
Contact them by calling 800-952-9005
Inform them that you are contacting them to cancel
Be sure to ask for and document the date of your final charge
Ask for documentation that you contacted them
As usual, just in case, keep the proof that you’ve cancelled handy.
