Judge Orders Radaris Domains Transferred After Privacy Law Case

A New Jersey judge has ordered the transfer of radaris.com and 13 other domains linked to the people-search company Radaris to Atlas Data Privacy Corp. The action followed a lawsuit alleging violations of Daniel’s Law, which allows New Jersey law enforcement officials, government personnel, judges and their families to have personal information removed from commercial data brokers. The law provides for fines of $1,000 per violation.

The judge ruled on 26 August that the defendants had been given several opportunities to appear and defend themselves but had failed to do so. Radaris’ lawyer, Victor Worms, said the judgment was void because radaris.com was not a legal entity, and said the company intended to seek its cancellation and appeal the transfer.

Radaris.com now redirects to a notice from Atlas and no longer sells detailed dossiers on millions of Americans. Atlas said more than 10,000 emails and documents obtained during the litigation show that numerous companies associated with Radaris were administered by the same small group, using shared mailboxes, financial arrangements and a virtual office.

Atlas also claimed Radaris earned about $42,000 a month, while Veripages generated roughly $45,000 monthly through a partnership with Lifetime Value Company; the Radaris group allegedly earned up to $25,000 a month from Onerep. These figures and ownership claims were attributed to Atlas, rather than independently established in the report.

The wider legal challenge remains unresolved: at least 70 related lawsuits have been moved to federal court, and the Third Circuit has not yet ruled on challenges alleging Daniel’s Law is overly broad and violates the First Amendment.