Intelius’ Popularity
May 6th, 2009Over seven million people have availed of the services of Intelius for their personal and business needs, and thousands more have fallen back on its corporate charitableness.
As a philanthropist, Intelius has proven its worth. It has given excellent service to both Americans and Indians, the latter a nod to its founder’s lineage. Company founder and CEO Naveen Jain was born and raised in India.
Intelius has contributed thousands of dollars — $210,000 in 2008 alone — to many Washington-based charities like Hopelink, Kindering Center, Treehouse, Bellevue Boys and Girls Club, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Overlake Service League, Olive Crest, United Way (King County), and the Eastside Domestic Violence Center and one Mumbai-based group called Child Rights and You. Intellius additionally gave to American charities like the National Network to End Domestic Violence and the Children’s Hospital Circle of Care. The company also donated extensively to an endowment at the University of Washington.
Intelius sources its money from selling personal profiles and other intelligence reports to countless customers across the nation. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, Intellius has access to documents and files publicly available from government agencies and real estate registries all over the US.
The company then uses these to sell a single, coherent report on a person’s background. Such background reports could double as criminal checks because they include data obtained from courthouses.
Aside from background reports, Intelius provides services like screening unsuitable job seekers for business clients. The company additionally puts up services offering to search for long-lost people, or their email addresses at least. Similarly, Intelius’ reverse phone lookup feature gives out the name and address of the person associated with a telephone call.
More than anything, many have entrusted themselves to Intelius’ services in identity security, collectively labeled IDWatch. This won for Intelius a WSA Industry Achievement Award for Product of the Year.
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