ross cohen headquarters new york new york united states key people josh levy ceo 2 ross cohen coo 3 website www.beenverified.com beenverified is a background check company that provides consumer initiated criminal background and people search services through its website beenverified.com for profit as well as its mobile application background check app . 4 5 the company also launched additional mobile applications including a reverse number look up called numberguru 6 and a registered sex offender tracking app that uses augmented reality to locate sex offenders . 7 8 contents 1 history 2 services 3 references 4 external links history edit founded in 2007 josh levy and ross cohen launched beenverified in 2009 and began advertising on national television . 1 initially the company included a service called standout that allowed people to check and verify their own background information to use as a marketing tool online in the form of an embeddable seal as well as see what information employers could potentially find out about them . 9 9 levy and cohen have discussed the company s pivot from originally focusing on the small business market to becoming a consumer focused background check service in inc. and cio magazine . 10 11 in 2009 beenverified launched an iphone application called the background check app allowing users to use the service on their iphones . 12 it was the second background check app for the ios platform behind the datecheck app launched by intelius a year earlier . in 2010 beenverified released a sex offender tracking app for both ios and android platforms . 7 the app uses public records such as sex offender registries gelocation services and augmented reality to show users the location of sex offenders . 7 the company released another app in 2011 called number guru a free reverse phone number look up service . 6 13 beenverified ranked 26 on the inc. 5000 list for 2013 including being named the fastest growing company in new york . the company reported revenues of 13.7 million in 2012 . 14 in 2015 beenverified launched a caller id and reverse phone lookup app for the apple watch . 15 services edit beenverified uses traditional background methods in addition to web 2.0 and social networking to return results to a requesting user . 16 a user enters the name and or email address of the person they are requesting information on and are given information from public records and other privately licensed databases of public record information . 9 16 the background check app released allows users to run background checks with a smartphone . 17 the app uses names and email addresses to run background checks through its website with the capability of checking anyone in a user s contact list with a single click of the app . 12 beenverified has an opt out process for anyone wanting to remove their own information from the site . 17 the company has also come under scrutiny in the past for its opt out process 17 and works with companies to remove this information upon request . 18 beenverified is not accredited by the better business bureau . 19 references edit a b lapowsky issie 8 december 2011 . case study josh levy and ross cohen of beenverified . inc. retrieved 31 january 2014 . holtz shel 2008 . tactical transparency how leaders can leverage social media to maximize value and build their brand . john wiley & sons . isbn 9780470460191 . angwin julia 2014 . dragnet nation a quest for privacy security and freedom in a world of relentless surveillance . macmillan . isbn 9780805098075 . ha anthony 24 december 2009 . beenverified s iphone app runs 110 829 free background checks in first week . venture beat . retrieved 31 january 2014 . beenverified android & iphone app free background checks . ksl . 27 july 2011 . a b bradley tom 27 may 2010 . number guru provides free reverse lookups . pc world . retrieved 31 january 2014 . a b c use augmented reality to locate sex offeders in your area . mashable . 25 october 2010 . 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