BELLEVUE, WA--(MARKET WIRE)--Sep 29, 2008 -- Intelius, a leading people search, background check and identity theft protection provider, has been named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 program for Washington State, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, and life sciences companies in the area.

Rankings are based on the percentage revenue growth over five years from 2003-2007, by Deloitte, one of the nation's leading professional services organizations.

"Consumers rely on Intelius' services to provide peace of mind in today's digital world," said Naveen Jain, Intelius' CEO. "Intelius' success stems from our ability to continuously innovate products that help and protect our customers."

With an increase in revenues of 1,576 percent from 2003 to 2007, Intelius earned a number eight spot in the Technology's Fast 50 for Washington State.

"The Deloitte Washington State Technology Fast 50 companies have shown the strength, vision and tenacity to succeed in today's very competitive technology environment," said Larry Hile, Managing Partner in Deloitte's Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) and Health & Life Sciences Seattle practices. "We applaud the successes of Intelius and acknowledge it as one of the very few to accomplish such a fast growth rate over the past five years."

Technology Fast 50 Qualifications

To qualify for the Technology Fast 50, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2003 and $5,000,000 in 2007, be headquartered in North America, and be a company that owns proprietary technology or proprietary intellectual property that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues; or devotes a significant proportion of revenues to the research and development of technology. Using other companies' technology or intellectual property in a unique way does not qualify.

Companies from the regional Technology Fast 50 programs in the United States and Canada are automatically entered in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 program, which ranks North America's top 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies. For more information on Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 or Technology Fast 500 programs, visit www.fast500.com.

About Intelius

Intelius is the leading information commerce company providing consumers and businesses with information to empower the decision-making process for peace of mind and security. To date, Intelius has gained more than six million unique customers who use Intelius' information to reconnect and protect their loved ones, businesses and assets. Intelius' services include background checks, people search services, comprehensive employment screening services and an award-winning identity theft prevention product, IDWatch. Intelius is one of the top 100 most trafficked sites on the Internet, according to comScore/Media Metrix. Intelius was listed as an Inc. 500 company and was named one of Washington's top three Best Workplaces by the Puget Sound Business Journal in 2007, and in 2006, Intelius was named the American Business Awards' Best New Company, and was listed amongst the top 15 Corporate Philanthropists by Puget Sound Business Journal. For more about Intelius screening products and services, visit http://hr.intelius.com. For more about Intelius' business, news and policies, visit http://www.intelius.com/corp.

About Deloitte

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