A data broker is a company that gathers information about individuals, cross-references it and resells it, often to telemarketing firms. Most of the time, it does this without you knowing.
Directories and the public web
Directory sites, profile pages, public documents: anyone can find them by typing your name into a search engine.
What we check
Pages that show your name alongside an address, a phone number or relatives.
Data brokers
These companies hold files you can't look at. So we can't prove they have your data.
What we check
Which data brokers in our register may hold your information, and how to ask them to remove it.
Data breaches
When a service is hacked, its customers' email addresses end up in circulation. They're then used to craft fake messages.
What we check
Whether your email address appears in a known breach, and if so which one and when.
How it works
You answer 3 questions. We do the rest.
You tell us who to look for
Your name, your town, your email and one detail, such as your year of birth, to rule out people with the same name.
About 1 minute
We search for you
We search the web, online directories, our data broker register and known data breaches. We keep what is likely to be about you.
About 3 minutes
You read your report
For each result: where it appears, what information is visible, and what you can do next. A code sent by email protects access.
At your own pace