What information do data brokers have about me?

Typically your name, current and past addresses, phone numbers, age or date of birth, and the people you have lived with, listed as relatives or associates.1 Profiles are assembled from public records and commercial data and often add inferred traits, such as estimated income or household interests.2 The specifics vary by broker, and accuracy varies with them.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the sensitive stuff come from?

Most of a people-search profile is mundane public record: property and voter files, court and licence records, and change-of-address data. Commercial sources add phone and email history and marketing attributes. Financial and medical detail is regulated separately, so a people-search listing is usually contact and household data rather than account records.

Are the inferred traits accurate?

Often not. Inferences such as income bracket or interests are modelled, not verified, and there is no reliable industry-wide error rate to quote. Matching errors also attach other people's addresses and relatives to your profile, which is why listings sometimes look like a stranger's life.

Why do they list my relatives?

Those links are mostly inferred from shared addresses in records rather than a relationship you confirmed. Former roommates and previous residents of your address show up the same way.

Can I see everything one broker holds?

Sometimes. Several states give residents the right to request the categories of personal information a business holds, and some brokers publish a request process. What you get back is usually a summary rather than the raw profile.

What does a Delist free scan check?

The open-web footprint we check: people-search sites, public records, data brokers, and breach-source signals (signals are not listings). It is not a dump-membership check.

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