Yourdigital footprintscan: what data is circulating online?

The scan can find information associated with the identifiers you provide: published contact details, public profiles, directories, articles, broker listings and known security incidents. Results depend on the sources accessible at the time of the search and are not a copy of all the data each organisation holds internally.

No. The three-source scan does not read your messages, private areas or content protected by authentication. It looks for matches across the public web, covered broker sources and known breach databases using the identifiers you choose to provide.

No. No scan can guarantee an exhaustive view of the internet. Some pages are not indexed, some files remain private and a breach may not yet be known. Checking several emails and phone numbers reduces blind spots, but the report remains a snapshot of the sources checked at the time.

No, not automatically. An erasure request may be appropriate for a marketing listing, an old account or data that is no longer needed. It may be limited where retention serves a legal obligation, freedom of information, the public interest, research or the defence of a legal claim.

Erasure removes data from the website, service or database holding it. Delisting removes certain search results associated with your identity from a search engine, but the page remains accessible on its original website. Both processes may be useful, depending on the situation, and they must be addressed to different organisations.

It is not possible to recall every copy of a database that has already been shared. You can still change compromised credentials, secure your accounts and request removal of data still held or published by the original organisation, a website or a broker. Securing your accounts is often the first useful step after a breach.

A work address, an old email or a different phone number may be linked to different services, directories, brokers or breaches. The free report cross-checks up to five emails and three phone numbers, with an optional LinkedIn profile, to improve coverage and distinguish relevant results.