Find out what anyone with a search bar could already know about you
We use public-source OSINT techniques. The same discipline used by investigative journalists, security researchers, and intelligence agencies worldwide to review what is publicly visible about you online. No hacking. No private access. Just a rigorous look at what is already out there.
What is OSINT?
Open Source Intelligence is the collection and analysis of information from publicly available sources. The word "open" does not refer to software. It refers to sources that are open to anyone. No classified access. No hacking. No passwords. If it is publicly accessible, it is fair game for OSINT.
OSINT has existed as a formal intelligence discipline since at least the Second World War, when governments began systematically analysing foreign newspapers and radio broadcasts for strategic intelligence. Today, the sources have expanded dramatically: social media, search engines, public records, data brokers, satellite imagery, domain registrations, breach databases, and the open web at large.
The defining characteristic of OSINT is that anyone can do it. The same techniques available to a national intelligence agency are available to a journalist, a security researcher, a private investigator, a stalker, or someone simply curious about a stranger. That is precisely why understanding your own public footprint matters.
Open
Publicly accessible to anyone, without special access or authority
Source
The origin of the information: social media, search results, directories, records, databases
Intelligence
Information that has been collected, analysed, and interpreted — not just raw data
Public sources reviewed
OSINT has become one of the defining intelligence disciplines of our era
What began as a niche method used by intelligence agencies has been democratised, transformed into a powerful public tool used across journalism, law, security, and accountability. These are not hypothetical uses. They are happening right now.
Documenting conflict from open sources
Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, OSINT practitioners have documented over 23,000 incidents by geolocating footage, verifying satellite imagery, and identifying individuals using only publicly available information. This evidence has been used in international criminal court proceedings and contributed to war crimes convictions.
Bellingcat and the rise of citizen intelligence
Investigative collective Bellingcat used OSINT to prove Russia's involvement in the downing of flight MH17, identify the agents behind the Salisbury poisonings, and trace the assassination attempt on Alexei Navalny, all from publicly accessible sources. The techniques that were once the preserve of intelligence agencies are now available to anyone willing to look.
The same methods target individuals every day
Cybercriminals, stalkers, and social engineers routinely apply OSINT to target individuals, compiling profiles from social media, data broker listings, username patterns, and breach databases. The information they use is the same information that is publicly visible about you. Understanding your exposure is the first line of defence.
This is the same discipline, applied to your digital footprint
Get Privacy Report applies public-source OSINT techniques to the information landscape surrounding your name, email, usernames, and online identities. The goal is to see what is already out there: the same view anyone with the right knowledge and a few hours could construct, presented with a clear and honest account and practical steps to act on.
Context
Who uses OSINT techniques
Public-source intelligence is no longer an exclusive domain. It is used across sectors worldwide, including by people who may be researching you.
Intelligence agencies
Governments worldwide use OSINT as a primary source alongside classified intelligence
Investigative journalists
Newsrooms and independent investigators verify claims and expose wrongdoing using public data
Security researchers
Cybersecurity professionals map digital exposure to identify and close attack surfaces
Law enforcement
Police and prosecutors use open-source evidence in investigations and criminal proceedings
Private individuals
People checking their own footprint, or others researching them. This is where we come in.
Sources: 422+ from Reuters Institute/Duke Reporters' Lab (2022). 23,000+ from Eyes on Russia project. Cited for context.
Coverage
What the review covers
Coverage depends on what is publicly accessible at the time of review. Results vary by individual based on online activity, platform settings, and how information has spread across the web.
Search engine visibility
What search engines surface when someone looks up your name, email, or usernames: indexed pages, cached content, image results, and public snippets.
Email exposure indicators
Where your email address appears publicly, including data breach indicators, directory listings, forum registrations, and indexed references across the web.
Username and alias footprint
How your usernames, handles, and aliases connect across platforms: the thread that links separate accounts and makes a unified profile possible for anyone who looks.
Public profiles and social visibility
What is visible on social media, professional networks, community sites, and public profiles, including content, connections, and metadata that may reveal more than intended.
Public mentions and directories
References in news articles, public records, community pages, business directories, electoral rolls, and any other sources where your name or details may appear.
Breach exposure indicators
Where your email or associated credentials appear in known breach exposure data, a key risk indicator that many people are unaware of until it is too late.
Process
Simple from your end. Thorough from ours.
Your role is to provide the details. Our role is to do the research, interpret the findings, and deliver a clear report you can act on.
Submit your details
Provide your name, email address, usernames, aliases, and your main area of concern through the order form. Then complete secure payment. That is the full extent of what is required from you.
Takes around 5 minutes. No passwords. No ID documents. No sensitive information beyond what you choose to share.
We review your footprint
Using public-source OSINT techniques, we review search engines, social platforms, data broker listings, breach databases, username networks, and other open sources, building a picture of what is publicly connected to your identity.
Findings are assessed for context, relevance, and risk. Raw results are interpreted, not just listed.
You receive a clear report
A plain-English report covering what was found, what it may mean for your privacy, and a prioritised action checklist. Honest about what was found and what could not be verified. Delivered within 2–3 business days.
An honest report is more useful than a confident one. We tell you what we found, and what we could not.
Scope and ethics
What this service is, and what it is not
OSINT is a powerful discipline. That is precisely why it requires clear ethical boundaries and transparent use.
Not included, ever
Ethical use only
This service is for individuals reviewing their own footprint, or someone they are lawfully authorised to assist. It must not be used for stalking, harassment, intimidation, surveillance, or harm of any kind. We may refuse, cancel, or stop work on any order we believe to be misused.
A note on honest limitations
No OSINT review, however thorough, can guarantee that every piece of publicly available information will be found. Some content is poorly indexed. Some platforms restrict visibility. Some information exists in databases that are not publicly searchable. Old data disappears; new data appears.
What a thorough OSINT review can do is provide a meaningful and honest picture of what is accessible at the time of review. That alone is often revealing, and more useful than a confident report that overpromises.
We will tell you what we found, what we could not verify, and why. That transparency is part of the service.