The 1,000-Site Data Broker Universe Leak Check Me Analyzes

A broker list is not a promise by itself. It is a map.

Leak Check Me uses a broad data-broker universe to analyze where personal information can appear: people-search sites, public-record mirrors, phone lookup tools, marketing databases, lead databases, directories, international sources, and custom-request targets.

Here are some of the sites we actively monitor today, plus the broader set of sites we analyze as we expand patrol coverage. We do not mark a source as checked, submitted, monitored, or removed for a customer until there is evidence from a real scan, removal workflow, or verification pass.

How to read this list

• Analyzed source means the site is in our broker universe and research database.
• Checked source means we ran a customer-specific scan or search.
• Matched source means we found likely customer data.
• Removal target means the source has a workflow we can file or route.
• Verified removed means follow-up evidence shows the listing is gone.

The distinction matters. A thousand-row list is only useful if the status behind each row is honest.

The broker universe we analyze

This combined reference list currently preserves 975 source rows from a public broker-coverage list that describes 976 sources. We keep the source count and parsed count separate so the product does not silently inflate coverage.

What happens after a source matches

When a source matches a subscriber, we create a broker-specific work item. The flow depends on what the source supports: direct form, portal, confirmation email, legal demand, browser-guided submission, or review.

We save evidence at each step: the source URL, screenshots, confirmation messages, submission proof, and follow-up verification. We only show "removed" after the profile is absent or the broker/native path gives verifiable proof.

Why this is better than a vanity coverage number

Privacy products often compete on list size. List size matters, but proof matters more. A broker universe helps us decide where to look. A patrol record proves we actually looked. A removal proof shows what action was filed. A verification proof shows whether the record is gone.

That is the standard we are building toward.