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What is an Exposure Report?

An Exposure Report gives you visibility into what personal information is currently being posted and sold about you on People Search sites. Optery generates this automatically, with screenshots, and delivers it by email typically within a few days after you sign up and the scan is finished, at no cost.

How to access your report

Your Exposure Report is emailed to you once your account is created. You can also open it any time from your Dashboard:

Find your Exposure Report under the Reports section of your Dashboard.
Click View to open it in your browser, or Download to save it.

What's in your report

First page

Your name, as entered in your Optery profile, and the date the report was generated.

Summary page

The plan you're subscribed to, the date you set up your account, and a Scan Summary showing how many data brokers were scanned and how many of your profiles were found.

Profile Enhancements

Which personal details from your profile were used to help locate you, for example whether you entered a Date of Birth or past addresses. The more information you provide, the more accurately Optery can match your profile across data broker sites.

Exposed profile screenshots

For each match, the report includes a screenshot of what's publicly visible, often including your name, age, address, phone numbers, email address, and in some cases financial details or a map of your home location. Seeing this laid out for the first time is usually the moment people realize how much of their information is actually out there.

If you're subscribed to a paid plan, you can also track your exposure and removal status in real time on your Dashboard, and set up bi-weekly or monthly email status updates under Preferences > Notification Preferences.

What it doesn't include

Your Exposure Report shows publicly visible profiles that can be removed. It doesn't include every data broker Optery covers, some brokers store personal information in private or restricted databases that aren't publicly accessible, so there's nothing to screenshot.

This also means the report is a snapshot at the time it was generated, not a live view. Even for data brokers that don't appear in the report, Optery still submits opt-out requests on your behalf as part of your coverage. For ongoing, real-time status, use your Dashboard rather than the report itself.

Exposure Report vs. Removals Report

The Exposure Report shows what Optery found. The Removals Report shows what Optery has done about it. Together they cover the two halves of the same picture: what's exposed, and what's been resolved.

FAQ

Do I need a paid plan to get an Exposure Report?

No. Everyone gets an Exposure Report after signing up, at no cost.

Will Optery still remove my data from brokers that aren't in my report?

Yes. Optery submits opt-out requests to all covered data brokers, including ones that don't appear in the report because their data isn't publicly viewable.