Public Information Profile

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A Public Information Profile (PIP) is a detailed summary of the vast quantity of information available to others about you.

MyPublicInfo sifts through more than 10 billion records to verify your identity and build your PIP.

These records include:

• Federal, State and County records
  
• Financial records like bankruptcies, liens and judgments
  
• Property ownership records, including one billion acres of satellite and aerial photos
  
• Government-issued and other licenses
  
• Law enforcement records on felony and misdemeanor convictions
  
• UCC (Uniform Commercial Code) records that reveal the availability of assets for attachment or seizure, and the financial relationship between an individual and other entities.
  

"We tried it... and you won't believe what we found out... you should know who you might be confused with, so you can correct it or verify it's not you."
— WSPA NewsChannel 7, South Carolina

"The PIP presents findings in eight major areas including real estate, criminal records, and professional licenses. It includes links to the original source in most cases, as well as links for dealing with erroneous or fraudulent information. Your subscription buys one PIP plus six months of access to the detailed data and resources."
— PC Magazine

Someone else's felony on my records!
"Until I reviewed my PIP, I had no idea that my identity was at risk. My PIP alerted me that a convicted felon has my SSN attached to her criminal record. I've never lived in the state she's in prison in, and without the wide view that the PIP has, I would never have known this. My entire career could have been ruined without knowing this."
— L.R., Fairfax, Virginia

Even if you have a credit report, you still need a PIP

Credit reports only give you the information that banks, creditors, and credit card companies have about you. Examining your credit report may tell you if someone has made unauthorized use of your credit card, or has applied for a credit card in your name. However...

• Credit reports cannot tell you if someone has rented or purchased property using your name, applied for a government-issued license using your name, has acquired a criminal record using your name, and many other potentially adverse kinds of information.
  
• In addition, a credit report cannot help you learn about and correct errors in your public information, whether caused by confusion of similar names or deliberate actions of unscrupulous individuals. You need a PIP to do this!
  
  

A PIP helps fight identity theft

Your PIP enables you to check both the data itself (did you ever rent an apartment in the state of California, for example) and the accuracy of the data (if you are Roger M. Smith, is a criminal charge involving a different Roger Smith on your record?).

Your PIP enables you to find out if someone has purchased or transferred property in your name, taken out insurance policies in your name, declared bankruptcy in your name, or any of the hundreds of ways identity thieves can destroy your good name. Your PIP allows you to proactively manage your identity by serving as an early warning system.