Updated 14 Oct 2026
What is credential exposure?
A work address and a password used with it, sitting in a breach database someone else can read.
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How firms are reached from outside, and how the way in is closed.
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Updated 14 Oct 2026
What to do after a data breach
The first steps for a person whose address was exposed, in the order that matters.
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Updated 14 Oct 2026
How does dark web monitoring work?
What the industry term means, and what we actually read: monitored breach databases and keys left in your own website code.
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Updated 14 Oct 2026
Reading a firm from outside, with zero access
What a firm shows the internet, read without a login to anything, and why we hold no keys to your firm.
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Updated 30 Sep 2026
PIPEDA: what a firm has to do after a breach
Real risk of significant harm, the record of breaches, and who must be told.
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Updated 30 Sep 2026
How to check whether your firm’s data was in a breach
Three public records, one free lookup per address, and what each answer means.
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