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People and Records collects directories and lookup tools for public information about people, companies, and institutions. Government records and public records point to official registers and the portals that hold them. Legal, police, and court records covers case files, court listings, and legal databases, while business records lists company registries and filing archives. Identity and verification tools covers services that check a person or a document, and research and discovery tools collects the broader background references that tie the others together. Phone and email lookup, username search, voter and electoral records, offender registries, and property records each have a topic of their own. This is sensitive material. Some entries label individuals or groups, and listing sites of this kind can carry claims that are hard to verify, so use official records where you can and treat user-submitted pages with care.
CanLII search for Canadian court decisions, legislation, tribunals, and legal commentary.
A one-step page for decoding Social Security Numbers issued prior to June 25, 2011. It points to an article on the structure of Social Security Numbers and to the Social Security Administration website for later number assignments. It also points to the Internal Revenue Service website for the structure of Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers. The page was automatically updated monthly through June 2011 and has been static since.
The Government staff directory on Alberta.ca provides contact information for Government of Alberta staff and departments. The directory shows names and telephone numbers only, which the site states helps ensure the safety of Alberta Public Service employees and protect government assets from cyberattacks. Users can search by name, title, ministry or keyword, or contact 310-0000 to be connected to a department.
Python OSINT tool that checks whether an email address is registered on many sites without sending mail.
Michiganvoters.info helps search voter-registration records, voter databases, or public election-related data.
OpenCorporates provides legal-entity data drawn from official primary sources across more than 140 jurisdictions. It offers search of its legal-entity database and access to data through a self-serve API or secure bulk delivery. The site lists use cases including entity verification, third-party risk management, investigations and data management. API plans carry stated monthly and annual prices.
OpenOversight is a Lucy Parsons Labs project offering a public, searchable database of law enforcement officers. It maintains profiles and digital galleries consolidating information such as names, birthdates, news mentions, salaries and photographs, with officer information in 24 departments across 5 states and the federal government. Volunteers upload and sort officer photos.
Curated OSINT toolkit with links for people search, social media, maps, domains, and research.
Phone number OSINT tool for finding country, carrier, line details, and public traces connected to a number.
Korean public sex offender registry for searching listed offender information and locations.
social-analyzer is an online tool that helps users work with usernames, digital identities, or related information for research and testing.
TSX listed-company directory for finding public companies, listings, symbols, and issuer information.
Check Usernames is an online tool that helps users work with usernames, digital identities, or related information for research and testing.
Open Canada search for completed access-to-information requests and released government summaries.
Public-records search site focused on New England people, locations, and local information.
Nursing Home Inspect is a ProPublica tool for searching inspection reports on more than 14,000 nursing homes in the United States. Users can search over 90,000 inspection reports, look for trends or patterns, evaluate nursing homes near them and compare nursing homes by state. It also presents state figures on serious deficiencies, average fines and delayed inspections.
Ohiovoters.us helps search voter-registration records, voter databases, or public election-related data.
A framework focused on gathering information from free tools or resources, intended to help people find free OSINT resources. It was originally created from an information security point of view.
An osintme.com article presents a list of official and unofficial, publicly accessible sex offenders registers from various countries. It explains that registers are typically maintained by law enforcement and usually not public. The article covers the United States' National Sex Offender Public Website and South Korea's registry, noting the latter lacks an English version.
A database for looking up PIC/CIC (Carrier Identification Code) codes, which can be searched by code, ACNA, company name or location. A PIC or CIC code is a 4-digit prefix that identifies a long distance carrier in North America or the Caribbean to a LEC, which uses the code to route calls. The database is updated daily from the NANPA list.
Database for searching police brutality incidents, videos, reports, and accountability records.
Proofy is an email verification service that checks email addresses before sending. It flags invalid, disposable, catch-all, role-based, and risky addresses to reduce bounces. Verification is offered through bulk list uploads, a REST API, and a free single-address checker.
Reverse phone lookup tool for finding caller names and basic public details from phone numbers.