What this service does

A person hardens your whole surface, not a script running down a fixed list.

We file opt-out requests with the data brokers and people-search sites that list you, re-file when a listing comes back, and tighten the privacy settings on your accounts. Some sites do not honor requests.

Automated tools handle the easy removals; the judgment calls, the broker holdouts, and the account-level work are where a human actually matters.

Privacy work is most often the after-care to an investigation.

It often follows an identity-theft investigation or an exposure assessment that showed how your information got out. This is the engagement that keeps it from happening again: a stalkerware check examines your phone for monitoring, personal cyber insurance covers the next one, and for principals and their families the whole surface is maintained inside family-office services.

Engagements are confidential.

Some service tracks are offered at a fixed fee; complex investigations are billed hourly with a clear scope, milestone updates, and a cap agreed up front.

Quinn (Founder and CEO) oversees every engagement and reviews every case before findings leave the practice; the practitioner team executes the technical work under her methodology.

A direct line to Quinn, the founder, not a sales pipeline.
Worked in-house by the examiner who scoped it.
Explainable findings you can verify, with the methodology shown.

What this means for you

Written scope before any work. You see a written scope covering deliverables, timeline, and price, and you approve it before we begin. You are never billed for work you did not authorize.
We commit to findings, not outcomes. We tell you up front what the evidence can and cannot establish. Recovery, attribution, and prosecution are decided by banks, platforms, insurers, and courts. We produce the record they act on, and we put that distinction in writing.
Every case is investigated, not just scanned. A credentialed examiner reviews every case before findings leave the practice. You get a documented investigation with the hashes, method and tool versions recorded, not a single automated scan and a one-line answer.
We will tell you if you do not need us. If a free or simpler step would resolve your situation, whether a police report, an IC3 filing, or a platform's own recovery flow, we point you there first.

How an engagement begins

Confidential consultation. NDA-protected. 30-60 minutes. Direct conversation, no sales process.
Scoped engagement. Written proposal with defined deliverables and pricing, fixed fee where it applies, hourly with milestone caps for open-ended investigations.
Findings. A written report of what was filed, where, and what came back.

We examine only a device you own. Before we start, you sign a form stating that you own it.

Two ways to work a case

Hand it to an examiner, or run it yourself.

Both keep a chain of custody from the first file. The difference is who does the work.

Done for you

An examiner takes the case

A credentialed examiner works the case end to end and stands behind the report.

Who it is for: anyone in a crisis, on a deadline, or who wants the case off their plate
What you get: a credentialed examiner, the same forensic output and chain of custody
Your effort: hand over the devices or accounts, and we do the work
Price and billing: Fixed fee by number of devices. You see your exact price before you sign.

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Self-serve

Run it yourself

Fully automated digital forensics you run yourself. SleuthX automates a digital investigation end to end, from collecting and analysing the evidence to a report with every finding cited.

Who it is for: hands-on people who want to see what happened for themselves
What you get: A SHA-256 hash of every file as it is added, re-checked against the stored copy; An append-only chain-of-custody log; Every finding cited to the evidence it came from; An examiner's review when you want one
Your effort: you add the evidence and steer the investigation
Price and billing: $200/mo, billed monthly and renews until you cancel. Includes $200 of usage credit each month. The credit resets at the start of each billing month and does not carry over. Usage beyond it draws down a prepaid balance you top up in-app, and top-ups never expire.

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Automated output is prepared to evidentiary standards. Before you rely on it in court, a qualified examiner has to review it and be able to certify the work.

Why this work matters

Personal privacy services here are hands-on: data broker removal, account hardening, and exposure monitoring run by examiners, not an automated subscription.

Quinn holds 9 active certifications across GIAC.

Frequently asked about privacy services

What's actually included in privacy services for individuals?

Comprehensive footprint reduction: opt-out requests to people-search and data-broker sites (Spokeo, Whitepages, BeenVerified, Intelius, and many smaller ones), monitoring for re-listing (these sites repopulate from public records), opt-out from marketing data sources, deeper hardening of Google / Bing search results that surface old or unwanted content, social-media privacy review and lockdown, account-level privacy review (Apple, Google, Microsoft, banking, retail), and threat-monitoring for your name and identifying information against dark-web exposure. The work is sustained, not a one-time scan.

How is this different from automated tools like DeleteMe or Kanary?

Tooling-only services run automated removal requests against a fixed list of brokers and stop there. They miss the long tail of smaller broker sites, don't handle judgment calls (which removals are worth fighting, which broker is repopulating from a different source), don't address account-level privacy, and don't help with reputation-management or search-result issues that aren't in their broker database. The practice uses tooling where it works, supplements with manual opt-out requests on broker holdouts, and adds the strategic and account-level work that tools structurally cannot do.

Who actually needs this?

Survivors of stalking or domestic abuse who need to reduce their public address and phone-number exposure. Executives and high-profile professionals whose home address or family information is appearing in unwanted contexts. Public-facing individuals (journalists, attorneys, healthcare workers, public officials) whose professional role attracts threats. Family-office principals and family members. People who simply want their personal data off the broker pipeline as a baseline hygiene measure.

How much does it cost and what's the engagement structure?

Privacy work is scoped per engagement, in writing. There's no single published price because the right scope depends on how exposed you already are, how fast it's spreading, and whether you need a one-time sweep or sustained maintenance. Most work bills hourly, with the rate, the deliverables and an agreed cap set in writing before anything begins. Family-office and high-stakes engagements are typically bundled inside the family-office services envelope rather than priced standalone.

How long until I see results?

Each site sets its own pace, and some never respond. Search-result hardening for content you don't control (old articles, court records, third-party mentions): months to years and varies by source. We're realistic about which results are achievable and which are not. For some content, suppression-by-displacement (driving newer, cleaner content higher) is the only durable answer.

What if my information has already been widely spread?

We can still meaningfully reduce exposure by working through the data-broker pipeline (which is where most spread originates) and addressing the highest-risk vectors first (home address, phone number, family member names, employer). For severe situations involving doxxing or active threat, we coordinate with local law enforcement and (where applicable) Address Confidentiality Programs, court-record sealing, and licensed professional services like reputation-management firms for content we don't have direct control over.

What does it cost, and can I pay over time?

A device examination is a fixed price set by the number of devices: one, two to three, or four to five. Each price includes a set number of examiner hours. You can start with one device, and you can ask about paying over time. You see your exact price before you sign.

Where are you, and do I have to send my phone?

We are based in Naples, Florida, and examine devices in Naples and in California. Before any work starts you sign one page: the agreement and the chain-of-custody form. The agreement you sign explains how to hand over or ship your device.

What if the examination finds nothing?

We do not promise a result. You get a written report on completion covering each device and each account you sent, whatever it shows.

Can you show who did it?

An examination can show what happened on a device or account, and when. It often cannot show who was behind it, and we will not tell you it can.

Will police, a court or my lawyer take it seriously?

We cannot promise how police, a court or a lawyer will treat the report. We can tell you what it contains: the hash values, the method, the tools and their versions, and the exhibits.

What happens next, and how long does it take?

You sign the engagement letter, and your card is charged when you sign. Most examinations are finished one to two weeks after you sign, provided your devices reach us promptly. If you need it sooner, ask us to rush it.

Is this a person or an AI?

This line is answered by the SleuthX team, and by the SleuthX assistant, an AI, when the team cannot pick up. A named examiner examines your device and signs the report.

Whose device can you examine?

We examine only a device you own. Before we start, you sign a form stating that you own it. If that statement is false, the evidence can become unusable in court.