You can set up a profile to monitor the dark web so you can learn if your info is found in breaches.
You can check for data on the dark web that might be associated with your email address or other info you add to your monitoring profile. Breach results may contain information including:
- Your name
- Address
- Phone number
- Social Security Number (SSN)
- Username
- Password
Tip: Only accounts based in the US can add a Social Security Number to their monitoring profile.
Any information found in the breach results will be displayed in redacted form to maintain data privacy.
With the results, you can review your information and make informed decisions about how to protect yourself.
Eligibility
Dark web report is only available in certain countries or regions.
To be eligible for dark web report, you must have a consumer Google Account. Google Workspace accounts and supervised accounts aren't able to use dark web report.
With your Google Account, you can use dark web report to get access to features like:
- Monitor the dark web for your personal info
- Notifications for newly found results
- Tips and recommendations for how to protect your personal info
Dark web monitoring profile
When you set up a profile, you can choose what personal info you’d like to check on the dark web.
Use dark web report without a Google Account
Understand your results & take action
If your Gmail address is found on the dark web, you can set up 2-factor authentication to protect your account. This adds another layer of security when you sign in to your devices.
- On your device, open your Google Account.
- In the navigation panel, select Security.
- Under “How you sign in to Google,” select 2-Step Verification.
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
Tip: If you use an account through your work, school, or other group, these steps might not work. If you can’t set up 2-Step Verification, contact your administrator for help.
Verify it’s you with a second step
After you turn on 2-Step Verification, you must complete a second step to verify it’s you when you sign in.
If personal info such as your SSN, address, and date of birth are found on the dark web, someone else can use them to take out credit in your name.
Tip: Only accounts with a US billing method can add a Social Security Number to their monitoring profile.
There are several actions you can take to protect your credit:
- Place a credit freeze
- Place a fraud alert
- Use the Annual Credit Report site
- Report your stolen Social Security Number
- Create a mySocial Security account
If personal info such as your Social Security Number (SSN) is found on the dark web, someone else could use it to take out credit in your name.
Tip: Only accounts with a US billing method can add a Social Security Number to their monitoring profile.
If your SSN is stolen, there are several actions you can take:
- Immediately report it stolen by calling 1-800-269-0271 or at identitytheft.gov
- Place a credit freeze
- Place a fraud alert
- Create a review on the Annual Credit Report site
- Create a mySocial Security account
If personal info such as your SSN, address, and date of birth are found on the dark web, someone else can use them to take out credit in your name.
Tip: Only accounts with a US billing method can add a Social Security Number to their monitoring profile.
There are several actions you can take to protect your credit:
- Place a credit freeze
- Place a fraud alert
- Use the Annual Credit Report site
- Report your stolen Social Security Number
- Create a mySocial Security account
If your mailing address is found on the dark web, it can be used to intercept your mail. There are several actions that you can take:
- Sign up for Informed Delivery
- Opt in for paperless delivery
If any of your passwords are found on the dark web, you can review your passwords and find which ones to change.
To check the security of the passwords saved to your Google Account, go to Password Checkup.
Learn how to create strong passwords.How Google protects your privacy and keeps you in control
- Some information you submit — like your email addresses, phone numbers, and SSN — will be verified before they are added to your monitoring profile. This verification process makes sure that we're monitoring the right information for you and that no one else can add it to their profile. Learn more about how Google handles this information.
- Your phone number or email address is only added to your monitoring profile after you verify it’s yours with a one-time verification code sent to your number or address. Your Social Security Number is only added after the number is cross-checked and verified against other identity information you provide to us.
You can delete info from your monitoring profile at any time, including your name, address, phone number, email address, date of birth, and Social Security Number (SSN).
- The email address that you use to sign in is included in your profile as part of the service. If you no longer want to monitor your email address, you can disable monitoring by deleting your profile in the dark web report settings.
- If you add a phone number to your monitoring profile, it will show up in your Google Account as a phone number being used by Google Search. You can delete your phone number directly from the monitoring profile.
- If you disable monitoring by deleting your profile, your Social Security Number, along with your name and address provided during the verification process, will be removed from your payments profile unless you provided it for another Google service.