Onerep’s data breach monitoring feature checks if your email address has been exposed in known data breaches. It aims to help you identify potential privacy and security risks early, so you can take steps to protect your accounts and finances.
The feature is available on all plans and allows adding up to 20 email addresses.
How does it work?
To activate the feature, simply log in to your account and go to the Data breach monitoring page. The email address you registered with is scanned automatically. Extra emails can be added right in the dashboard.
If any of your email addresses have been compromised, you’ll receive an alert. Each breach will also contain the following details:
- What platform has been affected
- When the breach occurred or became publicly known
- What data may have been exposed
- Recommended actions to secure your accounts and personal information
What should I do if I receive a breach alert?
If you receive an alert, we recommend taking action as soon as possible. To find the details and recommendations, click on “Review and resolve” next to the breach in question. Once you take action, you сan mark the breach as resolved.
Note that even if a breach doesn’t immediately result in fraud or unauthorized access, exposed personal information can still increase your risk of identity theft, account takeover, and targeted scams over time.
Does breach monitoring prevent data breaches?
No, data breach monitoring can’t prevent companies from being breached, nor can it remove your information from compromised databases.
Instead, the feature aims to help you get notified of exposures quickly, so you can respond and reduce potential risks.
Data breaches vs. data brokers
Though both expose your personal information, they are fundamentally different.
Data breaches are security incidents that happen when a company or service is hacked, and cybercriminals get unauthorized access to internal data. Any app or website you have ever registered on can experience a data breach, as even trusted platforms aren’t completely immune to cyberattacks. What information gets exposed depends on the platform and the nature of the incident—it may be anything from names, passwords, and email addresses to payment details, SSNs, and other sensitive details. Data breaches are unexpected events—and you might not find out unless the company informs you directly or it makes the news.
Data brokers, on the other hand, are companies that aggregate your information from various sources, compile it into profiles, and then share it with other companies or individuals. Their operations are legal and ongoing. Exposure depends on the type of broker: non-public ones typically provide data only to companies, while people-search sites are accessible by anyone online.
We believe it’s important to address both threats simultaneously: while data broker removal makes your personal information harder to find online, data breach monitoring alerts you to unexpected compromise, so you can stay ahead of potential misuse.