A Loomis Verify check reads what anyone can see about a person online without signing in: public social media profiles, posts and web pages.
The sources
A check can read these sources:
- Google web search
- News search
- LinkedIn profiles in search results
- Public documents
- YouTube
- GitHub
- Steam
- Public profiles under likely usernames
- Public web pages that search results point to
A source can be switched off for a while. The Where we look card on New check lists the sources a check uses right now. When you ask the person for consent, they see the same list.
The username search
The username search looks for a public profile under the person's likely usernames on GitHub, GitLab, Facebook, Instagram, X, Threads, Telegram, Pinterest and Snapchat.
A username match counts only on the platform where that profile was given to us, by you or by the person. The same username on another site could belong to someone else, so that profile waits for you in identity review.
What a check leaves out
- Private accounts, messages and anything behind a login. Loomis never asks the person for a password.
- Special personal information, such as health, religion or political views. It's removed before the report is released. See How sensitive information is handled in reports.
- Criminal, credit and sex-offender records. Keep running the checks your organisation already uses for these.
When a check starts
If you ask the person for consent, nothing is searched until they agree. If you don't ask, the check starts when you send it. See How consent works for a check.