About Investigator Privacy
Built by an investigator, for the investigative community
Who’s Behind This Site
My name is Eric Neal. I’ve spent more than 20 years in the debt recovery and investigative field — skip tracing, asset location, defendant locates, bank and employment verifies. I run PIF Solutions, LLC out of New Hampshire and have worked cases ranging from routine judgment recovery to consulting on high-profile investigations.
Over those two decades, I’ve used the same databases and public records that my subjects use to disappear. That cuts both ways. The same tools I use to find people can be used to find me — and you.
Data brokers aggregate and sell personal information to anyone willing to pay: your home address, phone numbers, family connections, employer. For most people that’s an annoyance. For investigators, skip tracers, and recovery agents, it’s a direct operational and personal safety risk. Your subjects can look you up just as easily as you can look them up.
I built this site because I couldn’t find a straightforward privacy resource aimed at people who actually do this work. Everything I found was written for the general public or for corporate IT departments. None of it addressed the specific exposure that comes with working cases involving people who may be actively trying to avoid being found.
This site covers data removal, what brokers hold your information and how to get it off, which removal services are worth paying for, and free tools you can use to monitor your own exposure. No fluff, no filler — just what’s useful to investigators.
Background
- 20+ years in debt recovery and skip tracing
- Founder, PIF Solutions LLC
- Judgment recovery, asset location, defendant locates
- Bank and employment verification specialist
- Consultant to Chris Hansen (To Catch a Predator)
- Author of The FOIA Advantage
- Creator of Skiplook.com
- Founder, The Skip Tracing Community (Facebook, 3k+ members)
Top Skills
Skip Tracing • Collections • Asset Location • FOIA Requests • Court Record Searches
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What This Site Is
Investigator Privacy exists for one reason: people in the investigative space are specifically exposed by the data broker ecosystem in ways the general public isn’t. This site gives you the information and tools to manage that exposure.
Removal Services Reviews
Straight comparisons of paid data removal services — what they cover, what they cost, and what actually gets removed.
Free Tools
Boolean search builders, Google Alerts setup guides, manual opt-out walkthroughs. No account required.
The Blog
Practical articles on doxxing, data broker tactics, facial recognition exposure, and staying harder to find while doing field work.
This site contains affiliate links. If you purchase a removal service through a link on this site, I may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. I only recommend services I have evaluated and would use myself.