What is SignalHire?
Definition
SignalHire is a contact-lookup service that indexes publicly available information about people and sells search tools for finding their profiles, email addresses and phone numbers.
- Category
- Privacy
- Also called
- Signal Hire, signalhire.com
- Last updated
Reviewed by Anthon Wansland
Head of Product & Co-Founder
Serus is a privacy company with paid tools to find and remove your personal data. This page is free and based on official sources.
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SignalHire is a company that offers a searchable database of people, plus a browser extension and an API. Its site lists tools such as a personal email finder, a social media email finder, a phone number search and a social media lookup. The company says in its opt-out notice that it obtains and indexes publicly available information, and that it also processes data of its own users and customers.
Why you might care
Tools like this are built for recruiters and sales teams who want to reach a person directly. If you have a profile on a public site, a service like this can link it to an email address or phone number you never gave that business. You may first notice it as a cold message that knows your job title, or as a profile page with your name on it.
How to get a profile removed
SignalHire has a Profile Opt-Out page. It says that to have your profile removed from its site you can complete the online form there, or email support@signalhire.com, and that it aims to process requests promptly. The page also links a Do Not Sell My Personal Information option.
SignalHire vs. a people-search site
People-search sites are mostly aimed at the public looking up neighbors and relatives. SignalHire is aimed at professional outreach, but both rest on the same idea: personal details collected from public sources and sold on. Opting out of one does not remove you from the other.
How to protect yourself
- 1
Use the official opt-out
Go to the Profile Opt-Out page on signalhire.com and complete the form, or email support@signalhire.com. Type the web address yourself rather than following links in messages.
- 2
Keep the confirmation
Save any confirmation or reply you get, so you can follow up if your profile appears again.
- 3
Check your public profiles
Review what your professional profiles show publicly, such as work email and phone number, and remove what you don't want found.
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Look beyond one site
Similar services keep their own copies of your details. Serus finds the sites that hold your data and removes the listings it can, so you don't repeat this on each one.
See it in action
See where your personal data is exposed
Serus finds it on data brokers and people-search sites and removes it.
Frequently asked
Is SignalHire legitimate?
It is a real company that runs a published opt-out process. That says nothing about whether you want to be listed. Use the opt-out if you don't.
How do I delete my SignalHire profile?
Use the online form on its Profile Opt-Out page, or email support@signalhire.com. The page says it aims to process requests promptly.
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