1. Our approach
ProfileBolt organizes information that people and organizations have chosen to publish. We retrieve it live, from the sources below, at the moment a signed-in user searches, and every detail in a report links to the page it came from so it can be checked. We do not buy data from data brokers, do not access non-public or login-only content, and do not bypass any website’s access controls.
2. Sources we use
| Source | How we access it | What may be retrieved |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | Official public API | Article title, short description, introductory summary and lead image |
| Wikidata | Official public API | Item label and description, and public identifiers such as official website, ORCID iD, and GitHub, X, Facebook or YouTube account names listed in the item |
| GitHub | Official public API | Public profile (name, username, avatar, bio, company, location, website, linked X account), public repositories and follower counts |
| GitLab | Official public API | Public profile (name, username, bio, job title, organization, location, website, follower count) |
| Stack Overflow | Official public Stack Exchange API | Public profile (display name, profile image, location, website, reputation) |
| YouTube and X | Official APIs, only when enabled | Public channel or account name, handle, description and public statistics |
| Public search-engine results | A web search API, at most five queries per search | For a person’s name (and any city, employer or school you add), the titles, snippets, links and thumbnails that a public search engine shows for profile pages on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok and X. We do not open, log in to or scrape those social-media pages; results are shown as possible matches only. |
| Profile links you provide or choose to research | Stored as a reference; public link preview | The link, the platform and username it contains, and the public link-preview information the page publishes for sharing (title, description and image), when the site makes it available without logging in |
We will update this page when we add or remove sources.
3. What ProfileBolt does not include
ProfileBolt does not provide criminal, arrest, court, bankruptcy or lien records; credit history or scores; financial or bank information; telephone-carrier or reverse-phone records; home addresses compiled from public records; government identification numbers; or content from private or login-only accounts. If you need regulated background information, use a properly licensed provider — see the FCRA notice.
4. How matching and confidence work
Many people share the same name. ProfileBolt therefore shows possible matches first and researches only the person you select. Additional sources are added to a report only when they are connected to the selected profile by a shared identifier — for example a Wikidata item that lists the GitHub account, or a GitHub profile that names the X account — or when you supplied the link yourself. Same-name accounts that nothing connects are listed separately as unverified and are not added to the report.
Social-media profiles found through search-engine results are always labelled “possible match”. They are not added to a report or its confidence score unless a source in the report lists the same account (for example a Wikidata item that names the Instagram username), in which case they are labelled “linked by identifier”.
The match confidence score estimates how strongly the sources in a report agree that they describe one person, based on how many independent sources are connected by shared identifiers. It is an estimate, not a verification of identity.
5. Accuracy disclaimer
Information in ProfileBolt may be inaccurate, incomplete or out of date, and may relate to a different person with a similar name. Public sources are written by individuals, organizations and volunteers, can be changed by anyone with access to them, and are not verified by us. Information reflects what a source published when it was retrieved; it may since have been changed or removed.
We make no warranty about the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of any result. Always review the original source, confirm important facts independently, and never rely on ProfileBolt as the sole basis for any decision. ProfileBolt may not be used for employment, housing, credit, insurance or other eligibility decisions.
6. Corrections and removal
If information about you is wrong, you can ask us to correct or remove it using the removal request form or by emailing privacy@profilebolt.com. Because ProfileBolt reflects public sources, the most lasting fix is usually to correct or remove the information at its source as well; each item in a report links to that source.
ProfileBolt is operated by SmartApz. Questions about this page: legal@profilebolt.com. Privacy requests: privacy@profilebolt.com.