What is an Exposure?

Exposures lie at the heart of our platform, which finds and analyzes your personal data exposures across the internet.

An exposure is an instance of your Personally Identifiable Information (PII) found online. When an exposure is found, it means your PII can be easily viewed, either publicly or by paying just a few dollars to Data Brokers and People Search Sites, for example. Because of these exposures, your information can be sold to telemarketers, scammers can access it, and people with ill intent can learn more about you, and so on.

Privacy Bee scans and monitors for these instances from different sources, and with an Essentials, Pro, or Signature Services License, we will work tirelessly to remove the exposure for you! If you have a Free Scan Only Account, you must manually remove each exposure. We do provide Deletion Guides to help you with the process.

Updated on: 01/26/2026