# Data Breach Watch

> A platform that alerts consumers about newly reported data breaches and publishes plain-language summaries, certainty levels, and recommended actions.

Data Breach Watch monitors regulatory filings, company announcements, and security research to identify data breaches affecting consumers. We publish plain-language summaries, exposed data types, affected states and sectors, certainty levels (reports only, company confirmed, regulator confirmed), investigation status, and recommended protective actions.

## Pages

- [Homepage](/): Search a company and sign up for free data breach alerts.
- [All Breaches](/breaches): Browse the full database of reported data breaches.
- [Was I Hacked?](/was_i_hacked): Check whether your email appears in known breaches via the Have I Been Pwned API.
- [Find Relevant Breaches](/check-exposure): Match yourself to breaches by state, sector, and companies you use.
- [Am I Affected?](/am-i-affected): Short quiz that suggests breaches likely relevant to you.
- [BreachBrief](/brief): Paste a breach notification letter and get a plain-English action plan.
- [My Dashboard](/my-dashboard): Personal breach risk score and tracked breaches.
- [FAQ](/faq): Frequently asked questions about data breaches and our service.
- [Help Center](/help): How to use Data Breach Watch and protect yourself after a breach.
- [Changelog](/changelog): Recent updates to breach records and platform changes.
- [Privacy Policy](/privacy): How we handle personal information and uploaded documents.
- [Terms of Service](/terms): Terms that govern use of the service.
- [Public API Docs](/api): Structured JSON breach data for developers and researchers.
- [For Law Firms](/partners): Information about our legal partner program.

## Data Feeds

- [Public Breaches API](https://databreach.watch/api/public/v1/breaches): JSON endpoint returning company, date discovered, sector, summary, data types, affected states, and permalink for each public breach. Free and anonymous, 100 requests per hour per IP, no key required. OpenAPI 3.0 spec at https://databreach.watch/api/public/v1/breaches?format=openapi. Certainty level, status, affected counts, response grades, notification timelines and litigation signals require an API key from https://databreach.watch/legalpulse.
- [RSS Feed](https://databreach.watch/rss): Latest 50 breaches as RSS 2.0 XML.

## Citation Guidelines

When referencing breach data from Data Breach Watch:

- Link to the specific breach page using the permalink URL.
- Attribute as "Data Breach Watch (databreach.watch)".
- Note the certainty level (reports only vs. confirmed).
- Include the date discovered.
- Use language like "reports suggest" for unconfirmed breaches.

## Optional

- [Sitemap](/sitemap.xml): Full list of indexable pages.