Candidate background check in minutes
Verify a candidate's digital identity from a single email address. Dark web breach data, social footprint, corporate history — surfaced in minutes, not days.
What standard screening misses
DBS, credit, and employment verification answer narrow, statutory questions. They don't surface what a motivated investigator would find in an hour online.
Undeclared employment gaps, fabricated roles, inflated titles, qualifications that don't match the issuing institution's records.
Alias accounts, online presence inconsistent with claimed career history, or digital behaviour that contradicts the candidate on paper.
Candidate credentials circulating in breach dumps — a reputational and security liability for regulated or sensitive roles.
Public conduct, disclosed workplace incidents, or professional network inconsistencies — things neither DBS nor a reference call surface.
What BLACKEYES surfaces for recruiters
DBS, Right to Work, credit checks and employment verification all answer narrow statutory questions. None of them answer what the candidate actually does online. That gap is where CV fraud, undeclared history and inconsistency with public record hide — and it’s the gap BLACKEYES closes. Fifteen minutes from an emailed CV to a source-cited digital-identity report covering breach exposure, social presence, alias detection, directorship history, and location consistency. Use it to make every offer decision better informed than the last.
Dark Web Exposure
Credentials, phone numbers, and personal data from breach records spanning 2008 to present. Critical for regulated roles.
Social Presence
Public profiles across major platforms — verified, consistency-checked, and compared against claimed history.
Identity Mapping
Email variants, usernames, and aliases linked into a single digital identity. Flags undeclared alternate accounts.
Corporate Records
Directorships, company ownership, and business registrations from Companies House and international equivalents.
Geo Intelligence
Current and historical locations inferred from digital signals — useful when CV location history looks thin or inconsistent.
Source-Cited Report
A 4,000–6,000 word dossier across eleven sections. Every finding references the source so decisions are defensible.
Designed to work alongside your existing stack
BLACKEYES is not a DBS provider or a Right to Work verification service. We complement those checks with a dimension they don't cover — the candidate's digital identity and public-record exposure.
- — DBS or enhanced DBS checks
- — Right to Work verification
- — Credit checks (regulated roles)
- — Employment history and references
- — Qualification verification
- — Adverse media checks
- Dark-web breach exposure (3.8B+ records)
- Social media presence and consistency
- Alias and username mapping across platforms
- Corporate directorships and ownership records
- Historical and current location signals
- Source-cited, export-ready candidate dossier
Built for the teams that hire hardest
Executive Search
Verify senior candidates where a single fabricated credential derails the hire and the fee.
Financial Services
Context checks for regulated roles alongside BS7858, SMCR, and background screening requirements.
Legal & Professional Services
Due diligence on lateral hires and partners — reputation signals and conflict risk surfaced upfront.
IT & Security
Insider-risk screening: dark-web credential exposure, disclosed security incidents, alias accounts.
Pay-per-check pricing that scales with hiring volume
Starter packs from £19.95 for small hiring teams. Agency pack at £299.95 for 100 credits — £3 per check for high-volume search and screening operations. Monthly subscriptions available for recurring volume.
Questions recruiters ask
Is this a DBS check?
No. BLACKEYES is not a DBS provider and doesn't issue statutory criminal record checks. It's a digital OSINT layer that runs alongside your DBS, Right to Work, and employment-history verification — surfacing what statutory checks don't cover: breach exposure, social consistency, corporate links, and digital identity mapping.
Is candidate consent required?
This is your decision as Data Controller. Recruiters typically disclose digital screening in the candidate privacy notice and rely on legitimate interest as the lawful basis. BLACKEYES does not advise on your lawful basis — that's for your DPO or HR legal function to document. We only confirm that the underlying data is drawn from public sources and historical breaches.
How is this different from traditional screening providers?
Traditional providers like Know Your Candidate, Sterling, Accurate, and HireRight focus on statutory and documentary checks — DBS, credit, employment verification, reference collection. BLACKEYES adds a different layer: automated OSINT on the candidate's digital identity. The two are complementary. Most modern screening programmes run both.
Does BLACKEYES cover BS7858 security screening?
No. BS7858:2019 is a British Standard that specifies documentary and reference requirements for personnel in regulated environments. BLACKEYES does not issue BS7858 screening. Our reports provide the digital-OSINT evidence that BS7858 vetting doesn't cover.
How reliable are the findings?
Every finding is source-cited. The pipeline combines traditional API lookups with AI analysis, and applies multi-stage verification including Skeptic review before publishing. But AI can still misinterpret ambiguous signals and third-party data can be out of date. Material findings — especially adverse ones that might influence a hiring decision — should be independently verified before being acted on. BLACKEYES is not liable for third-party data accuracy or for hiring outcomes.
How long does a report take?
Typically around 15 minutes from email submission to completed report. Reports run in parallel — a recruiter can submit several candidates simultaneously.
Run your first check in minutes
No platform to install, no OSINT skills required. Enter a candidate's email and the pipeline does the rest.
Reports are tools, not conclusive judgements — verify material findings before reliance. See the FAQ