BLACKEYES vs TruthFinder
TruthFinder emphasises US court and criminal records. BLACKEYES runs UK-first OSINT investigations designed for professional screening and due diligence. Different tools, different jurisdictions.
TruthFinder is a US-focused subscription people-search product with strong coverage of US court records, arrest records, and public registries. It is explicitly non-FCRA compliant, which in the US bars its use for employment, housing, or credit decisions. BLACKEYES is a UK-first professional investigation platform producing source-cited multi-section reports from an email seed. Its dataset covers breach history, social media, UK Companies House, aliases, and geographic signals — designed for UK recruitment, tenancy, insurance-fraud, PI, and legal due diligence use. The two tools operate in different jurisdictions for different purposes.
Side by side
Which fits your use case?
TruthFinder fits when
- You’re a US consumer checking out someone in the US
- You specifically need US arrest and court-record data
- You want a subscription model for repeated casual lookups
- You’re comfortable with an explicitly non-FCRA product (not for employment/tenancy decisions)
BLACKEYES fits when
- Your subject is UK-based or international
- You’re making a professional decision (employment, tenancy, investigation, legal) and need a proper reportable output
- You need breach, social, and corporate data alongside (or instead of) court records
- You need a per-case, source-cited report rather than a subscription lookup UX
Frequently asked questions
TruthFinder says it’s not for employment or tenancy decisions — what gives?
Under the US Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), consumer-reporting products used for employment, housing, or credit decisions have specific regulatory obligations. TruthFinder has chosen not to position as an FCRA-compliant product, which means using it for those decisions in a US context is prohibited by their terms. This is why HR teams and letting agents don’t use it for professional decisions — they use FCRA-compliant screening providers. For UK-equivalent decisions, BLACKEYES is designed with the UK GDPR lawful-basis framework in mind.
Does BLACKEYES have US court records?
No. BLACKEYES sources public-domain data, breach aggregations, social platforms, UK Companies House, and international corporate registries. US court records specifically are not part of the dataset — those are TruthFinder’s core strength.
Is TruthFinder useful in the UK?
Minimally. Its core US-court-record dataset doesn’t translate to UK subjects, and much of its value proposition (criminal records) is handled in the UK by DBS through entirely different channels.
Can I use BLACKEYES for employment decisions?
Yes, with the standard caveats: use it as one input alongside DBS and Right to Work, verify material findings independently, document your lawful basis for processing under UK GDPR, and apply screening consistently. Our reports are designed to support this use responsibly.
Why UK vs US matters
The US and UK have very different public-record infrastructures. The US publishes extensive court and arrest records publicly; the UK does not. The US has fragmented credit reference data; the UK is consolidated through regulated CRAs. The US lacks a universal corporate register; the UK has Companies House. Each jurisdiction’s OSINT tooling reflects its public-data landscape.
Try BLACKEYES for UK investigation
One email. Fifteen minutes. Source-cited reportable output for UK professional use cases where TruthFinder’s dataset doesn’t reach.
Reports are tools, not conclusive judgements — verify material findings before reliance. See the FAQ