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Your personal details — from your email address to your passport number — are highly valuable to cybercriminals. If leaked on the internet or dark web, they can be used for identity theft, financial fraud, or targeted scams.

Trend Micro ID Protection’s Identity Monitoring feature continuously scans the internet and dark web for your sensitive information. When a leak is detected, you get real-time alerts so you can act before damage is done.

In this guide, you’ll learn:

💡 Why Identity Monitoring is Essential

Data breaches happen every day — often without victims knowing for months. Identity Monitoring gives you:

  • 24/7 scanning of billions of records on the internet and dark web
  • Instant alerts when your information appears in a breach
  • Coverage for key personal details including:
    • Home address
    • Email addresses
    • Phone numbers
    • Tax ID & government IDs
    • Bank account & credit card numbers
    • Driver's license, passport, and more
  • Social media checkups for Facebook, Google, and Instagram to ensure account safety

🚀 How to Start Monitoring Your Information

Option 1: Via Trend Micro ID Protection Portal

  1. Go to the ID Protection Portal and sign in with your Trend Micro Account.
  2. Select Identity on the left panel.
  3. Under Personal Identity, choose the data you want to monitor — e.g., home address, tax ID, bank account.
  4. Click Add to enter the details.
  5. For email & phone numbers, verify via one-time code.
  6. Under Social Media Monitoring, set up Facebook, Google, and Instagram monitoring by signing in.

Option 2: Via Trend Micro ID Protection Mobile App

  1. Open the Trend Micro ID Protection App and sign in.
  2. Go to the Explore tab.
  3. Under Personal Identity, tap Add to monitor your personal info.
  4. Verify email or phone via one-time code.
  5. Under Social Media Monitoring, connect your accounts for ongoing checks.

🛑 How to Stop Monitoring if Needed

  1. On the Identity tab, choose the personal or social media info to remove.
  2. Click or tap the ⫶ symbol next to the information, then select Stop monitoring.

❓ Why Some Leaks Don't Have a Domain

Not all breaches come from specific websites — some data leaks from vendors, service providers, or third-party partners. In these cases, leaked records may not be linked to a visible domain.

🔒 Protect Your Identity Now

You can’t prevent every data breach, but you can control how fast you respond. With Trend Micro ID Protection’s Identity Monitoring, you’ll know the instant your private data appears where it shouldn’t.

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