5. Scheduled scans
Searching by hand only works when you have time, and new leaks keep appearing in between. Monitoring services re-run their searches on a schedule and flag new matches. Questions worth asking any service: how often it re-scans, whether it searches the names leakers use for you as well as your handle, whether a person reviews each match before a notice goes out, and whether it rechecks a page after the notice. DeleteMyLeaks searches Google (web and images) and Brave for your names, aliases and handles - weekly, every 2 days or daily, depending on the plan.