About Barnveil
I started this because I kept seeing the same problem and nobody was solving it properly.
"I spent years as a private investigator finding people who didn't want to be found. Then I realised the bigger problem was the other way round. Good people who had no idea how findable they were."
Aaron Barnes-Wilding
Founder & Lead Investigator
I started as a private investigator. Online harassment, fraud, stalking. The cases where someone's life gets turned upside down because the wrong person found the right information. I did that for five years. 400+ investigations.
The pattern was always the same. Someone would come to me after the damage was done. An ex-partner found their new address through a data broker. A scammer built a profile from public records and social media. A stalker pieced together a daily routine from check-ins and tagged photos. Every time, the information had been sitting there for anyone to find.
I also worked as a financial crime investigator at a major UK bank. That showed me the other side: how methodically bad actors harvest personal data, and how little most people understand about what's already out there with their name on it.
So I built The Barnveil Protocol. I use the same techniques I used to find people, but I point them at you, find everything a bad actor could find, and then help you clean it up. Every client works directly with me. No junior staff. No automated scans. Just a PI doing what PIs do, except this time you're the one who benefits from it.
How I Work
You deal with me directly
No account managers. No junior analysts. I run every investigation personally. When you get your report, I'm the one who wrote it and I'm the one who walks you through it.
I will tell you the truth
If I don't think you need this, I'll say so. If something can't be removed, I'll explain why. I'd rather lose a sale than waste your money.
I think like the threat
Software scans databases. I think like the person trying to find you. That means checking the places automated tools miss: court records, archived posts, social connections, data brokers most people have never heard of.
No scare tactics
Some privacy companies sell fear. I sell clarity. You'll know exactly what's out there, exactly how serious it is, and exactly what I can do about it. Then you decide.
"I've seen what happens when someone's personal information ends up in the wrong hands. It doesn't stay online. It follows them home. I built Barnveil so people could find out what's exposed before someone else does."
— Aaron Barnes-Wilding