> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: /people-search/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Data and acceptable use

> Where the data comes from, what the API won't do, and how it may be used.

## Sources

| Data | Source |
| - | - |
| People search results and contact lookups | Crustdata |
| Public LinkedIn profiles (work history, education, skills) and posts | AnyAPI |
| Public Reddit posts, comments and profiles for customer discovery | AnyAPI |
| Public Facebook account lookup, profiles and posts for LinkedIn-based enrichment | AnyAPI |
| X accounts | The official X API |
| X posts, Instagram and TikTok accounts and posts, and following lists | TikHub, from public profiles |
| YouTube videos, their details and captions | Oxylabs, from YouTube's public search results and video pages |
| Scores and summaries | An AI model, from the data above |

The API only returns what the account shows publicly. Private accounts return their profile but no posts.

## What the API won't do

* **No face matching.** Accounts are matched on text: names, bios, links and work history. Profile photos are never compared.
* **No sensitive traits.** Scores and summaries never infer or mention ethnicity, religion, health, sexual orientation or political views, even when posts hint at them.
* **Contact lookup is off by default.** Set `contact: true` to include emails and phone numbers from a separate, paid lookup.

## Acceptable use

Use the API to research public professional and social presence, for example to understand a prospect, a candidate or a partner. Don't use it to:

* track, harass, intimidate or surveil anyone;
* make decisions about employment, credit, housing or insurance;
* build profiles of children;
* get around a platform's own privacy controls.

You're responsible for having a lawful basis to process the data you request, and for following the laws that apply to you and the people you look up.


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