LegalShield UK, which provides membership-based, app-enabled legal services for consumers, has launched PrivacyDefence, an app that alerts consumers via live notifications if their personal data is being hacked.

The service will be available to PrivacyDefence members for £9 per month and will provide users with a monitoring service that helps protect their personal data by tracking personal and financial information and alerting them before it is compromised, for example if it is traded on the dark web.

PrivacyDefence can help consumers track any personal data recorded online, from email addresses and telephone numbers to credit card numbers and medical ID numbers. If any personal information has been compromised or stolen, users will be alerted straightaway and advised by dedicated experts on how to address the issue and have their identity restored.

“Social media has become instrumental in all our daily lives, but there’s a worrying tendency for people not to realise the threats of the internet and how easily they can become a victim of personal data theft,” said LegalShield UK managing director, Mike Roberts. “We’re here to empower people to deal with these situations by making a team of identity theft specialists accessible to our customers. We’re using our established technology to prevent compromising circumstances that consumers might experience when they’re browsing the web and ultimately helping them to beat cyber crime.”