If your family's data leaks, you'll know immediately.
With Greenlight Family Shield, dark web and identity monitoring scans for your family's leaked data — including kids' SSNs — and alerts you the moment it's found, with restoration specialists to help you recover.
Dark web monitoring at a glance
Dark web monitoring continuously scans the marketplaces, forums, and breach databases where stolen personal information is traded, and alerts you if your details show up. Greenlight Family Shield watches emails, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, and card numbers for everyone on the plan — and hands you a step-by-step recovery plan the moment data is exposed.
- Covers every family member, including kids' SSNs.
- Watches emails, phone numbers, SSNs & card numbers.
- Alerts typically within 24 hours of a detected breach.
- Includes a recovery plan and restoration specialists.
Last updated: June 2026. Pricing, coverage limits, and bureau details reflect Greenlight Family Shield as of June 2026.
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What is dark web monitoring and why does it matter?
Dark web monitoring continuously scans the hidden corners of the internet — marketplaces, hacker forums, and breach databases — where stolen personal information is bought and sold, and alerts you if your details show up. It matters because data leaks are constant: when a company you use is breached, your email, password, phone number, Social Security number, or card number can end up for sale without you ever knowing. The earlier you find out, the sooner you can change a password, lock your credit, or flag your bank — before that data is used to open accounts or drain funds.
Always-on monitoring for the whole family.
Greenlight Family Shield monitors the dark web and breach databases for your whole family — watching emails, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, and card numbers for every person on the plan, including kids, whose SSNs are a frequent target. If anyone's data is exposed, you get an alert with a step-by-step recovery plan plus access to identity-restoration specialists, so a leak never has to become a loss.
Why it matters
The average person has 130+ accounts. Each one is a vulnerability.
Every family member's personal data is scattered across hundreds of accounts — and every breach widens the exposure.
35%
Of identity theft victims take longer than a week to discover they experienced identity theft.
3,322
Publicly disclosed data breaches in 2025, exposing personal data that fuels identity fraud.
How it works
Protection that turns on in minutes.
No scans to schedule, no settings to manage — just always-on monitoring for your whole family.
Add your family
Tell Greenlight who you want to protect — yourself, a partner, kids, and senior loved ones — all covered on one Family Shield plan.
Turn on dark web monitoring
Activate in a couple of taps. Greenlight immediately begins scanning the dark web and breach databases for each person's emails, phone numbers, SSNs, and card numbers.
Relax — we'll watch for you
If anyone's information shows up where it shouldn't, you get an alert with a clear recovery plan and access to restoration specialists — so a leak never becomes a loss.
Questions about monitoring.
Straight answers to the questions families ask most.
How does Greenlight monitor the dark web for my family?
Greenlight Family Shield continuously scans dark-web marketplaces, hacker forums, and breach databases for your family's email addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, and credit-card numbers — and alerts you the moment any match appears.
If a leak is found, you'll get a step-by-step recovery plan in the app, plus access to identity-restoration specialists.§§
What data types does Greenlight watch for?
All the personal information most likely to be exposed in a breach — for every family member on your plan.
That includes the details criminals trade and exploit most: email addresses and phone numbers, Social Security and driver's-license numbers, credit-card and bank-account details, and home addresses. As new types of personal data start showing up in breaches, Greenlight's monitoring expands to cover them too.
How often does Greenlight scan?
New breach databases are checked as soon as they appear; existing-breach checks refresh daily.
If your data shows up in a breach, you'll usually see an alert within 24 hours of the breach being detected by our monitoring partner.
Can Greenlight remove my data from the dark web?
No. Once data is leaked, it cannot be "taken back" from the dark web.
What we can do is alert you immediately so you can change passwords, close accounts, or lock credit before the leaked data is used. Restoration specialists help with the cleanup if fraud occurs.
Is monitoring available for kids?
Yes. Each child on the Family Shield plan gets the same monitoring as adults.
Child SSNs are an especially valuable target for identity thieves because misuse often goes undetected for years — the child has no credit file yet to monitor in the usual way.
Can I scan before signing up?
Yes. Greenlight offers a free one-time dark-web scan of a single email address — no subscription required.
The free scan checks your email against the largest public breach databases and gives you a baseline. Continuous monitoring (every data type, refreshed daily) requires the Family Shield subscription.
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About Family Shield
About Greenlight Family Shield.
The essentials about how Greenlight Family Shield works.
What Greenlight Family Shield includes in one subscription
Greenlight Family Shield combines identity and credit protection, family location safety, and kids' & seniors' debit cards in one $19.98/month subscription — so most families don't need a separate app for each. Here's how to choose:
Choose an identity-protection service like LifeLock if you want credit and identity monitoring for individuals; they do not include kids' money tools or family location tracking.
Choose a family-safety app like Life360 if you want location and driving tracking; they do not include credit lock, ID theft protection, or kids' money tools.
Choose a money app like Cash App if all you want is a free debit card; they typically do not include credit-bureau monitoring or family location tracking.
Choose Greenlight Family Shield if you want financial, digital, and physical protection for your whole family — kids, parents, and grandparents — in one place.
Covered all in one app
Greenlight Family Shield
Identity & fraud protection apps
Family safety apps
Kids' money apps
FINANCIAL PROTECTION
3B credit, identity, and dark web monitoring§§
Automatic suspicious activity alerts
Credit lockNEW · LAUNCHED MAY 2026
Financial account monitoring
Up to $1M identity theft coverage§
Up to $100K deceptive transfer fraud coverage§
VPN, password manager & antivirus
SAFETY
Real-time location monitoring††
Location alerts, crash detection & driving reports
FINANCE FOR KIDS
Debit cards for up to 5 kids and 2 seniors
Chores, allowance, and direct deposit
Investing with parent approval
6% earned on savings*
1% cash back**
Financial literacy content for adults & game for kids
Free debit card with no monthly fee
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Keep exploring
More Family Shield features.
Prevention
Credit lock
If your SSN leaks, lock the credit file before it's used.
Coverage
$1M identity theft coverage
Restoration costs if leaked data leads to fraud.
Detection
Credit alerts
Catch new accounts being opened with the leaked SSN.
Join Greenlight. Love it or it's on us.
Family Shield covers up to two adults, two senior loved ones, and five kids on a single $19.98/month plan — with credit lock, monitoring, identity coverage, and more. Cancel anytime during the 30-day risk-free trial.‡