The Include List allows you to provide unique personal information about an identity. You can securely save this information across sessions of Identity Finder within your Personal Information File. Identity Finder will always search for the information you provide. Your identities are confidential and sensitive so this Include List is stored encrypted on your hard drive and requires a password to be opened.
To open the list, click the "Add/Remove Information" button on the "What to Search for" ribbon. Here you can view all your Unique Identities. If you make changes and want to Save your list for future sessions, click the "Save" button. Otherwise click OK. You may be prompted to provide a password if you are saving a new list.
To add a unique identity, select the Identity Match Type from the Add an Identity drop down box. Then enter your personal information in the field to its right. Below this field is an example of the acceptable syntax for this identity. It is important for you to use the correct syntax so that Identity Finder can convert your identity into numerous formats for searching. Once you have entered the appropriate identity information, click the "Add" button and it will appear in the Unique Identity Include List.
To remove an identity or multiple identities, highlight them and click the "Remove" button. The "Remove All" button clears the entire list.
Note if you Enabled Worldwide Searching then you can also add unique identities for additional identity match types and you might see additional buttons for Australia Tax File Numbers, Canada Social Insurance Numbers, United Kingdom National Insurance Numbers, and United Kingdom National Health Service Numbers.
All the information you enter will be saved to your Personal Information File (PIF). If you did not load this file on startup or you want to revert your changes to the last time you saved, you may press the "Load PIF" button. If you want your changes saved to your PIF, click the "Save PIF" button.
After you click OK, the ribbon button for the identity type(s) you included in the "Search with Unique Personal Information You Include" group on the What to Search For tab will be highlighted orange. When these button(s) are highlighted, Identity Finder will search for that identity type. If you do not want Identity Finder to search for that identity type for a specific search, but wish to leave the information in your Unique Identity Include List, then click the button to remove the orange highlight.
Note: Only unique identities that you add before a search begins will be found during that search. If you add unique identities to the Include List during a search, they will not be used for the current search.
Note: Identity Finder doesn't simply search for the personal information you enter, but rather it converts that information into multiple formats to increase the likelihood of discovering matches. For example, when you enter 03/12/1972 as a Date of Birth, Identity Finder will match all of the following formats (and others) in any location:
03/12/1972
03/12/72
03-12-1972
03-12-72
Mar. 12, 1972
March 12, 1972
Note: Identity Finder will also look for any words you enter in various cases so it is not necessary for Maiden Name to enter Smith, smith, and SMITH. Any one of these will match all three versions.
Note: Choose a strong password to be sure your list is safe.