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GENERAL QUESTIONS

Here are answers to some common questions handled by our support staff.  If you require further product support, please contact LexisNexis Customer Support for assistance with ID, password, IP maintenance, technical or usability questions by email at Accurint.Support@lexisnexisrisk.com or call 1-866-277-8407.
  1. What does a System Administrator do?
  2. What do I do if I forget my password?
  3. How secure is your website?
  4. How accurate is your information?
  5. How often do you update your records?
  6. What’s “My Account”?
  7. What do all the different icons indicate?
  8. Why am I not getting the search results that I need?
  9. How can I get free training on the Accurint system?
  10. What if I have additional questions?
1. What does a System Administrator do?  Top
All Accurint customers have an identified “System Administrator.” This is the employee within your agency who has special access to the “My Account” section of the Accurint Website. Responsibilities of the System Administrator are:
  • Add and suspend users *
  • Change user passwords
  • Retrieve invoices and statements
  • Retrieve billing detail and activity
  • Make online payments
  • Set search functionalities and system preferences
  • Set company security restrictions
* IMPORTANT – System Administrators are responsible for suspending user access for the agency’s terminated employees. Accurint is not responsible for charges incurred by terminated employees whose access was not suspended at time of termination.

2. What do I do if I forget my password?  Top
If you forget your password, please see the employee at your agency who is the System Administrator. This person can reset your password. You may also use the 'Forgot your password?' feature on the Sign In page. If you are a System Administrator and need help resetting a password or login ID, please contact LexisNexis Customer Support or your Accurint Account Manager.

3. How secure is your website?  Top
The Accurint website is encrypted using SSL.  Additionally, your System Administrator has the ability to restrict access to the Accurint website by IP address.  This feature is found under the “Company Security“ tab of the “My Account“ section.

4. How accurate is your information?  Top
The data used in the Accurint system may have errors. Data is sometimes entered poorly, processed incorrectly, and is generally not free from defect. This system should not be relied upon as definitively accurate. Before relying on any data this system supplies, it should be independently verified.

5. How often do you update your records?  Top
The data provided by Accurint is a combination of over 86.7 billion records from over 10,000 different data sources. Data sources are updated daily, weekly, monthly, and annually, depending on the particular data source.

6. What’s “My Account”?  Top
System users can access “My Account” to change passwords and Login IDs, check their activity, view company security, set preferences for reports, and view saved reports. System Administrators for an agency have additional access which allows them access to Manage Users (where users can be added), Manage Company (where various security and report settings can be set), Manage Groups (where System Administrators can create, edit, and delete groups of users), and Billing Information (where account summary and history can be viewed and payments can be posted online on the LexisNexis® Electronic Payment and Invoice Center).

7. What do all the different icons indicate?  Top
After you have entered your search criteria and the system has retrieved your search results, you will see icons in the results. You may slide your mouse across each icon for a description. Selecting an icon will not automatically purchase a report. You will have the chance to review the information available. “Maximum Report Price” toward the bottom of the screen will calculate the cost of the report based on the options you have chosen.

8. Why am I not getting the search results that I expect?  Top
Be sure to check the coverage area of the particular search you are performing. Each search screen contains a Coverage link for that particular search. If you have not attended an Accurint training session, this might be the time to do so. Accurint Trainers teach best search practices and show you how to interpret search results.

9. How can I get free training on the Accurint system?  Top
There are a couple of ways to register for Accurint’s free training.
  • Call 1-800-201-6411 to speak to a Training Coordinator
  • Send an email to customereducation@lexisnexisrisk.com, and one of our Training Coordinators will contact you. Please include your agency name and account number, if known.
10. What if I have additional questions?  Top
Please feel free to contact us: