Built by people who ran the searches first.
Lodestone Data is a NWISI company, built by people who ran these searches for years.
Why this exists
Lodestone shows the source of every record, keeps people who share a name apart, and records a permissible purpose on every search.
A lodestone
A lodestone is the naturally magnetised ore that made the first compasses work: not the compass, the thing that makes it point.
Structure
Lodestone Data is the platform. NWISI is the company behind it. Investigative work that needs a person to confirm what a record suggests is a separate engagement with a licensed investigative agency, kept in a separate entity.
The platform is designed, built and operated by GhostKey Development Inc..