Patent ID: 8458224

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, by a processor, one or more search requests from one or more users, the one or more search requests comprising a request for relationship information of a target individual that is determined using email data, and the one or more search requests including at least one of a first name, a last name, and a company name of the target individual, wherein the relationship information comprises one or more persons identified based at least in part on a volume of email traffic between the target individual and the one or more persons; storing, in a memory, search information associated with the one or more search requests, wherein the search information comprises a plurality of fields, the plurality of fields comprising one or more of: a user identification associated with at least one of the one or more users; a name of at least one of the one or more users; a type of search request received; a name of the target individual; an email address associated with the target individual; and a time at which the search request is received; generating an audit report based at least in part on the stored search information, wherein the audit report comprises a number of search requests generated by at least one of the one or more users during a configurable period of time; and storing the audit report.