finding out who a phone number belongs to

[juleejules]

Is there a site where I can put in a landline telephone number and find out who it belongs to?

[New Judge]

No.

[wolf63]

Try putting the number into Google and see if it belongs to a company.

You can find out where the STD code is from - this might help you.

[Buenchico]

Assuming that you're in the UK, the answer is 'No'.

It's illegal, under data protection legislation, for anyone to make 'reverse search' directory facilities available (either online or on CD).

When telephone directories first became available on CD (which was before they became available online), the 'professional' editions of the CDs did permit reverse searching. However privacy campaigners pointed out that, for example, a young woman might be prepared to give her phone number to a stranger she met in a night club but not want him to know where she lives. Because of these concerns, reverse searching facilities were made illegal.

Chris