BrokerSearch is an online database of publicly available information intended to further the goals of investor protection and education by providing an easier way for investors to access information about currently employed brokers and investment advisers registered with FINRA who may have received written customer complaints; who may have been subject to certain specified criminal actions, civil complaints and arbitration claims; or who may have violated securities, insurance, commodities, financial or investment-related laws, rules, regulations or standards of conduct of any domestic or foreign regulatory body or self-regulatory organization.