According to embodiments described in the specification, a method, system and apparatus for managing contact data are provided. The method comprises storing a plurality of contact attributes distilled from at least one data source in a memory, the contact attributes defining a plurality of contacts; receiving input data at a communications interface; identifying at least one search attribute from the received input data; selecting at least one of the plurality of contacts based on matches between the plurality of contact attributes and the at least one search attribute; and transmitting notification data based on the selected contact.