Privacy
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. PURPOSE OF POLICY. OpenPeopleSearch.com (“us,” “we,” or “Company”) is committed to respecting the privacy rights of users of Open People Search (the “Site”). We created this Privacy Policy (this “Policy”) so you can understand our information collection, storage and use policies.
1.2. OPT OUT. You may block your information from future sharing, free of charge, by visiting our Remove my Info page.
1.3. NOTICE CONCERNING CHILDREN. This Site is not targeted towards children under the age of 13 nor intended to be used by them in any manner whatsoever.
2. INFORMATION COLLECTION PRACTICES
2.1. WHAT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION DOES THE COMPANY COLLECT?
A. Categories of Personally Identifiable Information. We collect the following information as follows:
i. Free Unregistered Users of the Site:
• IP Address
• Browser type
• Email correspondence
ii. Registered Users of the Site:
• IP Address
• Browser information
• Account email, name and company name as submitted by User
• Log of account activity and searches run
• Email correspondence
iii. Consumer Data that is in our consumer data database for site search results:
We collect public data from federal, state and local government agencies and from non-government public data sources like telephone listings for site search results.
• Consumer names
• Consumer addresses
• Consumer phone numbers
• Consumer email addresses
• Consumer employer or occupation data
• Consumer date of birth information
• Name of public data source
• Date of record collected
B. Privacy Policy Modifications and Updates. If we modify or update this privacy policy, we will notify you by posting the changes here and updating the page's Last Updated date.
C. Last Updated Date: The last updated date of this Policy is posted below.
D. Browser Do Not Track Signals: California law requires that we disclose whether we acknowledge "do not track" signals issued by browsers should you designate such a choice with said browsers. We do not do so.
E. Third Party Cumulative Tracking: California law requires us to disclose to you whether third parties can acquire and track your personally identifiable information through our website. Google and Twitter can track you through this Site as we use their services for social media and analytics purposes.
F. California Eraser Law. We only do not allow for the posting of anonymous user generated content on the Site.
2.2 WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DOES COMPANY COLLECT?
A. AUTOMATIC COLLECTION. Our servers automatically recognize and collect your IP addresses (the number assigned to computers on the Internet). No personal information about you is revealed in this process. We may, however, track how long you are on the Site, the pages you visit, your IP address, the results of actions you undertake, the keywords you use to find the Site and other information detailing your use of the Site. The Site may also gather anonymous aggregate data for all visitors that does not personally identify you, but that may be helpful for marketing purposes or for improving the services we offer.
B. COOKIES. We use standard first and third party cookies. You can choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings on your browser. However, if you choose to disable this function, your experience at our Site may be diminished and some features may not work as they were intended.
3. USE AND SHARING OF INFORMATION
3.1. WHAT DOES COMPANY DO WITH COLLECTED INFORMATION?
A. PERSONAL INFORMATION. We use the personally identifiable information you submit to monitor and improve our site. We do not share your personal information with third parties with the exception of third party services that we use to run, maintain and analyze the Site. These parties do not market to you. We may use your personal information to track, identify and investigate illegal activity or suspected violations of our Terms.
B. ANONYMOUS INFORMATION. We use anonymous information to analyze our Site traffic. We may use anonymous information in combination with personal information to track, identify and to investigate fraud or suspected violations of our Terms. In addition, we may use anonymous IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer our Site, or to display the content according to your preferences.
C. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. We may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to (1) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Company or its parent company, subsidiaries or affiliates, (2) protect ours or others rights, property or safety, or (3) act under exigent circumstances to protect the safety of the public or users of the Site.
4. SECURITY
4.1. SITE SECURITY. The Site has reasonable security measures in place to prevent the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information that we obtain from you. The Site utilizes a multi-tiered security system to prevent unauthorized access by third parties. Our servers are located in a high security, state-of-the-art facility with 24 hour per day monitoring. The site uses SSL security to assure secure transactions.
5. WEBSITE AREAS BEYOND COMPANY’S CONTROL
5.1. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES. The Site contains links to other websites. We have no control over the terms and privacy policies of said sites. Please make sure to view the policies of those sites before providing personal information to said sites.
6. NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS:
All data shared at this website is publicly available information and is exempt from the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 under section 1798.140(v)(2). However, we recognize that some people may still want to remove their information, so we allow them to do so. Please follow this link to remove your information: Do No Share or Sell My Personal Information.
Collection of Personal Information: We collect name, address, email address and phone information from federal, state and local government agencies as well as from public data aggregators. We may share some or all of the information with users at our website.
Notice of Analytics, Social Media and Advertising Based Data Collection: Third parties use cookies to collect information about your visit to this website. These include Google Analytics, Google Ads, Facebook, Twitter and 3rd Party Advertising Networks and Advertisers. The purpose of this collection is to personalize your experience by serving ads and other content relevant to your interests and to allow for you to share information on their platforms and for us to track and analyze our anonymous website traffic. You may stop this collection at any time by disabling cookies in your browser settings. In addition, we may use first party cookies to store your IP address and information about your site visits to make your visit a better experience, and to detect and stop abusive traffic patterns in violation of our Terms and Conditions.
Disclosure of Sale of Personal Information: We have shared public record information with website users in the past twelve months and this may include anonymous business users. We have sold information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding 12 months. We do not sell the personal information of minors.
Contact for more information: If you have further questions about your California privacy rights, please use our contact form at https://www.openpeoplesearch.com/Contact.
7. NOTICE TO VIRGINIA RESIDENTS:
All data shared at this website is publicly available information and is exempt from the Virginia Consumer Data Act under sections 59.1-575 AND 59.1-576. However, we recognize that some people may still want to remove their information, so we allow them to do so. Please follow this link to remove your information: Do No Share or Sell My Personal Information.
8. NOTICE TO COLORADO RESIDENTS:
All data shared at this website is publicly available information and is exempt from the Colorado Privacy Act under section C.R.S. 6-1-1303 (17) (b). However, we recognize that some people may still want to remove their information, so we allow them to do so. Please follow this link to remove your information: Do No Share or Sell My Personal Information.
9. NOTICE TO CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS:
All data shared at this website is publicly available information and is exempt from the Connecticut Data Privacy Act under section 22-15 Sec. 1(25). However, we recognize that some people may still want to remove their information, so we allow them to do so. Please follow this link to remove your information: Do No Share or Sell My Personal Information.
10. NOTICE TO UTAH RESIDENTS:
All data shared at this website is publicly available information and is exempt from the Utah Consumer Privacy Act under sections 160.103 (29) (a) and (b). However, we recognize that some people may still want to remove their information, so we allow them to do so. Please follow this link to remove your information: Do No Share or Sell My Personal Information.
11. CONTACT INFORMATION
11.1. CONTACTING US. If you have any questions about this Policy or our practices related to this Site please contact us by accessing the “Contact” link at the bottom of each Site page.
11.2 LEGAL NOTICES. Any legal notices must be sent via email or the Site’s contact form and by first class mail to The Open Data People, Inc., Attn: Legal Dept., PO Box 890370, Temecula, CA 92589
LAST UPDATED: January 4, 2024