Privacy Policy

Effective Date: September 17, 2024

Welcome to ThePubliclndex.org! We are a public records search service provided by InfoPay, Inc. ("we", "us", or InfoPay, Inc.).

This policy ("Privacy Policy") has been compiled to assist you ("you," "your," or "User") to understand how ThePublicIndex.org ("we", "our," "us" or "ThePubliclndex"), and our affiliates, parents, and subsidiaries, collect, use, and disclose information that we collect through your use of the ThePubliclndex website, available at https://thepublicindex.org and the associated products, services, and materials offered herein (the "Services"). This Privacy Policy is part of and supplements the Website Terms of Service (the "Terms"), available here: https://members.thepublicindex.org/terms.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected or obtained by any website that may be linked from the Services. Each such linked website may have its own privacy notice and terms of service, and it is your responsibility to review them before you use the linked website.

By accessing, browsing, or otherwise using the Services, you acknowledge and consent to our collection and use of information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY. YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE CONSTITUTES YOUR CONSENT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. DO NOT USE THE WEBSITE IF YOU ARE UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO CONSENT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

Depending on where you live, you may be entitled to certain individual rights with respect to some or all of your personal information. Please see the Notice of Privacy Rights for Residents of Certain U.S. States section of our Privacy Policy for more information related to privacy rights that may be applicable to you.

1. Information Collection

When you use the Services, we may collect the following categories of personal information about you, which are described in more detail below. All of the information listed below is hereinafter referred to as "Information."

Categories of Information We Collect	Examples	How We Use Your Information
Individual identifiers	Name Email address Physical billing address Phone number Business name Demographic information you choose to provide such as age or date of birth	To operate and improve the Services and products, and content therein To create and maintain an account for you to allow you to purchase and use the services we make available on the Services To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us, or that may be of interest to you To send administrative information to you, for example, information regarding the Services and changes to our terms, conditions, and policies. (Because this information may be important to your use of the Services, you may not opt out of receiving these communications.) To manage, improve, and foster relationships with third-party service providers, including vendors, suppliers, and parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and business partners To comply with our Terms To comply with any applicable laws and regulations and respond to lawful requests For any other purposes disclosed to you at the time we collect your Information and/or pursuant to your consent
Payment and transaction information	Credit card number Name CVV code Date of expiration	To create and maintain an account for you to allow you to purchase and use the services we make available on the Services For any other purposes disclosed to you at the time we collect your Information and/or pursuant to your consent
Communications with us, preferences, and other Information you provide to us	Messages, opinions, and feedback that you provide us Your user preferences (such as in receiving updates or marketing information) Other Information that you share with us when you contact us directly (such as for customer support services)	To operate and improve the services and products, and content therein To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us, or that may be of interest to you To respond to your comments, inquiries and questions and provide customer services To deliver a more personalized experience based on your preferences For general or targeted marketing and advertising purposes, including sending you promotional material or special offers on our behalf, or on behalf of our marketing partners, and/or their respective affiliates and subsidiaries and other third parties, provided that you have not already opted out of receiving such communications For any other purposes disclosed to you at the time we collect your Information and/or pursuant to your consent
Additional Information	Additional Information as otherwise described to you at the point of collection or pursuant to your consent	To operate and improve the services and products, and content therein For any other purposes disclosed to you at the time we collect your Information and/or pursuant to your consent
Information we may automatically collect about you	IP address Date and time of your visit or use of our Services Domain server from which you are using our Services Type of computer, web browsers, search engine used, operating system, or platform you use Data identifying the web pages you visited prior to and after visiting our website or use of our Services Your movement and activity within the website, which is aggregated with other information Geographic data such as country or region Mobile device information, including the type of device you use, operating system version, and the device identifier (or "UDID")	To operate and improve the services and products, and content therein To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us, or that may be of interest to you To understand and analyze information related to the number and type of visitors that browse and use the Services To maintain, improve, customize, or administer the Services, perform business analyses, or other internal purposes to improve the quality of our business, the Services, resolve technical problems, or improve security or develop other products and services For analytics, for business purposes and business intelligence For any other purposes disclosed to you at the time we collect your Information and/or pursuant to your consent
Information we receive from third parties	Information appearing in publicly available records that matches user searches	To operate and improve the services and products, and content on our platforms

2. Usage of Cookies and Other Network Technologies

A. Cookies

The Services may use "cookies" and other web tracking tools to enhance your online experience with us. We may store Information about you using the cookies on our Services. A cookie (also called web cookie, Internet cookie, browser cookie, or simply cookie) is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user's computer by the user's web browser while the user is browsing. We use cookies to improve your site experience, to assess content usage, to distinguish you from other users of our Services, and to support the marketing of our Services.

You can adjust the cookies we collect by visiting the Cookie Notice. You are free to decline to accept cookies, but by doing so, you may not be able to take full advantage of our Services and all of our offerings. Certain of the cookies are necessary in order for the Services to function. In certain circumstances, we may link the information we store in cookies to personal information you submit while using the Services.

Further, if you want to delete any cookies that are already on your computer, please refer to the file management software to locate the file or directory that stores cookies under the following file names. Other information on deleting or controlling cookies is available at www.allaboutcookies.org.

B. GIFs

We or our service providers may also use "pixel tags," "web beacons," "clear GIFs," "embedded links," and other commonly used information-gathering tools in connection with some website pages and HTML-formatted email messages. We use these tools for such purposes as compiling aggregate statistics about website usage and response rates. A pixel tag is an electronic image (often a single pixel), that is ordinarily not visible to website visitors, and may be associated with cookies on visitors' hard drives. Pixel tags allow us and our service providers to count users who have visited certain pages of the Services, to deliver customized services, and to help determine the effectiveness of the Services. When used in HTML-formatted email messages, pixel tags can inform the sender of the email whether and when the email has been opened.

C. Clickstreams

As you use the Internet, you leave a trail of electronic information at each website you visit. This information, which is sometimes referred to as "clickstream data," can be collected and stored by a website's server. Clickstream data can reveal the type of computer and browsing software you use and the address of the website from which you linked to the website. We may use clickstream data as a form of non-personal information to determine how much time visitors spend on each page of the Services, how visitors navigate through the Services, and how we may tailor our web pages to better meet the needs of visitors. We will only use this information to improve the Services.

D. Advertising

Note that we may use cookies and other technologies for purposes of online advertising. This means that when you use the services, we or third-party ad servers, ad network providers, or advertisers (collectively "Ad Providers") may use cookies that they collect or that we provide to them. Such Ad Providers may collect information about your use of the services (including mobile applications) or your online activities over time and across different websites and devices. Collected information may include the content you viewed, the date and time that you viewed this content, and the website that referred you to the services. This information may be associated with your unique browser, device identifier, or IP address. Ad Providers may provide you with advertisements that you may see on the services or on affiliated websites. To improve the relevancy and help measure the effectiveness of such advertisements, the Ad Providers may use cookies, web beacons, clear GIFs, or similar technologies. These practices help tailor advertisements that are relevant and of use to you. You may control or opt-out of such advertising by changing the cookie settings in your browser as described above.

E. User Behavior Tracking

We may track the webpages and links our users visit within the Services, in order to determine what services are most popular. We may use such tracking data to deliver customized content and advertising to users whose behavior indicates they are interested in a particular subject area. We may also collect user data to track the areas of a webpage where users most frequently move the mouse or click. These tracking activities make it possible to monitor and analyze web traffic and evaluate user behavior to customize our services.

Our use of online tracking technologies may be considered a "sale" or "sharing" under certain laws. To the extent that these online tracking technologies are deemed to be a "sale" or "sharing" under certain laws, you can opt out of these online tracking technologies by emailing us at privacy@thepublicindex.org.

F. Do Not Track Notice

Many modern web browsers give you the option to send a "Do Not Track" signal to the websites you visit, indicating that you do not wish to be tracked. At this time, the Services do not specifically respond to "Do Not Track" signals.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of our third-party advertisers and analytics service providers to learn about your choices about information they collect from you. In addition, the Network Advertising Initiative offers information about some of the Internet advertising companies we may use, including how to opt out of interest-based advertising they deliver. For all the details, including how to turn on Do Not Track, visit www.donottrack.us.

G. Location Choices

You may be able to change the privacy settings of your mobile device at any time to turn off the sharing of this location information with our Services. If you choose to turn off location services, this could affect certain features of our Services. If you have specific questions about the privacy settings of your device, we suggest you contact the manufacturer of your device or your mobile service provider for help.

3. Disclosure and Sharing

We may share and/or disclose your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy in the following circumstances:

With Your Consent. We may share personal information with your consent.
For Legal and Administrative Reasons. We may disclose your personal information without notice: (i) as may be required by law (e.g., in response to a court order or subpoena, or in response to a law enforcement agency request); (ii) to protect our organization or others from injury (e.g., when we believe that someone is causing, or is about to cause, injury to or interference with the rights or property of another); (iii) as necessary to comply with applicable law; and (iv) to enforce or apply our Terms of Service.
Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your personal information with persons or organizations with whom we contract to carry out internal and external site operations or as necessary to render the Services. Additionally, we may also exchange personal information with third parties for fraud protection and credit risk reduction. These third-party service providers include:
- Server hosting providers
- Payment processors
- Customer service vendors
- Marketing communications and analytics vendors
- Fraud protection and credit risk reduction providers
Aggregate Sharing. We may share anonymous, deidentified aggregate information with third parties, including affiliated and non-affiliated organizations such as advertisers.
Business Transfers. We may transfer your personal information to our successor-in-interest in the event of an acquisition, sale, merger, or bankruptcy. In the event we go through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, any personal information we have on record will likely be among the assets transferred. The transferred personal information will remain subject to the provisions of this Privacy Policy as it is updated from time to time.
Information Shared with our Subsidiaries and Affiliates. We may share your personal Information with our subsidiaries and affiliates. If you do not want us to share your personal information with our subsidiaries and affiliates, please email us at privacy@thepublicindex.org.

4. Information Removal

As a courtesy, we provide you with a method of removing certain Information about you from ThePubliclndex.org search results. Please click here to view our Information Removal Policy.

5. Links To Third-Party Sites

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may link to third-party sites or content on third-party sites. We may do this for the convenience of you and other users of the Services, but we do not have control over the operation of these third-party websites. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy notices. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites.

We urge you to review the privacy notices posted on these third-party websites at the time you first visit such sites.

6. Information Security and Storage

We use commercially reasonable measures to provide the Services. However, you acknowledge that no security safeguards or method of transmission over the Internet are completely secure, and although we believe the measures implemented by us reduce the likelihood of security problems to a level appropriate to the type of data involved, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal Information transmitted to or from our Services. Any transmission of personal Information is at your own risk. We do not guarantee that your Personal Information will not be misused by third parties. We are not responsible for the circumvention of any privacy settings or security features. You agree that we will not have any liability for misuse, access, acquisition, deletion, or disclosure of your personal Information.

The safety and security of your personal Information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Services, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

If you believe that your personal Information has been accessed or acquired by an unauthorized person, you must promptly Contact Us so that we can quickly take necessary measures.

We will retain your Information for as long as needed to provide you services, and as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies. In accordance with our routine record keeping, we may delete certain records that contain Information you have submitted to us. We are under no obligation to store such Information indefinitely and disclaim any liability arising out of, or related to, the destruction of such Information.

7. Notification Options

7.1 Notifications and Alerts.

If you choose to make purchases on the Services, you agree that we may contact you by email as set forth herein, including by sending a welcome email with information about your purchase and account. We will also periodically send you alerts regarding updated results for searches you have previously conducted and updated information about the subject of your search.

7.2 Notification Opt-In.

We may offer you the ability to opt-in to receive marketing communications from us about new or upcoming products or services, and promotional materials and offers from us as well as from our subsidiaries, marketing partners, advertisers, and other third parties we may partner with. We may offer these notifications via email, via browser notifications, or both. You may opt-out of receiving these notifications as described below.

7.3 Email Notification Opt-Out.

If you no longer wish to receive marketing emails or promotional communications from us, you may opt-out of receiving them as instructed in each email. Be advised that you may not opt-out of receiving administrative email notifications from us related to technical support or customer services requests, billing and subscription issues, search alerts, or changes to the Terms or Privacy Policy.

7.4 Browser Push Notification Opt-Out.

By using our Services, you agree that we may provide browser push notifications. We may use a third party to provide these push notifications, which the third party will receive certain information related to you, including your IP address, your device identifier, and your geolocation. As part of these push notifications, the third party may provide advertisements and/or information related to our Services to you on other related websites.

If you no longer wish to receive browser push notifications, you may opt-out of receiving them by using the instructions at the following links:

Google Chrome/Android Phone users: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/3220216?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
Microsoft Edge users: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-manage-web-notifications-edge-windows-10
Firefox users: https://sendpulse.com/knowledge-base/push-notifications/general/enable-disable-push-notifications-mozilla-firefox
Opera users: https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-manage-desktop-notifications-in-opera/
Safari users: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-website-notifications-sfri40734/mac
Additional information: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/disable-notifications-chrome-firefox-safari/

7.5 Opting-Out of Direct Marketing.

To exercise choices regarding the marketing information you receive, you may also review the following links:

You may opt-out of tracking and receiving tailored advertisements on your mobile device by some mobile advertising companies and other similar entities by downloading the App Choices app at www.aboutads.info/appchoices.
You may opt-out of receiving permissible targeted advertisements by using the NAI Opt-out tool available at http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1 or visiting About Ads at http://optout.aboutads.info.
You can opt-out of having your activity on our Services made available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out add-on for your web browser by visiting: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout for your web browser.

8. How We Will Contact You

You agree that we, our affiliates, and/or our third-party service providers with whom we collaborate and contract, may communicate with you via electronic messages, including email, for example, send you information relating to our products and services that we think may be of interest to you, communicate with you about offers, promotions, upcoming events, and other news about products and services offered by us.

By using our Services, you agree that we may contact you by email as set forth herein. If you do not want to receive marketing and promotional emails from us, you may click on the "unsubscribe" link in the email to unsubscribe and opt out of marketing email communications or Contact Us.

9. Notice of Privacy Rights for Residents of Certain U.S. States

Residents of certain U.S. states may have rights and choices regarding their personal information. To the extent any data protection law applies to our collection of your personal information, this supplemental section of our Privacy Policy outlines the individual rights you may be entitled to and how to exercise those rights.

Depending on where you live and subject to certain exceptions, you may have some or all of the following rights.

Right to Know and Access. You may have the right to request that we confirm whether we process your personal information, and to request information about our collection and use of your personal information, including whether we sell or share your personal information. You also have the right to request access to personal information we may process about you. ·
Right to Data Portability. Where the processing is carried out by automated means, and subject to certain exceptions, you may have the right to request and obtain a copy of your personal information that you previously provided to us in a portable format. In addition, to the extent technically feasible, you may have the right to obtain your personal information in a readily usable format that allows you to transmit the personal information to another data controller without hindrance.
Right to Request Correction of Inaccurate Personal Information. To the extent that we may maintain inaccurate personal information, you may have the right to request that we correct such inaccurate personal information, taking into account the nature of the personal information and the purposes of the processing of the personal information.
Right to Request Deletion. You may have the right to request that we delete certain personal information or records provided by or obtained about you, with certain exceptions and limitations as allowed under law.
Right to Opt Out of the Sale and Sharing of Personal Information. You may have the right to opt out of the processing of your personal information for the purpose of selling or sharing your personal information to third parties. We do not sell or share your personal information.
Right to Opt-Out of the Use of Personal Information for Targeted Advertising and Profiling. You may have the right to opt out of the processing of your personal information for purposes of targeted advertising or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you. We do not use your Information for targeted advertising or profiling purposes.
Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information. You may have the right to request that we limit the ways we use and disclose your sensitive personal information to uses which are necessary for us to perform the Services, or deliver the goods reasonably expected by you, or as authorized by law.
Right to Non-Discrimination. You may have a right to not be discriminated against in the Services or quality of Services you receive from us for exercising your rights. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights in this section including denying goods or Services, charging different prices or rates for goods or Services, or providing a different level of quality of goods and Services. However, we may offer a different price, rate, level, quality, or selection of goods or Services, including offering goods or Services for no fee, if you have exercised your right to opt-out.
Right to Disclosure of Third-Parties. You may have a right to know the categories and names/addresses of third parties that we have disclosed your personal information to under this Policy.
Right to Disclosure of Direct Marketers. You may have a right to know the categories and names/addresses of third parties that have received personal information for their direct marketing purposes upon simple request, and free of charge.
Right to Appeal. You may have the right to appeal our denial of any request you make under this section. To exercise your right to appeal, please submit an appeal request via the information in the How to Contact us section below or using the Your Privacy Choices form. Within the certain timeframe of receipt of your appeal, as proscribed by the applicable law we will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to your appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. If we deny your appeal, you may contact the Attorney General or another authority which we will help you identify.

To learn more about whether you are guaranteed certain rights, or to submit a request to exercise your rights, please contact us using any of the methods in the How to Contact us section or using the Your Privacy Choices form.

10. Your Privacy Choices

To the extent a state privacy law applies to your Information, you may exercise applicable rights by submitting a verifiable consumer request to us via the methods described below. The verifiable consumer request must:

Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected Information, or an authorized representative; and
Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.

To help protect your privacy and maintain security, if you request access to or deletion of your Information, we will take steps and may require you to provide certain information to verify your identity before granting you access to your Information or complying with your request. In addition, if you ask us to provide you with specific pieces of Information, we may require you to sign a declaration under penalty of perjury that you are the consumer whose Information is the subject of the request. Only you or your authorized agent may make a verifiable consumer request related to your Information. If you designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf, we may require you to provide the authorized agent written permission to do so and to verify your own identity directly with us (as described above). You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child.

Email us:	privacy@thepublicindex.org
Call us:	(800) 559 - 7449
Write us:	ThePublicIndex 867 Boylston St. 5th Floor #1345 Boston, MA 02116
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11. Children's Information

The Services are not intended for use by persons under the age of eighteen (18). We do not knowingly collect any Information from anyone under thirteen (13) years old. In the event that we discover that a person under the age of thirteen (13) (or a higher threshold where applicable) has provided Information to us, we will take steps to comply with any applicable legal requirement to remove such Personal Information.

Contact us if you believe that we have mistakenly or unintentionally collected Information from a child under the age of thirteen (13).

12. Changes to this Policy

Because our business needs may change over time, we reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy. If at any time in the future, we plan to use your personal information in a way that differs from this Privacy Policy, we will revise this Privacy Policy as appropriate. In the event of a change to our Privacy Policy, we may notify you via email or through a notice on the Services homepage, at our discretion. Your continued use of the Services following our notice of changes to this Privacy Policy means you accept such changes.

13. Difficulty Accessing Our Privacy Policy

Individuals with disabilities who are unable to usefully access our Privacy Policy online may contact us to inquire how they can obtain a copy of our policy in another, more easily readable format.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the personal information we have collected about you, please click here to contact us, email us at privacy@thepublicindex.org, call us at (800) 559 - 7449, or write us:

ThePublicIndex
867 Boylston St.
5th Floor #1345
Boston, MA 02116