Privacy Policy

This privacy policy aims to inform you about the types of information collected by FreePeopleScan.com or third party ad partners ("we" or "us") when you visit our public records search website, how we handle and protect that information, and how much control you have over the retention and sharing of your information.

Server Technology, Cookies, and Log Files:

FreePeopleScan.com does not use tracking "cookies." However, like most websites, each time you click to access a web page from this server (and every time a web page displays an image), data about that "request" is saved in a "log file" (logged details include the date, time, IP address, page accessed, browser and OS specs, and the referring URL). This log-file data does not identify individual users. We use this log-file data to examine trends, to manage the website, and to compile information about the preferences and interests of our visitors.

Third Party Collection of Data:

FreePeopleScan.com web pages present some content and/or ads which are directly provided or sent by third parties. These ads are embedded via script code in FreePeopleScan.com HTML web pages, which prompt your computer to fetch the ad details from the third party's server. These third parties typically send a cookie to your computer, and document your request activity in their log files.

Third Party Web Site Links:

FreePeopleScan.com features numerous "web links" to other websites operated by various individuals, companies, and organizations. Almost all these sites use cookies and log files to monitor your activity, and some might also use additional methods to observe and track your use of their websites. Some of the links to external websites pass through intermediaries such as Truthfinder.com which are termed affiliate links and also monitor your click, store a cookie, and direct your request to another web server. These intermediaries (and their cookies) are then checked if you make a purchase at the third party destination website, and if successful, the intermediary records information about that transaction so that the third parties can reconcile and pay us an advertising fee or CPA (cost per acquisition) in return for directing customers to their websites and facilitating a purchase. Some vendors share cumulative purchase details with us; for instance, some report the specific items that were bought by consumers who were directed from FreePeopleScan.com; we use this data when updating FreePeopleScan.com content and ads. However, these third-party vendors do not share any personal identifying data with us.

Information Sharing and Disclosure:

FreePeopleScan.com does not gather or disclose any personally identifiable information with third parties. The only information "sharing" happens in the way described in the preceding section. We do not associate aggregate user data with personally identifiable information.

Analytics:

Analytics is a web analytics tool provided by Google and other companies that tracks and reports website usage. Google uses the information collected to follow and monitor the engagement of our Service. This information is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected details to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own ad network.

You can opt-out of having your activity on the Service tracked by Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing data with Google Analytics about visits activity.

For more information on the privacy protocols of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Choice/Opt-out:

You may opt to block the collection of some information by our advertisers, by configuring your web browser to refuse to accept or return "cookies," or by using third-party "Internet Security" software which may prevent some third-party advertising and some traceable links to third-party websites. If you use this technology, you will not view some relevant content seen by other visitors to FreePeopleScan.com, because your software will modify, delete, or alter the content as it is loaded into your computer.

More About Cookies:

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user's computer for record-keeping purposes. FreePeopleScan.com does not set or retrieve tracking cookies. However, as noted earlier, when some third-party ads are presented at FreePeopleScan.com and when you click on external web links, persistent cookies are used by those third-party sites (and some aggregate data enabled by use of those persistent cookies is used by this site owner of FreePeopleScan.com.) You can set your web browser to block any "third-party cookies," or to block all cookies (but by doing so, you will probably be unable to use certain features on other websites). You can delete persistent cookies by using utility software or by following instructions provided in your Internet browser's "help" file. Third-party websites may also monitor and cross-reference your cookie and "clickstream" data with other information you reveal to those third-party websites (for example, Amazon.com records details about the pages you visit and the products you purchase, to recommend other related merchandise which might interest you).

Clear Gifs (Web Beacons/Web Bugs):

FreePeopleScan.com does not directly use (but advertisers may use) a software technology called clear gifs (sometimes termed "web beacons" or "web bugs"). Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of Web users. In contrast to cookies, which are stored on a user's computer hard drive (where users can view them, though not easily), clear gifs are embedded invisibly on Web pages and are smaller than the size of the period at the end of this sentence. Advertisers may associate the information collected by clear gifs with any personally identifiable information which they have acquired. You may be able to prevent this technology by using third-party "Internet Security" software.

Legal Disclaimers:

We reserve the right to disclose any information in our "log files," as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Web site. (Since we don't collect any personal identifying information about you, we can't notify you if this happens.)

We follow generally accepted industry standards to safeguard the information submitted to us. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect any information gathered in our "log files," we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

In the event that FreePeopleScan.com undergoes a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, the information amassed by FreePeopleScan.com will likely be among the assets transferred.

Changes in this Privacy Statement:

If FreePeopleScan.com decides to modify its privacy policy, those changes will be posted to this privacy statement and other places we deem appropriate so that you are informed of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We reserve the right to alter this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently.