Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 20, 2025

Information We Collect

We collect information about you in various ways when you use our service. This information may include:

• Personal Information: When you register or use our services, we collect personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, telephone number, and other information you provide during the search process.
• Payment Information: When you purchase our services, we collect payment information, including credit card details, billing address, and other financial information necessary to process your payment.
• Search Information: We collect information about the searches you conduct, including names, locations, and other search parameters you enter.
• Usage Data: We automatically collect information about your interactions with our website, including the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other diagnostic data.
• Device Information: We collect information about the device you use to access our service, including IP address, browser type, operating system, and other technology on the devices you use.

How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect about you for various purposes, including to:

• Provide, maintain, and improve our services
• Process and complete transactions
• Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support messages
• Respond to your comments, questions, and requests
• Develop new products and services
• Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our services
• Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities
• Personalize your experience and deliver content relevant to your interests

Information Sharing and Disclosure

We may share your information as follows:

• Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).
• Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
• With Your Consent: We may share your information with third parties when we have your consent to do so.

Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.

Your Data Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

• The right to access personal information we hold about you
• The right to request correction of inaccurate personal information
• The right to request deletion of your personal information
• The right to object to processing of your personal information
• The right to data portability
• The right to withdraw consent at any time

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We and our third-party service providers use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to track information about your use of our service. We may combine this information with other personal information we collect from you.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.

Types of Cookies We Use:

• Essential Cookies: Required for the operation of our website
• Analytical/Performance Cookies: Allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our website
• Functionality Cookies: Used to recognize you when you return to our website
• Targeting Cookies: Record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed

Children's Privacy

Our service is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from individuals under 18 years of age. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.

Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

FCRA Compliance

My Background Search is not a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), and our services are not intended to constitute "consumer reports" as defined by the FCRA. Accordingly, our services may not be used as a factor in determining eligibility for credit, insurance, employment, or for any other purpose authorized under the FCRA.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

• By email: privacy@mybackgroundsearch.com
• By visiting the Contact Us page on our website
• By mail: My Background Search, 123 Privacy Way, Searchville, CA 94103