Searchme, Inc. (“Searchme”) is committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and security of personal information about our current and prospective users. We are proud of our privacy practices and want you to know how we protect personal information and use it to service your account. We hope this will help you make an informed decision about sharing personal information with us. You do not have to contact us to benefit from Searchme’s privacy protections; they apply automatically to all of our users.

Information we collect:

Searchme collects the following categories of personal information about you through the Searchme Service:

  • Registration Information: If and when you register for the Searchme Service, you will be asked for basic registration information, such as a user name and password which you choose, and an e-mail address for Searchme support. You may also enter in certain passwords and user names for third party sites and services. We will use this information for providing the services and accessing the web sites you select on your behalf, so that we can present the requested information to you.
  • Anonymous Data: When you visit our Site, we may collect technical and navigational information, such as computer browser type, Internet protocol address, pages visited, and average time spent on our Web Sites. This information may be used, for example, to alert you to software compatibility issues, or it may be analyzed to improve our Web design and functionality. We may also place cookies and similar files on your hard drive for purposes such as security, to facilitate site navigation, and to personalize your experience on our Site. Our cookies do not identify you by name as an individual or by account number. See below for more detailed information regarding cookies.

Protection of Collected Information

We use firewall barriers, SSL 128-bit encryption techniques, and authentication procedures, among others, to maintain the security of your online session and to protect Searchme accounts and systems from unauthorized access.

Using the information we collect

  • We may use the information you provide about yourself to fulfill your requests for products, programs, and services, to respond to your inquiries about our services, and to offer you other products, programs or services that we believe may be of interest to you.
  • We may use or disclose your information to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.
  • If we believe it is necessary, we will share your information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person or the security of our network or services, violations of our terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
  • We may transfer your information to a third party in connection with a sale or acquisition of Searchme or substantially all of its assets.
  • Searchme may aggregate transaction data and disclose such data only in aggregate and in a non-personally identifiable manner to third parties for marketing and promotional purposes (e.g. how many users responded to a particular offer). Aggregated information does not identify any User individually.
  • We use information about which links have been followed and whether action has been taken on another party’s web site to improve our offerings and to customize the Service.

“Opt-Out” Emails

Searchme.com complies with the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003. Searchme provides periodic site notifications, newsletters or other information via email. Users may elect to stop receiving such messages at their discretion. If you no longer wish to receive periodic email updates from Searchme, please send an email to optout@searchme.com. Our service-related emails do not have the ability to opt-out.

Collection Of Information By Third-Parties And Sponsors

Our Site contains links to other sites whose information practices may be different than ours. Visitors should consult the other sites’ privacy notices as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.

Our Site may contain third party advertisements or offers that are complementary to your use of Searchme.com. If you choose to use these separate products or services, disclose information to the providers, and/or grant them permission to collect information about you, then their use of your information is governed by their privacy policy. You should evaluate their practices before deciding to use their services.

We may use third party service providers to help us analyze certain online activities. For example, these service providers may help us measure the performance of our online promotions or determine web site activity. We do not share any personally identifiable information about our users with these third parties, and these third parties do not collect such information on our behalf.

Cookies

To enhance your experience with our Site, many of our web pages use “cookies.” Cookies are text files we place in your computer’s browser to store your preferences. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your e-mail address or other personally identifiable information unless you choose to provide this information to us by, for example, registering at our Site. However, once you choose to furnish the Site with personally identifiable information, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie. We use cookies to understand site usage and to improve the content and offerings on our Site. For example, we may use cookies to personalize your experience at our web pages (e.g., to recognize you by name when you return to our site), and save your password in password-protected areas. We also may use cookies to offer you products, programs, or services.

No Guarantees

While this Privacy Statement expresses Searchme’s standards for maintenance of private data, Searchme is not in a position to guarantee that the standards will always be met. There may be factors beyond our control that may result in disclosure of data. As a consequence, Searchme disclaims any warranties or representations relating to maintenance or nondisclosure of private information.

Ownership of data

Your data belongs to you, and you can remove it anytime you want. If you ask us to delete your account, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to remove your data from our servers. Despite such removal, portions of your data may remain on our production and back-up servers indefinitely.

Any personally identifiable information you submit on this Site can be viewed and used by other users, and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. Searchme is not responsible for your disclosure of information in these forums.

Changes to this policy

We reserve the right at our discretion to make changes to this Privacy Policy. You may review updates to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy at any time via links on our Site. You agree to accept electronic communications and/or postings of an annual or revised Privacy Policy on the Searchme web site, and that such electronic communications or postings constitute notice to you of the Privacy Policy.

Got Questions?

You can contact Searchme for any questions or suggestions you have at the following location.

Searchme, Inc.
Attention: Legal Department
800 W. El Camino Real,
Suite 100, Mountain View, CA 94040
privacy@searchme.com