Online Privacy Policy
(Last updated 9/6/2011)To underscore our commitment to privacy and our vision that good privacy is good business, we have adopted this Online Privacy Policy for www.accurint.com and the LexisNexis Accurint Mobile Application ("our website and mobile application") which is operated by LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL Inc. ("LexisNexis Risk"). This policy applies only to information collected through our website and mobile application. It does not apply to information collected by other means. Our website and mobile application are not directed at children under the age of 13.
INFORMATION COLLECTION
I. Personally Identifiable Information
Personally identifiable information ("PII") collected from you through our website and mobile application may include, for example, name, mailing address, e-mail address, User ID and password, information you may submit when requesting a report or information about an individual, any responses you choose to provide to survey questions, information provided in connection with subscribing to a newsletter, or any inquiries you may make through our website and mobile application, or any other PII you provide to us through our website and mobile application. We do not share, sell, rent or trade that PII with third parties for their promotional purposes.
In addition, our Mobile Application, with your consent, also may collect information about your current location. Our Mobile Application also may collect your phone's unique device identifier.
II. Cookies
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Our website uses first party cookies, however PII is not collected through the use of cookies. Cookies are used to assist us in managing your visit to our website.
While most browsers are set to accept cookies by default, you can set yours to refuse cookies or to alert you before accepting them. Your browser manufacturer has information on changing the default setting for your specific browser.
III. Nonpersonally-identifiable Information
Our website and mobile application also collect nonpersonally-identifiable information ("non-PII"). For example, as you browse our website and mobile application we may collect information about your visit, but not about you personally. Via Web server logs, for example, we may monitor statistics such as: the number of people that visit our website or use our mobile application, which page(s) are visited on our website and mobile application, from which domain our visitors come (e.g., aol.com, hotmail.com, etc.), and which browsers people use to visit our website and mobile application (e.g., Safari, Microsoft Internet Explorer, etc.). Our website and mobile application may also use outsourcing programs to assist us in analyzing this data to better tailor our website and mobile application.
Additionally, our Mobile Application may collect non-PII such as the type of device you are using (e.g., iPhone 4, iPad or Android phone) and the version of mobile operating system that your device is using.
INFORMATION USE AND CONSUMER CHOICE
The information collected by our website and mobile application is used only for responding to your inquiries and otherwise corresponding with you, for processing transactions you request, maintaining your account (if you have one), for other purposes permitted by your organization's customer agreement(s) (if any), and for the administration, review and/or the improvement the content of our website and mobile application.
Where permitted by your organization's customer agreement(s), we may use information about searches or submissions that business users provide to us to enhance our products and services. Such uses may include using the fact that a search was conducted related to an identity or using some portion of search queries to enhance our product offerings. These types of uses will only occur for searches or submissions for which such use is contractually authorized in our customer agreement; thus, they will not occur if a customer has opted out of such use in their customer agreement. We may contact you in response to your comments or inquiries, as part of the maintenance of your account with us (if you have one), or in order to complete a transaction that you requested.
We may also contact you to inform you of other products or services we believe may be of interest to you, but we will offer you an opportunity not to receive such communications.
If you decide that you do not want to receive further e-mails regarding your inquiry from LexisNexis Risk, you can reply to the e-mail or use the opt-out mechanism provided in the e-mail with a request that we not continue to e-mail you.
ONWARD TRANSFER
We may disclose information you provide to us to third parties in order to complete a transaction that you requested or as otherwise permitted by your organization's customer agreement(s) (if any).
We may also outsource some tasks, including the operation of certain website functions that require access to information you supply online and information about your visits to our website and use of our mobile application. In such cases, however, we require that the companies acting on our behalf institute safeguards to protect the confidentiality of your information.
If our company or our assets are acquired by another company, that company will assume responsibility for the personal information collected by us through our website and mobile application and it will assume the rights and obligations regarding the information collected through our website and mobile application, as described in this privacy policy.
Finally, please note that we may disclose personal information when required by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary in order to comply with the law or legal process.
ACCESS AND CORRECTION
As an information company, we know the importance of accurate data. Therefore, we strive to maintain the accuracy of the information collected through our website and mobile application. We will provide you (whether you are a consumer or a customer) with access to PII you provide through our website and mobile application for as long as we maintain that information in a readily accessible format. Similarly, we permit and encourage you to correct inaccuracies in the information you submit to us through our website and mobile application.
If you wish to access information that you have submitted through our website and mobile application or to request the correction of any inaccurate information you have submitted through our website and mobile application, please use the mechanisms provided by our website and mobile application or send an e-mail to: Privacy.Information.Mgr@lexisnexis.com.
The access and correction provisions of this Online Privacy Policy only apply to PII collected from you through our website and mobile application referenced in the opening paragraph of this privacy policy. Individuals that are interested in information about how to access and/or request the correction of personal information LexisNexis Risk maintains about them (such as public record information, insurance claims information, or information for employment background screening) for potential inclusion in information products and services can visit personalreports.lexisnexis.com or www.lexisnexis.com/privacy.
SECURITY
We take steps to protect against the loss, misuse, or unauthorized alteration of PII collected through our website and mobile application. We recognize the importance of security for all PII collected by our website and mobile application.
Once we receive PII, we take steps to protect its security on our systems. We limit access to PII to those employees who need access in order to carry out their job responsibilities.
OTHER WEB SITES
This Online Privacy Policy only applies to the website and mobile application identified in the first paragraph of this privacy policy. Our website and mobile application, however, may include links to other websites which may be operated by other LexisNexis companies or by third parties. In order to better serve our consumers and their privacy interests, certain products within LexisNexis Risk may also be governed by their own privacy policies separate from this Online Privacy Policy. If you visit a website not listed above, we recommend that you review the online privacy policy of that website to determine how the operator of that website will handle PII collected through that website.
POLICY CHANGES
We may revise this Online Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make any material changes to this Online Privacy Policy, the date of the most recent revision will be indicated above so that you can determine whether there have been any material revisions since your last visit.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this Online Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
LexisNexis
Privacy, Security and Compliance Organization
PO Box 933
Dayton, Ohio 45401
Telephone: 1.800.831.2578
Email: Privacy.Information.Mgr@lexisnexis.com