july 31st 2015 intelius respects your right to privacy and we are committed to protecting it . this policy discloses the information practices for the web pages associated with the domain intelius.com the website including what type of personal information we gather and track how we use this personal information with whom we share the personal information the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information and how you can access and update this information . personal information in general you can visit us on the internet without telling us who you are and without giving any personal information about yourself . however you may choose to give us personal information in a variety of situations . for example you may want to give us information such as your name and address phone number or e mail address so we may correspond with you process an order or provide you with a subscription or service . you may give us your credit card details to buy a product or service from us or provide us a description of your education and work experience in connection with a job opening at intelius for which you wish to be considered . the purpose of this policy is to inform you of how we will use your information before you provide it . if you tell us that you do not want us to use this information in this manner or to make further contact with you beyond fulfilling your requests we will respect your wishes . if you give us personal information about somebody else such as a spouse or associate we will assume that you have their permission to do so . how to remove your information from the intelius public records databases public records are available from the official public records custodian or repository to anyone who requests them . in addition to public records personal information may be publicly or commercially available . publicly available information consists of online and offline information that is generally available but is not maintained by a government agency such as names addresses and telephone numbers of individuals and businesses professional licensing and trade organization information press releases and newspaper articles and content from blogs or social networking sites . commercial records consist of information that is maintained by enterprises and is available for purchase such as marketing and telemarketing lists phone connect and disconnect information and business profile data . as a courtesy we enable you to opt out your personal information from our website . what this means is that your name as it appears in a particular record and the associated identifying information such as your address and phone number will be suppressed if you request this in the manner described below . however please note that any time your identifying information appears in a public record or in a publicly or commercially available manner in a way that is different from the particular record you opted out it may again appear on our website . for example if your address or area code changes your new information including other associated identifying information may again appear unless you opt out the new record . similarly if the way in which your name or address appears in a record differs from a record you opted out e.g. michael instead of mike or 1212 second ave ne instead of 1212 2nd avenue northeast we may include the differing record . please also note that there may be more than one record on our website associated with your personal information . opting out one particular record will not opt out other record s . your opt out will apply from processing date forward ; any report purchased prior to your opt out will still be available to the purchaser therof in accordance with the terms of our service . in addition to this website there are many other companies offering public records search services and your request that we opt out your information from this website will not prevent your information from appearing on these other services . the quickest and simplest way to have your information removed from our website is to send us a request online . you can also submit an opt out request via fax or postal mail . regardless of which method you choose in order for us to suppress your personal information from appearing on our website we need to verify your identity . to do this we need proof of identity consisting of either a copy of a government issued id with any photo or id number crossed out . examples driver s license u.s. passport u.s. military id card state issued id card or employee id card from a state agency or a notarized identity verification form . we will only use this information to process your opt out request . if you opt out online please be sure to include your email address so that we can notify you both when your request is received and when we ve completed your opt out . automated or bulk opt out requests will not be honored . onlineintelius online opt out form if you submit your opt out request via fax or postal mail in addition to your proof of identity please include the following so we can accurately identify your records name date of birth address here is the contact information for submitting your request fax 425 974 6194 mailp.o . box 4145bellevue wa 98009 4145 your information will be removed from our database in approximately 7 14 days . how we use and share personal information the following paragraphs describe in more detail how we may use the personal information you provide to us and with whom we may share it . fulfilling your transaction request . if you request something from this website for example a product or service a callback or specific marketing materials we will use the information you provide to fulfill your request . to help us do this we will share information with service providers to help us bring you the products and services we offer either directly as the provider of such product or service or indirectly such as financial institutions for credit card processing email service providers outsourced customer care providers or postal service providers . these third parties are prohibited from using your personal information for any other purpose . we also require these third parties to maintain your personal information in the strictest confidence . in addition like many websites we gather certain information automatically including cookies and log files . this information includes internet protocol ip addresses browser type internet service provider isp referring exit pages operating system date time stamp and click stream data . we may combine this automatically collected log information with other information we collect about you . we do this to improve services we offer you improve marketing analytics or website functionality . we use cookies to identify users and repeat visitors to our website . users can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level . if you reject cookies you may still use our website but your ability to use some features or areas of our website may be limited . we and our partners affiliates or analytics or service providers may use tracking technologies such as cookies beacons scripts and tags to analyze trends administer this website track users movements around this website and gather demographic information about our user base as a whole . we may receive reports based on the use of these technologies from these companies on an individual or aggregated basis . the cookies we use for these purposes and to fulfill your transaction request may contain your email address . one of our analytics providers adobe offers the ability for you to opt out of tracking by following the instructions here . third parties with whom we partner to provide certain features on our website or to display advertising based on your web browsing activity use local storage html5 to store content information and preferences . various browsers may offer their own management tools for removing html5 . communications from us . when you request something from this website we will send you transactional emails related to your service request . you can not opt out of receiving these communications . however you can opt in to receive promotional emails from us . if you later choose to opt out of receiving these emails you can unsubscribe by clicking on the link included in the email or logging in to your account and changing your preferences . marketing use . the information you provide to us on this website as well as information that we capture during your use of the website may also be used by us and selected third party service providers for marketing purposes related to our products and services . we do not share sell rent or trade your personal information with third parties for their marketing purposes . third party advertisers we may use third party advertising companies to serve ads on our behalf . these companies may employ cookies and action tags also known as single pixel gifs or web beacons to measure advertising effectiveness . any information that these third parties collect via cookies and action tags is completely anonymous . if you would like more information about this practice and your choices click here . they may also use technologies such as cookies to gather information about your activities on this website and other websites in order to provide you advertising based on your browsing activities and interests . if you wish not to have this information used for the purpose of serving you interest based ads you may opt out by clicking here . please note this does not opt you out of being served ads . you will continue to receive generic ads . other voluntary information we display personal testimonials and other endorsements of satisfied customers on our site . with your consent we may post your testimonial along with your name . if you wish to update or delete your testimonial you can contact us at privacy intelius.com . intelius human resources in connection with a job application or inquiry whether advertised on this website or otherwise you may provide us with information about yourself such as a resume or curriculum vitae . we use this information throughout intelius and our affiliates for the purpose of employment consideration or otherwise responding to your inquiry . unless you request that we don t we may keep the information for future consideration . data retention and disclosures required by law we will retain your information for as long as your account is active and or as necessary to comply with our legal obligations resolve disputes and enforce our agreements . we reserve the right to disclose your personal information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and or comply with a judicial proceeding court order or legal process served on our website . if intelius is involved in a merger acquisition or sale of all or a portion of its assets you will be notified via email and or a prominent notice on our website of any change in uses of your personal information or choices you may have regarding your personal information . links to non intelius websites our website includes links to other websites whose privacy practices may differ from those of intelius . if you submit personal information to any of those websites your information is governed by their privacy policies . we encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any website you visit . our website includes social media features such as the facebook like button and widgets such as the share this button or interactive mini programs that run on our