Effective Date: January 1, 2023

SocialCatfish.com (herein referred to as "Social Catfish," "SocialCatfish.com," or "Social Catfish App") knows that you care about how your personal information is used and shared, and we take your privacy very seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy. By visiting our website, utilizing our services, or downloading the Social Catfish App, you are accepting the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy covers SocialCatfish.com's treatment of personal information that SocialCatfish.com gathers when you are on the SocialCatfish.com website, Social Catfish App, and when you use SocialCatfish.com services. It also addresses the information we collect from third party sources to provide the people search services on our site.

If you are a California or Nevada resident, pursuant to the laws of those states, you have additional rights which are fully explained in Social Catfish’s CA and NV Residents Privacy Policy. Please review this additional policy to ensure you fully understand your rights.

Information We Collect

SocialCatfish.com is an information portal by which individuals may search licensed public data on themselves or third-parties for designated lawful purposes. Search results are provided based solely on licensed data and public internet sources and do not include data collected from consumers on this website. SocialCatfish does not disclose, sell, exchange or transfer the Personal Information you provide on this website except as specifically noted in this Privacy Policy. For a summary of how we use information collected through this website, please see the below list and Section 3 of this Privacy Policy titled Use of Personal Information.

To clearly explain how and why your data is collected and used, and in compliance with CCPA, SocialCatfish has created two lists of collected personal information which are found below. The first list shows how data is collected and used through the Social Catfish website. The second list shows how data is collected and used through licensing from third parties and from publicly available sources on the internet.

Note: Personal information does not include: (i) publicly available information, which means: information that is lawfully made available from federal, state, or local government records, or information that a business has a reasonable basis to believe is lawfully made available to the general public by the consumer or from widely distributed media, or by the consumer; or information made available by a person to whom the consumer has disclosed the information if the consumer has not restricted the information to a specific audience; (ii) deidentified or aggregated consumer information; (iii) information excluded from the CCPA's scope, such as health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) or clinical trial data; or (iv) personal information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) or California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994.

2. Sources of Information

We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources:

• Directly from our clients as part of the registration and transaction process.

• Indirectly from our clients through website usage details collected automatically.

• From third-party consumer data resellers and licensors.

• Information collected from public websites.

3. Use of Personal Information

We may use or disclose the personal information we collect for one or more of the following business purposes:

• To provide you, and other users where stated above in the Information We Collect Section, with information, products or services that you request from us, such as using Social Catfish’s search to find lost connections and verify a person's online identity.

• To provide, support, personalize, and develop our Website, products, and services.

• To create, maintain, customize, and secure your account with us.

• To process your requests, purchases, transactions, and payments and prevent transactional fraud.

• To help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our Website, products and services, databases and other technology assets, and business.

• To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.

• To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by SocialCatfish about our Website users is among the assets transferred.

4. Sensitive Information

We do not use or disclose any sensitive information on you except to perform services or provide the goods reasonably expected by you, for fraud detection purposes, and to detect security incidents–for example the use of credit card information when you are purchasing services.

Sensitive information is defined by the California Privacy Rights Act as information that reveals any of the following: your social security, driver’s license, state identification card, or passport number, your account log-in, financial account, debit card, or credit card number in combination with any required security or access code, password, or credentials allowing access to an account, your precise geolocation; your racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, or union membership, the contents of your mail, email, and text messages unless the business is the intended recipient of the communication, and your genetic data, biometric information for the purpose of uniquely identifying you, information collected and analyzed concerning your health, and information collected and analyzed concerning your sex life or sexual orientation.

5. Cookies and Passive Information

We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. SocialCatfish.com and its authorized agents automatically receive and record certain "traffic data" on their server logs from your browser including your IP address, SocialCatfish.com cookie information, device information and the page you requested. SocialCatfish.com uses this traffic data to help diagnose problems with its servers, analyze trends and administer the website.

Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and tell us how and when pages in our website are visited and by how many people. SocialCatfish.com cookies do not collect personal information, and we do not combine information collected through cookies with other personal information to tell us who you are or what your screen name or e-mail address is.

The "help" portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, or how to fully disable cookies. We recommend that you leave the cookies activated because cookies allow you to use some of SocialCatfish.com's coolest features.

6. Foreign Users

SocialCatfish’s website is hosted in the United States and are governed by United States law. If you are using the website from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored and processed in the United States. The data protection and other laws of the United States might not be as comprehensive or protective of certain rights as those in your country. Under United States law, your information may be subject to access requests from governments, courts, or law enforcement in the United States. By using the website, you consent to your information being transferred to our facilities and to the facilities of those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy and processed in those facilities.

7. Data Retention and Security

Our data retention policies are customized to the type of data, and the purpose for which we use it. In general, for data we collect directly from you, such as when you make an account or purchase our services, we delete, and/or anonymize and aggregate that data three years after you last login to your account, or when you choose to delete your account. An exception to this is when we maintain data for the purpose of security, the prevention of fraud, customer service, or a legal obligation. In the event we maintain data for one of these excepted uses, it is maintained solely for that purpose.

For data collected from licensing or publicly available sources, such as the data you see when you make a search on Social Catfish, it is maintained for one of two possible retention periods. If a search is made without registering an account, the data is not retained after the search is closed. If you register an account, your account will keep a copy of the data you searched for until you delete your account, three years have passed since your last login, or the data becomes subject to a deletion request.

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.he safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

Please be aware that, although we endeavor to provide reasonable security for user personal information we process and maintain, no security measures can guarantee absolute safety and prevent all potential security breaches.

8. Fraudulent Requests.

Social Catfish takes consumer requests seriously, and endeavors to protect your privacy and comply with your requests. However, if Social Catfish has a good-faith, reasonable, and documented belief that a consumer request is fraudulent, Social Catfish may deny such a request. This basis for denial applies to all consumer requests and may be subject to the limitations and requirements of applicable, state privacy laws with which Social Catfish will always comply.

Examples of fraudulent requests include, but are not limited to:

• Impersonating another person. If you make a request, you must do so in your own name, or as an authorized agent of another person. If you are an authorized agent of another person, you must disclose that fact and provide proof of the consumer’s authorization. Impersonating another person not only violates our Terms of Use, it also is fraud.

• Obscuring your identity as a consumer making a request. Knowing who is making a request about their information is foundational to the process of completing those requests. It also is against our Terms of Use for users to disguise the identity or origin of any message sent to Social Catfish. Examples of this include forging headers, using a virtual private network (VPN) to obscure your IP address, or otherwise obscuring or anonymizing your email or IP address. Social Catfish is happy to comply with your request but it essential that we know you are a real person and that you are who you claim to be.

• Using automated means to send multiple unverified requests or requests without proof of authorization. Social Catfish is happy to work with third party authorized agents to process bulk consumer requests and does so successfully with a number of agents. Using automated means to submit multiple or bulk unverified requests, or requests without any proof of authorization, to Social Catfish is against our Terms of Use, puts a disproportionate load on our systems, and interferes with our processing of legitimate consumer requests.

9. General Opt-Out Requests

1. If you wish to remove your information from the site, please submit an opt out request through our Opt-Out form: https://socialcatfish.com/opt-out/. You will need to verify your email address and submit all URLs with your information. If Social Catfish suspects a fraudulent request, or the request is made by a third-party without any proof of written authorization from the individual the third-party seeks to opt out, Social Catfish may deny the opt-out request. Please note that only pages that contain your information will be removed. You will need to go into each individual URL and submit the URL for removal. Also, note that removing a URL from our site does not remove your information through public record or any other sites. If you wish to make a CPRA or Nevada Opt-Out request, please see the details related to those requests in the relevant sections below..

10. Opt-Out Signals

This Website can receive and respect opt-out signals compliant with the Global Privacy Control standard. You can learn more about Global Privacy Control, and the compatible browsers and applications here: https://globalprivacycontrol.org/.

Please note that as of now, a browser’s opt-out signal can only be correlated with any Personal Information Collected through the Website. Social Catfish search results are obtained in a manner unrelated to your browser or device, and we cannot automatically link your browser with the data from those databases. Even if you register an account with Social Catfish, our search results contain records pertaining to multiple people with the same name, which necessitates manual verification and alteration. If you would like more control over your privacy, you can exercise your opt-out rights per the rest of this policy.

11. Children’s Privacy

This Website is only available to users 18 and over. If you are under the age of 18, please do not provide personally identifiable information of any kind whatsoever.

12. No Third Party Rights

This Privacy Policy does not create rights enforceable by third parties.

13. Changes

SocialCatfish.com may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, at its sole discretion. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make changes to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting an announcement on the SocialCatfish.com website so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances if any, it is disclosed. For your information, For your information the date this policy was last updated is listed at the top of this page.

14. Contact Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us at [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTAL STATE SPECIFIC DISCLOSURES

CALIFORNIA DISCLOSURES

1. Your Rights and Choices

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) provide California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. This section describes your CCPA, CPRA, and other California specific rights and explains how to exercise those rights.

• Request to Know

  A request that a business disclose personal information that it has collected about the consumer the since January 01, 2022 (see details below)

• Request to Delete

  A request that a business delete personal information about the consumer.

• Request to Correct

  A request that a business correct inaccurate personal information that it maintains about you.

  Where Social Catfish believes you will not be negatively impacted by the deletion of the data you wish corrected, we will simply delete the inaccurate data in response to Requests to Correct.

• Request to Opt-Out

  A request that a business not sell the consumer’s personal information to third parties.

2. Requests to Know

• How

  You may submit a Request to Know through our Request for Access Form or sending an email to [email protected]. A Request to Know covers personal information that Social Catfish has collected about the consumer since January 01, 2022, including : (1) Specific pieces of personal information that a business has collected about the consumer; (2) Categories of personal information it has collected about the consumer; (3) Categories of sources from which the personal information is collected; (4) Categories of personal information that the business sold or disclosed for a business purpose about the consumer; (5) Categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold or disclosed for a business purpose; and (6) The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal information.

• When

  We endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within 45 days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to 90 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. You may only make a verifiable consumer request for access or data portability twice within a 12-month period. We will confirm your request and inform you of any information required to verify the request.

3. Requests to Delete

• How

  • You may submit a Request to Delete through our Request for Access Form or sending an email to [email protected]. We will confirm your request and inform you of any information required to verify the request..

• When

  • We endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within 45 days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to 90 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.

4. Requests to Correct

• How

  • You may submit a Request to Correct through our Request for Access Form or sending an email to [email protected]. We will confirm your request and inform you of any information required to verify the request. Where Social Catfish believes you will not be negatively impacted by the deletion of the data you wish corrected, we will simply delete the inaccurate data in response to Requests to Correct.

• When

  • We endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within 45 days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to 90 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.

5. Requests to Opt-Out (Do Not Sell Information)

• How

  • You may submit a Request to Opt-Out through our Do Not Sell My Personal Information or sending an email to [email protected]. We will confirm your request and inform you of any information required to verify the request. If Social Catfish, however, has a good-faith, reasonable, and documented belief that a request to opt-out is fraudulent (see above for more details on situations which may lead Social Catfish to suspect fraud), Social Catfish may deny the request. In instances of denial for suspected fraud, Social Catfish shall inform the requestor that it will not comply with the request and shall provide an explanation why it believes the request is fraudulent.

• When

  • We endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within 15 days of its receipt

6. Additional Request Details

• Third Parties

  Request from an authorized agent must include proof of a signed consumer authorization subject to verification from the consumer.

• Denial of Requests

  We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you. Making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an account with us, but if you do not have an account we may need additional information to verify your identity (e.g., a drivers license or passport). We will only use personal information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor's identity or authority to make the request. In addition, we reserve the right to deny your request for any basis provided for under state or federal law.

• Disclaimer

  We will process your request to disclose information regarding information collected and/or shared pursuant to the CPRA as to the name submitted by you. Please note that our search will be limited to the name provided, if there are other variations of this name (e.g., spelling, initials, suffix) they must be specified, otherwise they will not be captured in the search.

• Non-Discrimination

  You have the right to not be discriminated against or receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your CCPA/CPRA rights. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA/CPRA rights.

7. Metrics

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) provides California residents with specific rights, including the right to delete or request access to certain types of data, as well as to ask us not to sell your personal information. Under CCPA, businesses that process these requests must publish information about them. That information for California residents for the period of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 is below.

Metrics for Requests to Delete – Jan. – Dec. 2023

Total Number of Requests to Delete Received : 1608

Total Number of Requests to Delete Complied With in Whole or in Part : 768

Total Number of Requests to Delete Denied : 637

Average Substantive Response Time for Requests to Delete : 2.48 days

Metrics for Requests to Know – Jan. - Dec. 2023

Total Number of Requests to Know Received : 269

Total Number of Requests to Know Complied With in Whole or in Part : 53

Total Number of Requests to Know Denied : 171

Average Substantive Response Time for Requests to Know : 2.40 days

Metrics for Requests to Opt-Out (Do Not Sell Information) – Jan. - Dec. 2023

Total Number of Requests to Opt-Out Received : 2547

Total Number of Requests to Opt-Out Complied With in Whole or in Part : 951

Total Number of Requests to Opt-Out Denied : 1064

Average Substantive Response Time for Requests to Opt-Out : 22.24 days

Metrics for Requests for Correction – Jan. – Dec. 2023

Total Number of Requests to Delete Received : 25

Total Number of Requests to Delete Complied With in Whole or in Part : 5

Total Number of Requests to Delete Denied : 19

Average Substantive Response Time for Requests to Delete : 1.71 days

8. Do Not Track

We do not recognize or respond to browser-initiated Do Not Track signals, as the internet industry is currently still working on Do Not Track standards, implementations and solutions.

9. California Shine the Light

California law permits users who are California residents to request and obtain from us once a year, free of charge, a list of the third parties to whom we have disclosed their ‘personal information’ (if any, and as defined under applicable California law) for their direct marketing purposes in the prior calendar year, as well as the type of personal information disclosed to those parties. We do not sell user information to third parties for direct marketing purposes.

10. California Erasure Law

If you are a California resident under the age of 18 and are a registered user of our Services, you may be entitled to request that we remove from our Services content you posted to our services that can be accessed by any other user (whether registered or not). Please note that any content that is removed from our services may still remain on our servers and in our systems. To request removal of content under this provision, please send an email to [email protected] and provide us with a description of the content and the location of the content on our Services, and any other information we may require to consider your request. Please note that removal of content under this provision does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information posted on the Services by you.

NEVADA DISCLOSURES

Requests to Opt-Out (Do Not Sell Information)

Nevada allows consumers to opt-out of the sale of “covered information” collected through a website or online service. “Covered information” includes: (i) first and last name; (ii) home or other physical address; (iii) email address; (iv) telephone number; (v) social security number; (vi) any identifier that allows a person to contact a consumer; or (vii) other information that is personally identifiable.

1. How

You may submit a Request to Delete through our Request for Deletion Form or sending an email to [email protected]. We will confirm your request and inform you of any information required to verify the request.

2. When

We endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within 60 days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to 30 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.

3. Third Parties

Request from an authorized agent must include proof of a signed consumer authorization subject to verification from the consumer.

4. Denial of Requests

We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you. Making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an account with us. We will only use personal information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor's identity or authority to make the request. In addition, we reserve the right to deny your request for any basis provided for under state or federal law.

5. Disclaimer

We will process your request to disclose information regarding information collected and/or shared pursuant to Nevada law as to the name submitted by you. Please note that our search will be limited to the name provided, if there are other variations of this name (e.g., spelling, initials, suffix) they must be specified, otherwise they will not be captured in the search.

Do Not Sell My Personal Information