It is important for users to understand that Pretrieve is simply a search engine. Pretrieve does not own, manage, or maintain any of the data or information that is found by using the Pretrieve search engine. All of the data and information found through Pretrieve is the proprietary property of that particular website source. Pretrieve exercises no control over the quality, currency, or accuracy of these data sources. Furthermore, Pretrieve has no ability to make corrections to these databases nor the ability to remove information from these databases. Anyone wishing to have their personal information corrected or removed from any of the public record data sources found by using Pretrieve would need to contact each source directly.

This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information we gather when you use Pretrieve's services, as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard it. The following principles apply to the personally identifying information we ask for and that you provide. "Personally identifying information" is information that individually identifies you, such as your name, physical address or email address.

Data collection

• Pretrieve collects limited non-personally identifying information your browser makes available whenever you visit a website. This log information includes your Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your query and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser. We use this information to operate, develop and improve our services.
• When we require personally identifying information, we will inform you about the types of information we collect and how we use it. We hope this will help you make an informed decision about sharing your personal information with us.

Cookies

• Upon your first visit to Pretrieve, a cookie is sent to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. A "cookie" is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service and to better understand how people use our service. Pretrieve does this by storing user preferences in cookies and by tracking user trends and patterns of how people search and what the most popular searches are.
• Pretrieve lets other companies that show advertisements on some of our pages set and access their cookies on your computer. Other companies' use of their cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not this one. Advertisers or other companies do not have access to Pretrieve's cookies.

Information sharing

• We do not rent or sell your personally identifying information to other companies or individuals, unless we have your consent. We may share such information in any of the following limited circumstances:
  • We have your consent.
  • We provide such information to trusted businesses or persons for the sole purpose of processing personally identifying information on our behalf. When this is done, it is subject to agreements that oblige those parties to process such information only on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy and appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
  • We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims;
  • We believe it is necessary to share 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, violations of Pretrieve's Terms of Service, or as otherwise required by law.
  • Pretrieve displays targeted advertisements based on personal information. Advertisers (including ad serving companies) may assume that people who interact with, view, or click on targeted ads meet the targeting criteria - for example, women ages 18-24 from a particular geographic area.
  • In the event of a transfer of ownership of Pretrieve, such as acquisition by or merger with another company, we will provide notice before any personally identifying information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
  • We may share aggregated information with others.

Information security

• We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data.

Links

• The sites displayed as search results or linked to by Pretrieve's services are developed by people over whom Pretrieve exercises no control. These other sites may place their own cookies on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information.
• Pretrieve may present links in a format that enables us to understand whether they have been followed. We use this information to understand and improve the quality of Pretrieve's search technology. For instance, this data helps us determine how often users are satisfied with the first result of a query and how often they proceed to later results.

Changes to this Policy

• Please note this Privacy Policy will change from time to time. We expect most such changes to be minor, but there may be changes that are more significant. Regardless, we will post those changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will also provide a more prominent notice. Each version will be noted at the top of the page. Prior versions of this Privacy Policy will be kept in an archive for you to view.