Welcome to INTEL CHECKS, (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”, “We,” “Us,” or “Our”), owned and operated by Weedman & Co. LLC (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”). The Website is offered to You conditioned on Your acceptance without modification of the Terms, Conditions, and notices contained herein (the "Terms").
This policy was last updated on 08/2/2023
Thank you for visiting our website located at https://www.intelchecks.com, and utilizes this Privacy Policy (all platforms collectively referred to as the "Site"). The Site is a web-based property of Intel Checks, LLC, a subsidiary of Weedman & Co. LLC (“IntelChecks”," "we," "our," or "us") that enables end-user visitors to the Site ("Visitors") to conduct searches of our databases of publicly available sources of information about individuals. This Privacy Policy describes the ways in which IntelChecks collects, uses, and discloses information about you when you access the Site. By accessing, viewing, downloading, or otherwise using the Site, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as set forth in this Privacy Policy, now and as amended or modified by us.
IntelChecks also provides a quick and easy process to allow individuals to remove their information from our People Search results, whether or not they are a user of the Site. For more information about our opt-out process, please see our Opt-Out FAQ.
Information Collected by IntelChecks:
IntelChecks is a database of publicly available sources of information aggregated for your convenience. Through IntelChecks, visitors can access certain materials posted to or made available through the Site as compiled, distributed, and displayed by IntelChecks and other third-party content providers ("Third-Party Providers") including, but not limited to, third-party websites or services that provide information about individuals (each, a "Search Subject") that can be searched for and accessed through the Site ("IntelChecks").
IntelChecks gathers three types of information: information that you submit to us, information that is collected automatically about your usage of the Site, and information about Search Subjects.
Information About Search Subjects:
In connection with providing the IntelChecks background checks, we collect information about Search Subjects from our third-party data providers.
Use of Information Collected by IntelChecks:
We use the information that we collect from you for a number of purposes, including:
We also may aggregate, anonymize, or merge any of the information we collect through the Site or elsewhere for these purposes, except as expressly stated otherwise in this Privacy Policy. This may include linking your Member account information with information collect through Cookies for purposes such as identifying what areas of the Site are most relevant to you and allowing us to better tailor the Site and our communications to your interests.
When you submit a request to opt out of IntelChecks People Search results, we require that you provide an email address. IntelChecks only uses this email address to (i) send you an email to verify your request to opt out, (ii) communicate with you about questions you may ask concerning your opt-out status, and (iii) if you choose, to create a IntelChecks Opt-Out account to review the record(s) you have opted out on an ongoing basis. We will not sell the email address that you provide as part of the opt-out process, or use it for any other purpose, without your prior consent.
IntelChecks uses data about Search Subjects to provide responses to IntelChecks checks performed through the Site.
Sharing of Information Collected by the Site:
We may share the information we collect from you with third parties for the following purposes:
We do not share precise geolocation information (such as collected from your mobile device) with third parties unless you expressly consent to such sharing (except where in response to a valid subpoena or the like).
In addition, we may share aggregate reports comprised of the demographic, usage, and/or other characteristics of our Visitors as a group, which will never identify you personally, with third parties.
Data Retention
We will retain the information that we have collected about you until you have requested deletion of the information. If you wish to cancel your Member account or IntelChecks Opt-Out account or request that we no longer use your information to provide you with services, please contact us at privacy@Intelchecks.com. However, we may retain some or all of your information after you request deletion or cancelation, as necessary, to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
IntelChecks may amend or modify this Privacy Policy, in whole or in part, from time to time in its sole discretion, effective immediately upon prominently posting a link to those changes on our Site's homepage or directly communicating them to you. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you here, at the email address associated with your Member or IntelChecks Opt-Out account, or by means of a notice on our home page prior to the change becoming effective. Your continued use of or access to the Site or any Member Services after any posted amendment or modification to this Privacy Policy or receipt of a Privacy Policy change notification email constitutes an affirmative acknowledgment and acceptance by you of the amended or modified Privacy Policy.
Security
We work to carry out a standard in the industry by being SOC2 complaint. We endeavor to keep all information that we collect from or about you protected both online and offline. Unfortunately, no data security system or transmission over the Internet is guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information that you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.
Links
The Site contains links to other websites on the Internet that are owned and operated by third parties. In some instances, these websites are co-branded and the third parties are entitled to use IntelChecks name and logo on their websites. Please be aware that IntelChecks is not responsible for the data practices of such websites, which shall be subject to those websites’ privacy policies. We encourage you to be aware when you leave the Site and to read the privacy policy of each and every website that you link to from the Site. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by the Site.
Blog
Our Site offers publicly accessible blogs. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them. In order to post comments within the blog area of our Site you must be a member of our service provider’s site. Our service provider will then allow us to view the comments before they are posted. To request removal of your personal information from our blog, contact us at privacy@intelchecks.com. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why.
Social Media Widgets
Our Web site includes Social Media Widgets, such as the Share this button or interactive mini-programs that run on our site. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
Children's Privacy
IntelChecks is very sensitive to the issue of children's privacy. The Site, as well as its products and services, are not developed for or directed at children. Visitors under eighteen years of age are not eligible to use the Site and we do not knowingly solicit or collect personal information from any Visitor that we actually know is under the age of eighteen. IntelChecks encourages parents and guardians to spend time online with their children and to participate and monitor the interactive activities of their children. If you believe that your child has provided IntelChecks with any personal information without your consent, please email us at privacy@intelchecks.com.
State-Specific Privacy Rights
State consumer privacy laws may provide residents with additional rights regarding our use of consumers’ personal information. If you are a resident of California, your privacy rights are described in the Notice for California Residents section below.
If you are a resident of Colorado, Connecticut or Virginia, you have the following rights:
You or your authorized agent may submit a request to exercise your opt-out, access, or deletion rights by filling out our online request form, emailing us at privacy@intelchecks.com, or contacting us via the phone number or postal address listed above.
To update or correct inaccuracies in your personal information that was provided to us as part of creating or maintaining your account, you may do so by accessing your My Account page and selecting “Edit account info,” or by contacting us at the contact information listed above.
If you are a resident of Colorado, Connecticut or Virginia, you have the right to appeal a decision denying your privacy request. You may request an appeal of such a decision by contacting us at privacy@IntelChecks.com and providing the state you are writing from and documentation you may have regarding the matter you are appealing. In the event your appeal is denied, your jurisdiction may allow you to file a complaint with your state Attorney General’s Office regarding your concerns with the result of your appeal request.
You may do so by selecting the appropriate link: Colorado https://coag.gov/file-complaint/, Connecticut https://portal.ct.gov/AG/Common/Complaint-Form-Landing-page, and Virginia https://www.oag.state.va.us/consumer-protection/index.php/file-a-complaint.
Notice for California Residents
In addition to the above, the following, intended solely for California residents, concerns our handling of certain personally identifiable and/or personal information as required by the California Online Privacy Protection Act and the California Consumer Privacy Act (collectively, "CCPA"). If you are a California resident, you may have additional rights where some of your "Public" and "Personal" information is concerned. If applicable, you may have the right to request that we disclose to you categories and specific pieces of Public information we may have obtained from public data sources and Personal information we may have collected directly from you, if any, and delete such, where required. Please note that we never sell Personal information obtained from you under any circumstances.
Categories of personal information we obtain, collect and/or disclose for business purposes:
Various methods for submitting requests are referenced above, as well as the specific types of Public information we obtain from publicly available data sources and/or Personal information we collect directly from our users. Per CCPA, in response to verified requests for disclosure, we will provide those "categories" of information we obtain or collect. The categories we have obtained or directly collected are: identifiers (such as name, address, email address); general geolocation information (e.g., your city and state); and/or other information that identifies or can be reasonably associated with you. We may disclose these categories of information about you or your use of the Site for business purposes (as defined by applicable law) or as required by applicable law.
How categories of Personal information could be used:
We and our service providers may use the categories of Personal information we collect from and about you consistent with the various afore described business purposes and/or as required by law. Please see the relevant sections above for more information.
Sale of Public information:
CCPA sets forth certain obligations for businesses that “sell” personal information. We do not sell Personal information obtained from our site's visitors or subscribers, such as a name or email address provided when subscribing to our Site (unless such information happens to also be publicly available "Public" information that was NOT obtained from such visitors or subscribers but was instead obtained from publicly available data sources independent of anything visitors or subscribers may have provided us). As permitted by law and CCPA regulatory guidance, we may need to share certain limited information about your activity, for example through cookies (see above), with third parties in certain instances--you can control these cookies through browser settings--but this limited sharing would not constitute a sale of Personal information.
Non-discrimination for exercising your rights:
In addition to including information as to how you can exercise your rights under CCPA, please note that we will never discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA or any other rights. We will not deny you any access or service, charge you a different price, whether via a discount or other benefit, or impose fees or penalties, provide a different level of service, or the like (though CCPA permits such practices in some scenarios). CCPA permits companies to offer certain incentives that might result in different prices, rates or quality levels, but any CCPA-permitted financial incentive should reasonably relate to your information’s value and contain written terms that describe the program’s material aspects and participation in any such financial incentive program requires your prior opt-in consent, which you may revoke at any time. We do not engage in any such practices.
Authorized Agents:
You may authorize another person to submit a request on your behalf. Please note that before completing any requests, and in addition to our identification verification process, we are required to verify that your agent has been properly authorized to request information on your behalf and this may take additional time to fulfill your request.
To make a request on behalf of a IntelChecks consumer, the authorized agent must first provide a copy of either (a) a letter signed by the consumer authorizing the agent to submit a CCPA request on his or her behalf, or (b) a valid power of attorney issued pursuant to California Probate Code §§ 4000 to 4465. An authorized agent must email one of these documents to ccpa@Intelchecks.com. For the safety and security of the consumer’s information, “requests to delete” and “right to know” requests submitted by an authorized agent must include the following information regarding the consumer:
Upon receipt of a verifiable request, CCPA provides some California residents with such additional rights as follows:
Right to Know
You may have the right to know and see the categories of data we have obtained, collected or shared about you over the past 12 months (or if we have not done so), including:
To begin your Right-to-Know request, please email us at ccpa@IntelChecks.com, fill out our online request form or contact us via the phone number or postal address listed above. We will respond within 10 days of receipt with instructions for continuing your Right-to-know request, including any additional information needed concerning yourself so that we may search for applicable Personal information collected or Public information obtained that pertains to You. The information you provide must sufficiently match the information in our database to permit us to verify your request. An authorized agent may also make a request on your behalf.
We will endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five days of receipt. If we require more time (up to 90 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.
Right to Delete
You may have the right to request that we delete information we have obtained regarding, or collected directly from, you (and ask our service providers to do the same). However, we cannot delete Personal information that we are under a legal obligation to maintain and there are a number of other exceptions that include, but are not limited to, when the information is necessary for us or a third party to do any of the following:
To begin your Right-to-Delete request, please email us at ccpa@IntelChecks.com, fill out our online request form or contact us via the phone number or postal address listed above.
Right to ask us not to sell (also known as the right to opt-out).
As explained above, we do not sell Personal information obtained from our site's visitors or subscribers, such as a name or email address provided when subscribing to our Site (unless such information happens to also be publicly available "Public" information that was NOT obtained from such visitors or subscribers but was instead obtained from publicly available data sources independent of anything visitors or subscribers may have provided us). As for the Public information obtained from publicly available data sources, for many years now, we have accommodated requests to opt-out/not to sell/share such information, which can be done in various locations on the Site. For your convenience, you may also email us at ccpa@IntelChecks.com, fill out our online request form or contact us via the phone number or postal address listed above to request that we not sell and opt-out your Public information. While we will not sell such Public information that has been opted-out, we reserve the right to disclose Public information to third parties, without notice to you, if required to do so by law, or if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is necessary to (i) act in an emergency to protect someone’s safety; (ii) comply with legal process served on us; or (iii) protect and defend our rights or property. We also reserve the right to transfer Public information to any successor-in-interest to our business.
In summary:
At no cost, you may request information each year regarding any disclosure of your Public or Personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of the rights listed above. To request access to or deletion of your information, or to exercise any other data rights under California law, please contact us using one of the methods set forth above.