Hawiyyah, Inc. (“Hawiyyah”)
provides the website Hawiyyah.com to you (“You” or “Your”) subject to
this Privacy policy and its
other policies.
This Privacy Policy
describes the way in which Hawiyyah collects, uses, or shares any information
You provide to Hawiyyah.com or information about Your use of Hawiyyah.com
(“Personal Information”).
Hawiyyah may change
this Privacy Policy at any time. By continuing to access or use Hawiyyah.com,
You accept any changes or revisions to this Privacy Policy.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO
THIS POLICY DO NOT USE HAWIYYAH.COM
1. Information Available Through Hawiyyah.com
People Search
a) Hawiyyah collects
publicly available information for the purpose of making it available to
individuals, businesses, and government agencies that use Hawiyyah’s products
and services, including the Hawiyyah.com people search. Hawiyyah aggregates the
following eight categories of publicly available information:
(i) Consumer Indexes -
Records of consumer profiles detailing age, name, address and other demographic
details drawn from marketing databases;
(ii) Phone Directories
- Phone numbers drawn from white pages telephone directories;
(iii) Email Databases
- Email addresses linked to marketing demographic data;
(iv) Property Records
- Public property records from government offices around the country, including
real estate deeds and assessor records;
(v) Social Networks -
Public social profiles drawn from social networks;
(vi) Court Records -
Public criminal records from government offices across the U.S. Contains arrest
and most wanted warrants, driving violations, sex offender data and fugitive
records;
(vii) Business
Directories - Business listings pulled from the yellow pages telephone
directories and other business directories. These listings include name, title,
business address, website and email; and
(viii) Vital
Statistics - Public records about life events documented by the government,
including birth certificates, marriage licenses and death certificates.
(collectively the
“Public Information”).
b) Hawiyyah does not
verify and cannot guarantee the accuracy of this Public Information.
c) The Hawiyyah Terms of user prohibit
users of Hawiyyah’s products and services from reselling the Public Information
disclosed to them through Hawiyyah’s products and services.
d) Personal Information,
such as information that You provide to Hawiyyah.com or information about Your
use of Hawiyyah.com as further described in Section 2 below, is not part of the
Public Information available to users through the Hawiyyah.com people search.
e) To request that
Public Information about You be removed from public listings on Hawiyyah.com,
please Contact us at [email protected] . This process is only intended to remove listings available
to the general public on Hawiyyah.com and cannot remove the information from
the third-party public sources, such as phone books, social networks, or
government records. Hawiyyah does not allow individuals to opt-out (i.e.
suppress display) of court records which pertain to them, unless an Order of
Expunction or Sealing is provided. You may email a copy of any such Order to
[email protected]. Hawiyyah will only suppress or delete only those
records specifically noted in the Order. A conviction may be expunged, but
unless the Order also specifies expungement of the associated arrest record, it
will remain on Hawiyyah’s systems.
2. Personal Information Hawiyyah Collects
Hawiyyah collects the
following categories of Personal Information:
i) Usage Information. Hawiyyah
collects information about Your use of Hawiyyah.com. This may include the pages
You visit, the links You hover over and click on, and the items You purchase. Hawiyyah
also collects data about Your device such as IP address, mobile phone number,
device identifiers, and data about the network, operating system, or software
You use to connect to Hawiyyah’s products and services.
ii) Information From
Cookies. Hawiyyah.com uses cookies, or small text files stored on Your
computer, to store data about Your visits
iii) Account
Information. Hawiyyah collects information that You provide in creating an
account at Hawiyyah.com. This may include information such as Your name, email
address, or phone number and payment data. Hawiyyah also collects passwords and
similar security information used for authentication and account access.
iv) Search History. Hawiyyah
retains a history of the searches You conduct on Hawiyyah’s products.
v) Submissions, Posts,
and Uploads. Hawiyyah collects information from You when You provide, post, or
upload it to Hawiyyah, such as when you fill out a form, (e.g., a request to
contact You) or respond to a survey. If You opt to import Your call log or
address book, Hawiyyah receives Your call log or contacts. Certain features of Hawiyyah’s
products permit You to enter personal information to access Your accounts with
third-party websites. In some instances, this information is not stored by Hawiyyah.
For example, You may choose to provide Your email account login credentials to
import Your address book contacts into Hawiyyah.com. Your email account login
credentials will only be used for the one-time address book import and will not
be stored.
vi) Manually Imported
Contact Information. Hawiyyah collects contact information about You when
others import or sync their contacts with Hawiyyah products.
vii) Manually Entered
Login Credentials. Certain features of Hawiyyah.com must store Your login
credentials for other websites or services to function. For example, You may
choose to provide Your third-party login credentials to syndicate private
content from third-party social networks and websites. Under these circumstances,
Your third-party login credentials will be stored only so long as You continue
to enable private content syndication from these third-party social networks
and websites. Should You terminate Your use of the syndication tool, this
information will be deleted within a reasonable period of time following the
termination. Your third-party login credentials are hashed and stored with the
strictest security standards.
viii) Location
Information. When You enable location-based features of Hawiyyah products, Hawiyyah
may collect location data, such as GPS coordinates. Hawiyyah may also collect
location data derived from Your IP address.
3. Use and Sharing of Personal Information
a) Hawiyyah may use
Personal Information You provide to Hawiyyah.com to create and maintain Your
account, to personalize Your experience, and to send periodic email
communications relating to Hawiyyah’s services, such as purchase receipts,
account confirmations, and customer care correspondence, including emails to
customers who have abandoned the account setup experience and about searches
You have previously performed. Hawiyyah may use Your search history to provide
You updates or notifications on the subjects of Your searches, to suggest other
search subjects that may be of interest to You, and to otherwise enhance Your
experience in using Hawiyyah’s products. Hawiyyah may also use Your search
history and other Personal Information to improve Hawiyyah’s products and services.
If You have made or attempted a purchase on Hawiyyah.com or accepted a trial of
any of Hawiyyah’s premium subscriptions, You will be deemed to have opted-in to
receive promotional emails from Hawiyyah, and Hawiyyah may use Your Personal
Information to send You search tips, promotions, and information about new
products Hawiyyah thinks may be of interest to You.
b) Hawiyyah uses
certain trusted third parties to help us provide, improve, protect, and promote
the services offered on Hawiyyah.com. Hawiyyah shares Personal Information with
these third parties. These third parties will access Your information only to
perform tasks on Hawiyyah’s behalf and in compliance with this Privacy Policy.
For example, Hawiyyah provides payment data that You provide to certain payment
processors, solely to effect the sale of products or subscriptions that You
have requested, and provides other Personal Information to third party services
for purposes such as delivering email communications, providing customer
support, and preventing fraudulent transactions. Hawiyyah may also use a third
party service provider to facilitate upload of Your contacts from Your contact
management providers, using the OAuth standard whenever possible (If Your
contact management providers support the OAuth standard, use of the OAuth
standard does not require Hawiyyah or its third-party service provider to have
access to, and Hawiyyah and its third-party service provider, will not in fact
have access to, the passwords that You established with Your contact management
providers). Hawiyyah uses the Google Maps API(s), which is subject to the Google Privacy
Policy.
c) Hawiyyah may share
IP addresses used to access Hawiyyah.com with designated third parties for the
sole purpose of preventing and detecting fraud. Hawiyyah may also use services
and technologies provided by other companies to assist Hawiyyah in
understanding how You use Hawiyyah.com. As a result, information about how You
use Hawiyyah.com may be available to these other companies to the extent that
their technology collects such information for Hawiyyah’s use or for purposes
of delivering relevant online or mobile advertising to You.
d) Hawiyyah reserves
the right to disclose Personal Information to third parties, without notice to
You, if required to do so by law, or if Hawiyyah has a good faith belief that
disclosure is necessary to (1) comply with legal process served on us; (2)
protect and defend Hawiyyah’s rights or property; or (3) act in an emergency to
protect someone’s safety.
e) Hawiyyah reserves
the right to transfer Personal Information to any successor in interest to the Hawiyyah
business.
f) Hawiyyah (either
directly or via its third party partners) collects anonymized session and
anonymized click-tracking data regardless of a computer's Do-Not-Track signal.
g) Hawiyyah may
provide Your search query to third party data vendors in order to fulfill
requests You make for certain kinds of reports.
4. Children’s Privacy
a) Hawiyyah.com is
directed to people who are at least 18 years old, and Hawiyyah does not
knowingly collect Personal Information from anyone under the age of 18. If You
are aware that Hawiyyah has collected Personal Information from someone under
the age of 18, please alert Hawiyyah at [email protected] and the
information will be removed from Hawiyyah’s systems as soon as is reasonably
possible. This policy regarding collection of data from children exceeds the
requirements of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.
b) Hawiyyah does not
knowingly aggregate or provide Public Information about people under the age of
18. Hawiyyah’s email search may return Public Information about children
between the ages of 13 and 18 because this Public Information originates from
third-party social networking sites and websites that permit children who are
13 years and older to create public profiles.
5. Contacting Hawiyyah
If You have any
questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at [email protected]
6. California Privacy Disclosure
a) This Privacy Policy
describes Hawiyyah’s handling of personally identifiable information as
required by the California Online Privacy Protection Act and personal
information under the California Consumer Privacy Act. California residents
have the additional rights described in this section.
b) Right to Know
Public Information – You have the right to request that Hawiyyah disclose what
Public Information it collects, uses, discloses, and/or sells. To make a
Right-to-Know request related to Public InformationCalifornia law excludes
information from federal, state, and local government agencies from the scope
of Right-to-Know requests. You will be required to submit information about
Yourself in order for Hawiyyah to perform a search of its database to locate
the Public Information it has collected about You. Your search must
sufficiently match the Public Information in Hawiyyah’s database in order for Hawiyyah
to verify Your request. An authorized agent may make a request on Your behalf.
No additional proof will be required from an authorized agent.
c) Right to Know and
Request Deletion of Personal Information – You have the right to request that Hawiyyah
disclose what Personal Information it collects, uses, and discloses. Hawiyyah does not sell, exchange, transfer, or give Personal Information to any
other party. You also have the right to request that Hawiyyah delete the
Personal Information it has collected. To make a Right-to-Know request related
to Personal Information and/or make a deletion request.. You will be required
to log-in to Your Hawiyyah account or provide sufficient matching information
in order for Hawiyyah to verify Your request. Hawiyyah cannot delete Personal
Information that it is under a legal obligation to maintain. An authorized
agent may make a request on Your behalf. No additional proof will be required
from an authorized agent, except that, for Your protection, we will only
disclose the categories of Personal Information collected to authorized agents
that make requests through Hawiyyah’s toll free number.
d) Right to Opt-Out
Public Information – Hawiyyah does not sell Your Personal Information. However,
You have the right to opt-out of the sale of Public Information. To make an
opt-out request related to Public Informationplease contact us at [email protected] You can also
call Hawiyyah to make an Opt-Out request related to Public Information. While Hawiyyah
will not sell Your Public Information that has been opted-out, Hawiyyah
reserves the right to disclose Public Information to third parties, without
notice to You, if required to do so by law, or if Hawiyyah has a good faith
belief that disclosure is necessary to (1) comply with legal process served on Hawiyyah;
(2) protect and defend Hawiyyah’s rights or property; or (3) act in an
emergency to protect someone’s safety. Hawiyyah also reserves the right to
transfer Public Information to any successor in interest to the Hawiyyah
business.
e) Hawiyyah will not discriminate
against You for exercising Your rights under this section of this Privacy
Policy.
7. Specific Clauses for EU Data Subjects
The following applies
only if You are in the European Economic Area or Switzerland (collectively the
“EU”):
a) The following
clauses only apply to Personal Information You provide to Hawiyyah.com. To
request that Public Information about You be removed from public listings on Hawiyyah.com,
please contact us at [email protected] This page
also contains information about sending written requests for removal of public
listings.
b) Hawiyyah relies
upon the following lawful grounds to collect and use Your Personal Information:
(i) It is necessary
for the performance of a contract.
(ii) Hawiyyah’s or a
third party’s legitimate interests, including but not limited to, identity
verification and fraud prevention.
(iii) Your consent.
c) You may use Your
account to access, correct, or change any Personal Information that You have
provided to us or that is associated with Your account. You may also email [email protected] to request access to, transfer of, and rectification
or erasure of Your Personal Information, or restriction of processing, or to
object to processing. You will need to specify the nature of Your request and
the information that is subject to Your request. Hawiyyah may require You to
submit additional information necessary to verify Your identity and status as
an EU data subject. Hawiyyah will respond to Your request within 30 days.
d) If Hawiyyah is
processing Your Personal Information based upon the lawful ground of Your
consent, You have the right to withdraw Your consent for such processing at any
time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing based on consent before
it is withdrawn. To withdraw consent, email [email protected].
e) If You are an EU
data subject and have inquiries about Your Personal Information, please contact
Hawiyyah’s Data Protection Officer at [email protected].