YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

TroyTheLocator.com only collects personally identifiable information with your consent. By registering to use our web site, you will be asked for your name, address, and other similar information. TroyTheLocator.com will not share this information with any affiliated or third party companies.

In order to complete your registration with TroyTheLocator.com, you will be required to provide payment information, including your credit card number and expiration date. This information is only used to complete a transaction that you initiate and will never be sold or transferred to any third party. TroyTheLocator.com uses SSL secure socket software to encrypt the information you provide and to protect its confidentiality.

"COOKIES"

"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. While TroyTheLocator.com does use cookies on this site, we do not use them to collect any personally identifiable information. Our cookies are used for legitimate business purposes only. For instance, cookies allow us to store your user-ID during your visit to keep track of reports you have ordered or any updates to those reports. Cookies also help us detect potential fraud or misuse of our system.

While most browsers are set to accept cookies by default, you can set yours to refuse cookies or to alert you before accepting cookies. However, be aware that if you do not accept any cookies from this web site you will not be recognized as a registered user and will not be able to login and perform Locates.

CANCELLATION & ACCOUNTABILITY

Upon request, TroyTheLocator.com will remove your personal information from our customer information database. (The information you provided when you registered on the site.) If you decide to use our website services in the future, you will be required to register again.

Finally, we will allow you to review any personal information we store in connection with your use of this site and to correct any inaccurate information.

YOUR CONSENT TO ALL OF THE TERMS

By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of information by TroyTheLocator.com from this web site. If we change our privacy policy, those changes will be posted here so that you are kept informed of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

What's the difference between public records, publicly available information, and non-public information? These terms refer to the source of the information. The following definitions have been agreed by various information industry and government groups:

• Public Records are compiled by various public offices and agencies with the intent and for the purpose of being made publicly available. Examples of public records include real estate records, lien filings, business entity filings (such as corporate registrations), lawsuit information and court dockets, court decisions, and birth, marriage, divorce and death records.
   
• Publicly Available Information generally originates with the individual himself or herself and is provided in the course of routine business transactions such as ordering telephone service, placing catalog orders, making retail purchases, and joining book clubs. Published telephone numbers, household demographics, street addresses, and church and school alumni directory information all fall within the category of publicly available information. Information contained in newspapers and magazines (such as news reports and birth, death and marriage notices) is also considered to be publicly available.
   
• Private or Non-Public Information is not generally available from public records or commercial sources. Non-public information includes information that is protected from disclosure by law or by custom, such as medical records, employment records, tax returns, and personal financial records.

CAN I REMOVE MY PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC RECORDS DATABASES?

No. Public records, by law, must be available from the official public records office to anyone who requests them. Accordingly, because individuals cannot opt out of public records databases generally, TroyTheLocator.com does not offer individuals the opportunity to opt out of our public records databases. In order for any database of public records to be useful, the databases must contain all of the information in the public records offices.

If you have a compelling privacy or security issue, you may wish to contact the official source of those public records that contain sensitive information about you to determine how to remove your information from the public record. (The process of having public records sealed typically requires a court order.) This process will ensure that the information is not available from the public records custodian, TroyTheLocator.com, or any other information provider.

The information contained in any TroyTheLocator.com report may contain inaccuracies for which TroyTheLocator.com is not responsible. The information is provided "AS IS". Please see the terms of the User Agreement for any applicable limitations of liability that apply.