When searching for your own information, you expressly request and consent to the collection, retrieval, analysis, and processing of your personal data for digital-footprint analysis, cybersecurity monitoring, identity-protection, and privacy-protection purposes. This may include searches of publicly available sources and lawfully accessed or authorized databases.

By proceeding with payment or using the services, you confirm that you have read, understood, and accepted the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy and, where consent is the applicable legal basis, expressly consent to the processing of your personal data.

Searches Relating to Third Parties

When requesting or conducting a search relating to another person, you represent and warrant that:

• The search is requested and conducted for a lawful purpose;

• You have a legitimate and legally permissible reason for requesting the search;

• You have obtained any authorization or consent required by applicable law;

• You will not use the information for harassment, stalking, blackmail, coercion, unlawful surveillance, discrimination, identity theft, or any other illegal activity; and

• You will comply with all applicable privacy, data-protection, cybersecurity, consumer-protection, and other relevant laws and regulations.

deleteme may process personal data obtained from publicly available sources and lawfully accessed or authorized databases, where permitted, based on:

• Article 6(1)(a) GDPR,  consent, including where applicable to searches performed by individuals concerning their own personal data; and

• Article 6(1)(f) GDPR,  legitimate interests, where the processing is necessary for legitimate purposes and such interests are not overridden by the rights and freedoms of the individual concerned.

Such legitimate interests may include:

• Cybersecurity and privacy protection;

• Fraud prevention and detection;

• Identity verification;

• Lawful due diligence and risk assessment;

• Digital-footprint analysis;

• Legal investigations; and

• Regulatory and legal compliance.

Further information is available in our Privacy Policy and Legal Basis for Digital Footprint Searches (GDPR Compliance).

United States Legal Notice

Users accessing or using deleteme.com from the United States acknowledge and agree that:

• Information provided through the services is obtained from publicly available sources and lawfully accessed or authorized databases;

• deleteme is not a “consumer reporting agency” and does not provide “consumer reports” as those terms are defined under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.; and

• The services and information provided by deleteme must not be used, in whole or in part, to determine or influence any person’s eligibility for:

  • Employment;

  • Housing or tenant screening;

  • Credit, loans, or financing;

  • Insurance;

  • Government benefits; or

  • Any other purpose regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Users are solely responsible for complying with all applicable United States federal, state, and local laws, including privacy, data-protection, consumer-protection, surveillance, anti-discrimination, and identity-theft laws.

International Use Notice

deleteme services may be made available internationally. Users accessing the services from outside the European Union or the United States acknowledge and agree that:

• All searches and uses of information must comply with the laws and regulations applicable in their jurisdiction;

• They are solely responsible for determining whether their intended use of the services is lawful; and

• They must obtain any authorization, consent, license, or other legal approval required by applicable law.

deleteme primarily processes information obtained from publicly available sources and lawfully accessed or authorized databases using open-source intelligence (OSINT) methodologies.

Transparency Notice

Personal data processed by deleteme may originate from sources including:

• Publicly accessible internet sources;

• Public registers and official records;

• Search engines;

• Lawfully accessed data-breach repositories;

• Public records;

• Open-source intelligence databases; and

• Authorized commercial databases.

This section provides transparency information concerning personal data that may be obtained from sources other than directly from the individual concerned, in accordance with Article 14 GDPR. Additional information regarding the identity of the controller, processing purposes, legal bases, retention periods, recipients, international transfers, and data-subject rights is available in the Privacy Policy.

User Responsibility and Prohibited Uses

Users are solely responsible for ensuring that their access to and use of deleteme services and information are lawful.

The services must not be used for:

• Harassment, stalking, threats, or intimidation;

• Blackmail, extortion, or coercion;

• Unauthorized or unlawful investigations;

• Illegal or unauthorized surveillance;

• Discrimination or unlawful profiling;

• Identity theft, impersonation, fraud, or deception;

• Violations of another person’s privacy or legal rights; or

• Any unlawful, abusive, malicious, or unauthorized purpose.

Any suspected misuse may result, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies available to deleteme, in:

• Immediate account suspension;

• Restriction or termination of access to the services;

• Preservation and disclosure of relevant information where legally required;

• Reporting to competent authorities where appropriate; and

• Civil or criminal legal action.