Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

We collect several types of information from and about users of our website and services, including:

Personal Data

While using our service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. This may include:

• Email address
• First and last name
• Phone number
• Website URL and related information
• Payment information (processed securely through our payment processors)

Usage Data

We may also collect information about how you access and use our services, including:

• Your computer's Internet Protocol (IP) address
• Browser type and version
• The pages of our website that you visit
• The time and date of your visit
• The time spent on each page
• Other diagnostic data

Website Content Data

As part of our verification service, we scan and analyze content from websites submitted for verification. This may include:

• Text content from webpages
• Metadata about content creation
• Website structure and organization

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect about you for various purposes, including:

To Provide and Maintain Our Service

• To verify the authenticity of human-created content on your website
• To issue and manage verification badges
• To create and maintain your account
• To process payments and transactions

To Improve Our Service

• To analyze usage patterns and improve our verification algorithms
• To develop new features and services
• To monitor the effectiveness of our service

To Communicate With You

• To provide customer support and respond to inquiries
• To send you updates about your verification status
• To send administrative information, such as updates to our terms or privacy policy
• To send marketing communications (with your consent)

For Legal and Security Purposes

• To protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property
• To detect, prevent, or address fraud and security issues
• To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or governmental requests

3. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We may share your personal information in the following situations:

Service Providers

We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, and customer service.

Directory Listings

If you opt-in to be listed in our public directory of verified websites, we will publicly display your website URL, verification status, verification score, and category. This information will be accessible to anyone who visits our directory.

Business Transfers

If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction, but we will notify you via email and/or a prominent notice on our website of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information.

Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

With Your Consent

We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

4. Data Security

The security of your personal information is important to us. We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. However, please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

We take reasonable steps to ensure that:

• We use industry-standard encryption to protect sensitive data in transit and at rest
• We regularly review and update our security practices
• We limit access to personal information to authorized personnel only
• We conduct regular security assessments

If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please immediately notify us by contacting us at security@verifiedunique.com.

5. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

If you request deletion of your account, we will delete your personal information, except where we are legally required to maintain certain records. Website content data used for verification may be retained in an anonymized form for the purpose of improving our verification algorithms and maintaining service integrity.

6. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include:

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the "Contact Us" section below. We may need to verify your identity before responding to your request.

7. Children's Privacy

Our services are not intended for use by children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

8. International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the information, including personal information, to the United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

When we transfer personal information from the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or Switzerland to the United States or other countries which have not been determined by the European Commission to have laws that provide an adequate level of data protection, we use standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission or other appropriate legal mechanisms to safeguard the transfer.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the bottom of this page.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.