CIchecked.com Privacy Policy
Commercial Investigations LLC makes it a priority to protect your privacy and to emphasize our commitment to privacy protection. For Commercial Investigations LLC and for our customers, we have developed this online policy for www.cichecked.com, which is operated by Commercial Investigations LLC.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this policy, please contact us at:
info@cichecked.com
Information Collection
I. Personally Identifiable Information
Personally Identifiable Information is collected by Commercial Investigations LLC only under the condition that you provide the information to us directly. Personally-identifiable information collected with your consent will include, for example, name, billing and current address, credit card number, last four digits of your social security number, CI Checked user name and password, information relating to certifications of identity submitted by you, or any inquires you may make through our website. In addition, due to the nature of our product, CI Checked may also collect personally identifiable information such as email addresses, personal website URL’s and public website usernames. Commercial Investigations LLC will NEVER collect passwords other than that of your CI Checked account.
II. Non-personally Identifiable Information
CI Checked also collects non-personally-identifiable information. As you navigate www.cichecked.com, we may collect statistical information about your visit. Statistical information collected may include: the number of individuals visiting our site, the specific pages visited, which domain our visitors come from, and which browsers/search engines visitors use to arrive at our site. CI Checked may outsource a company to assist us in collecting and analyzing this data to better design our website.
III. Cookies
Cookies are small text files which contain unique ID tags, placed on your computer by a website. This site uses cookies, however personally identifiable information is not collected through their use. 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 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 them. Your browser manufacturer has information on changing the default setting for your specific browser. However, be aware that if you do not accept cookies from this web site, you will not be able to use some of the features of this site, such as those for ordering certificates.
IV. Security
Commercial Investigations LLC takes every precaution necessary to protect your personally identifiable information. Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for "https" at the beginning of the address of the web page or by viewing our SSL certificate and assuring the URL displayed is the URL you are currently on.
In addition to protecting your information online, we are equally concerned about protecting your information offline. Only employees who serve a specific function (e.g. customer service) relative to the CI Checked website are granted access to personally identifiable information. Further, computers and servers which store personally identifiable information are housed in a secure environment.
Information Use and Consumer Choice
The information collected by Commercial Investigations LLC is used only for responding to your request for certification of identity and otherwise communicating with you, for processing requests you submit, maintaining your account and for the administration, review and/or the improvement of the content of our web sites.
Commercial Investigations LLC may contact you regarding any comments or inquires you have made or in regards to the maintenance of your account. Commercial Investigations LLC may also contact you regarding any request for certification of identity you may have submitted.
You have the option at any time to opt out of any emailing from Commercial Investigations LLC that may concern our services and/or your CI Checked account. If you wish to exercise this option simple reply to any e-mail or contact us at info@cichecked.com
Onward Transfer
Commercial Investigations LLC may disclose personally identifiable information you provide to us to third parties strictly for the purpose of completing your certification of identification. If, for example, you compete payment for you request using a credit card, disclosing that information for processing purposes is necessary to complete the transaction.
Commercial Investigations LLC may also outsource some tasks, including the operation of some website functions that require access to information you supply online. In such cases, however, we require that the companies acting on our behalf abide by our privacy policy and institute safeguards to protect the confidentiality of your information.
Finally, please note that we may disclose personal information when required by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform with the law or to comply with a legal process.
Access and Correction
As an information company, we know the importance of accurate data. Therefore, we strive to maintain the accuracy of the information provided through this web site.
Furthermore, we believe that the individual is invaluable in ensuring that data is complete and accurate. We encourage all individuals to monitor and contact all reporting agencies in an effort to correct any and all inaccuracies that may be present in your personal history. Inaccuracies in identification information may include discrepancies in name spelling, address, date/year of birth and telephone number. Similarly, we encourage you to correct inaccuracies in the information you submit to us through our website in an effort to provide you with a quality product.
The information that you submit during the registration process cannot be changed once the registration process is complete. In order to change this information, you would need to submit a new request for certification of identity using the updated information.
Policy Changes
We may revise this online privacy policy from time to time. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by posting a prominent announcement on the web site.
