Privacy Policy
Last Updated on June 28, 2024
This Privacy Policy discloses the privacy practices for sherllock.ai (Company) a Licensee and publisher of The Sherllock.ai Database (collectively 'sherllock.ai') and to any services that display this notice. The Company mission is to serve the public interest by providing private public and government Users a free searchable resource for law enforcement information and related resources. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy unless otherwise noted all references to sherllock.ai include our mobile messaging services, mobile sites, and applications.
Sherllock.ai may contain links to other websites for your convenience and information. Authorized service providers and advertisers on sherllock.ai maintain separate privacy policies of their own. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those sites.
Non-Solicitation Policy
Approved agents are authorized to submit licensing applications for permanent unpublishing, permanent publishing, and content editing, and perform their services based on inbound requests received from the public or law enforcement officials only. Sherllock.ai agents are expressly forbidden from soliciting and do not initiate contact with individuals appearing in 'The Sherllock.ai Database' and abide by a non-solicitation policy established by Licensor. Agents will only respond to inbound inquiries where the Licensor of 'The Sherllock.ai Database' or the disseminator of 'The Sherllock.ai Database' content communicates with the agent that an individual is requesting services or the individual personally establishes communication via telephone or electronically with an authorized agent.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE GATHER ABOUT YOU?
The information sherllock.ai gathers falls into two categories:
- Personal information which includes personal information you supply when you subscribe, order, complete a survey, register for services provided by one of our authorized vendors, enter a contest, or provide your e-mail address.
- Non-personal information collected through technology which includes tracking information collected as you use sherllock.ai.
User Generated Content and Public Activities (Including Comments, Reader Reviews, and Sherllock.ai Blogs)
We offer you opportunities to engage in public activities on sherllock.ai. 'Public activities' are any actions you take on sherllock.ai that are designed to be visible to other users including comments, information, links, recommendations, reader reviews, ratings, or any other items that you submit. Any information you disclose in your public activities along with your screen name or ID or any image or photo becomes public and may be used by sherllock.ai for online and offline promotional or commercial uses in any and all media. If you choose to engage in public activities you should be aware that any personal information you submit there can be read, collected, or used by other users of these areas and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the personally identifiable information you choose to submit in these forums and sherllock.ai has no responsibility to publish, take down, remove, or edit any of your public activities or any of your submissions that are a result of your public activities. When you share or recommend (with or without adding your own comments) any sherllock.ai articles or content to your Facebook profile that action is governed by the Facebook Privacy Policy. We do not track or store a record of those comments or actions. By choosing to participate in public activities you are electing to share and display such public activities via sherllock.ai. Also public activities may be included in RSS feeds, APIs, and made available to other Web sites via other formats. As a result, your public activities may appear on other Web sites, blogs, or feeds. Keep in mind that we are not responsible for any personal information you choose to make public via your public activities and you agree that such sharing will be deemed to have been done by you, not sherllock.ai.
Contests, Sweepstakes, and Special Offers
Sherllock collects personal information from you in connection with optional sweepstakes, contests, or special offers. If this information is also being collected by a third party other than sherllock.ai, we will notify you at the same time. If you do not want any personal information shared, you may always decline to participate in the sweepstakes, contest, or special offer.
User Surveys and Market Research
Sherllock.ai may collect personal information from you in connection with voluntary surveys. Data may be collected through sherllock.ai, on the phone, or through the mail. The information you provide in response to optional survey questions may be shared, but only in the aggregate with advertisers and partners unless we notify you otherwise at the time of collection.
Non-Personal Information Collected Using Technology
Information Collected by Us Using Technology
Device Information: We may collect non-personal information about the computer, mobile device, or other device you use to access sherllock.ai such as IP address, geolocation information, unique device identifiers, browser type, browser language, and other transactional information.
Cookies: In providing sherllock.ai, we use 'cookies,' Web beacons, and other similar technologies to recognize you and provide personalization, as well as to help us understand where our visitors are going and how much time they spend there. You will not be able to access certain areas of our Web sites including sherllock.ai if your computer does not accept cookies from us.
Analytics Technologies
We have hired third parties to provide us information, reports, and analysis about the usage, browsing patterns of users of sherllock.ai. These third parties track and analyze non-personally identifiable usage and volume statistical information from our visitors and customers on sherllock.ai. All data collected by third parties on our behalf is owned and used by us.
IP Addresses
Sherllock.ai logs Internet Protocol (IP) addresses or the location of your computer on the Internet for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. We use this information in an aggregate fashion to track access to our Web sites and mobile applications.
Log Files and Your Reading History
We automatically log certain usage information about your use of sherllock.ai. This information includes a reading history of the pages you view.
Location Information
Some of our mobile applications can deliver content based on your current location if you choose to enable that feature of the app. If you enable the location-based feature, your current location will be stored locally on your device, which will then be used by the app. If you elect to have a location-based search saved to your history, we will store that information on our servers. If you do not enable the location-based service or if an app does not have that feature, the app will not transmit to us and we will not collect or store location information. Ads may be displayed within our apps. The ads you see may be targeted to you based on your current GPS location or may be targeted to you based on your device's IP address or ZIP code.
Information Collected by Third Parties Using Technology
Some of the services and advertisements included in sherllock.ai and within our mobile apps are delivered or served by third-party companies that may place or recognize cookies, Web beacons, or other technology to track certain non-personal information about our Web site users. For example, in the course of serving certain advertisements, some advertisers may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser in order to collect certain information about your use of sherllock.ai. In many cases, this information could be used to show you ads based on your interests on other Web sites. We do not have access to nor control over advertisers' or service providers' use of cookies or other tracking technologies or how they may be used. You have choices about the collection of information by third parties on our website:
- If you would like more information about advertisers' use of cookies and about your option not to accept these cookies.
- If you would like to opt-out of having interest-based information collected during your visits to this or other sites please opt-out. Your access to our Web sites should not be affected if you do not accept cookies served by third parties.
Geographic Restrictions
In accordance with various data protection laws, access to and use of our services are restricted for residents of certain regions. By using this site and our services, you affirm that you are not a resident of any of the following areas:
- Illinois, USA: Residents of Illinois are prohibited from accessing or using our service due to state biometric data privacy laws. If you are a resident of Illinois, do not attempt to use our services. Sherllock reserves the right to block access and refuse service to any users identified as residents of Illinois.
- European Union (EU): Residents of the EU are prohibited from accessing or using our service in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). If you are a resident of the EU, do not attempt to use our services. Sherllock reserves the right to block access and refuse service to any users identified as residents of the EU.
- Canada: Residents of Canada are prohibited from accessing or using our service in compliance with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). If you are a resident of Canada, do not attempt to use our services. Sherllock reserves the right to block access and refuse service to any users identified as residents of Canada.
- Australia: Residents of Australia are prohibited from accessing or using our service in compliance with the Privacy Act 1988. If you are a resident of Australia, do not attempt to use our services. Sherllock reserves the right to block access and refuse service to any users identified as residents of Australia.
By using our site and services, you confirm that you are not a resident of any of these restricted regions. For more information, please refer to our full Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION WE GATHER ABOUT YOU?
Providing the Services You Request
We use the information we gather about you to enable your use of the sherllock.ai services, fulfill your requests for certain products and services, such as sending out information and enabling you to participate in paid services, polls, contests, and message boards.
Statistical Analysis
We perform statistical, demographic and marketing analyses of users of sherllock.ai, and their subscribing and purchasing patterns, for product development purposes and to generally inform advertisers about the nature of our subscriber base. We use this information for analysis purposes, including analysis to improve customer relationships.
Customizing Your Experience
We use the information that we collect to allow advertising to be targeted to the users for whom such advertising is most pertinent. We also use this information to customize certain features of sherllock.ai to provide you with an enhanced experience based on the type of device you are using to access sherllock.ai, and in certain cases, provide you with requested services.
Relevant Advertising
We may use demographic and preference information to allow advertising on sherllock.ai to be targeted to the users for whom they are most pertinent. This means users see advertising that is most likely to interest them, and advertisers send their messages to people who are most likely to be receptive, improving both the viewer's experience and the effectiveness of the ads. We disclose information to third parties only in aggregate or de-identified form.
WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE THE INFORMATION THAT WE GATHER?
We also share information about our audience in aggregate or de-identified form. Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to restrict sherllock.ai use of aggregated or de-identified information in any way. In the future, we may sell, buy, merge or partner with other companies or businesses. In such transactions, we may include your information among the transferred assets.
Service Providers
We may contract with other companies to provide services to you directly, or on our behalf, including unpublishing services, background check information, credit-card and billing processing, shipping, e-mail distribution, list processing and analytics or promotions management. We provide these companies only with the information they need to perform their services. These service providers are restricted from using this data in any way other than to provide services for sherllock.ai, and they may not share, resell or use the data for their own direct marketing purposes unless such use is explicitly disclosed in their own privacy policy. We reserve the right to disclose your opt-out information to third parties so they can suppress your name from future solicitations, in accordance with applicable laws. We may occasionally release personal information as required by law, for example, to comply with a court order or subpoena. (For more information, see the 'Compliance with legal process' section of this policy.)
WHAT IS OUR E-MAIL POLICY?
Service-Related E-Mail
Sherllock.ai reserves the right to send you e-mail relating to your interactions with us. This includes order confirmations, notices of credit-card problems, other transactional emails and notifications about major changes to the sherllock.ai site and database and/or to our Privacy Policy. If you have registered for online discussions or other services, you may receive e-mail specific to your participation in those activities.
E-Mails From You
If you send us e-mails, you should be aware that information disclosed in e-mails may not be secure or encrypted and thus may be available to others. We suggest that you exercise caution when deciding to disclose any personal or confidential information in e-mails. We will use your e-mail address to respond directly to your questions or comments.
E-Mail This Article Feature
Sherllock.ai readers may use this feature to e-mail links to articles (or other content such as slideshows). The e-mail addresses that you supply to this service are saved for your convenience for future articles you may wish to e-mail; these addresses are not used for any other purpose, and will not be shared with any third parties.
IS MY INFORMATION PROTECTED?
Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and ensure the appropriate use of information, we have put in place commercially reasonable physical, technical and administrative controls to protect the information. Please note that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure.
OTHER INFORMATION
Compliance With Legal Process
We may disclose personal information if we are required to do so by law or we have a good faith belief that such action is necessary to (1) comply with the law or with legal process; (2) protect and defend our rights and property; (3) protect against misuse or unauthorized use of sherllock.ai; or (4) protect the personal safety or property of our users or the public (among other things, this means that if you provide false information or attempt to pose as someone else, information about you may be disclosed as part of any investigation into your actions).
Children's Guidelines
COPPA Compliance
Sherllock.ai does not knowingly collect or store any personal information about children under the age of 13.
Changes to This Policy
This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time. Any such changes will be posted on this page. If we make a significant or material change in the way we use your personal information, the change will be posted on this page thirty (30) days prior to taking effect and registered users will be notified via e-mail.
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Sherllock.ai Participates in Affiliate Programs
Sherllock.ai participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links.
Content Ownership and Accuracy
All original material at this website is subject to copyright. Certain materials reproduced on this website are believed to be in the public domain. The appearance of the likeness and/or name of any person on sherllock.ai is not an allegation by sherllock.ai that the person has in fact engaged in any of the activities or crimes for which they have been charged. All information published by sherllock.ai is believed to be factually true and correct, and is not intended to malign, disparage, or defame any person named herein. Sherllock.ai makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of information posted on this website. However, Sherllock.ai does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the content of this website. Opinions expressed in comments across this website are solely those of our visitors.
We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website.
These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.
Sherllock.ai Definitions:
Arrest or Booked
An arrest is the act of depriving a person of his or her liberty usually in relation to the purported investigation or prevention of crime and presenting (the arrestee) to a procedure as part of the criminal justice system. The term is Anglo-Norman in origin and is related to the French word arrêt, meaning 'stop'. The question of whether the person is under arrest or not depends not on the legality of the arrest, but on whether the person has been deprived of personal liberty of movement. Including but not limited to; a traffic stop, citation issuance or initial investigation of alleged crime scene. The word 'arrest' on Sherllock.ai means the apprehension of a person or the deprivation of a person's liberty. The word 'booked', when used by sherllock.ai, is identical in meaning to the word 'arrest'.
Mugshot
A photograph of usually a person's head and especially face; specifically: a police photograph of a suspect's face or profile.' - Merriam Webster dictionary
'Mugshot unavailable'
A mugshot may or may not have been taken by authorities.
'Hit' or 'View'
An internal web visit measurement unit. Data provided to our visitors is estimated and may not be accurate. No guarantee of accuracy is made herein.
The mere questions and/or reports presented on this website about a possible arrest of a person are not an implication of an actual arrest.