Effective Date: April 18, 2025 Last Updated: April 18, 2025
Welcome to ScamCatch.com (“we,” “us,” “our”). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website ScamCatch.com. Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.
We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last Updated” date of this Privacy Policy. You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Privacy Policy is posted.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:
- Personal Data: Personally identifiable information, such as your name or email address, that you voluntarily give to us [e.g., when you contact us, subscribe to a newsletter, or report a scam through a form]. You are under no obligation to provide us with personal information of any kind, however your refusal to do so may prevent you from using certain features of the Site.
- Derivative Data: Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site. This is often collected via log files and analytics tools.
- Data from Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Site to help customize the Site and improve your experience. When you access the Site, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the Site.
2. Use of Your Information
Having accurate information permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:
- Operate and maintain the Site.
- Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Site.
- Understand how users interact with our content and tools.
- Deliver targeted advertising, coupons, newsletters, and other information regarding promotions and the Site to you (if applicable, based on your preferences).
- Respond to your comments, questions, and provide user support.
- Help detect and prevent fraudulent activity and security risks.
- Compile anonymous statistical data and analysis for use internally or with third parties.
- Comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
3. Disclosure of Your Information
We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:
- By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.
- Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including data analysis, hosting services, customer service, marketing assistance, and advertising serving. This explicitly includes Google services as detailed below.
- Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
- Aggregated or Anonymized Data: We may share aggregated or anonymized information that does not directly identify you with third parties for analysis, research, or other purposes.
4. Google Services
We use various services provided by Google LLC (“Google”) on our Site. The use of these services involves the collection and processing of data by Google.
- Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors engage with our Site. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as how often users visit the Site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to the Site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve our Site and services. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit the Site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this Site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this site by disabling cookies on your browser. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
- Google AdSense: We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on some of our pages. Google AdSense uses cookies, including the DoubleClick DART cookie, to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website and other websites on the Internet. The DART cookie enables Google and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our Site and/or other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting the Google Ad Settings page: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated. You can also opt out of third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices.
- Other Google Services: We may also use other Google services (such as Google Fonts, Google reCAPTCHA for spam protection on forms, etc.). The use of these services is governed by Google’s Terms of Service and Google’s Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy).
5. Tracking Technologies
- Cookies and Web Beacons: We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Site to help customize the Site and improve your experience. For more information on how we use cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy [(Link to your Cookie Policy if you have a separate one, otherwise you can elaborate here or remove this sentence)].
- Internet-Based Advertising: Additionally, we may use third-party software to serve ads on the Site, implement email marketing campaigns, and manage other interactive marketing initiatives. This third-party software may use cookies or similar tracking technology to help manage and optimize your online experience with us. As mentioned above, Google AdSense is one such service. For more information about opting out of interest-based ads, visit the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool (http://optout.networkadvertising.org/) or the Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool (http://optout.aboutads.info/).
6. Data Security
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.
7. Data Retention
We will retain your information only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, or as required by law (for example, for tax or accounting purposes). Anonymous or aggregated data may be retained indefinitely.
8. Your Rights
Depending on your location (e.g., within the European Economic Area (EEA) under GDPR or California under CCPA), you may have certain rights regarding your personal data, including:
- The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information below.
9. Policy for Children
We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13 (or 16, depending on jurisdiction). If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under the relevant age, please contact us using the contact information provided below so we can take appropriate action.
10. Links to Other Websites
The Site may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of each website that collects personally identifiable information.
11. Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: