Privacy Policy
TLDR
We strive to make searches as private and confidential as possible. Uploaded face is not indexed and is deleted after 24 hours together with cached search results. FaceIndex does not log IP addresses. We do not use 3rd party visitor tracking cookies such as Google Analytics. All photos and results are not property of FaceIndex, we simply use a 3rd party API
Long Version
This privacy policy discloses the privacy practices for FaceIndex. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this website. It will notify you of the following:
- What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.
- What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.
- The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.
- How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
Information Collection, Use, and Sharing
FaceIndex does not collect or share any personally identifiable information about their users. FaceIndex does not log IP addresses of their visitors. Uploaded photo is used to extract a face and use the extracted face for search only. Original photo is discarded immediately after face extraction. Low resolution thumbnail of extracted face is deleted after 24 hours together with cached search results. We do not index, publish or share uploaded photos.
About FaceIndex database
FaceIndex indexes and caches small low resolution thumbnails of faces and URL links that are indexed from public, readily available web pages such as public news websites and blogs. We do not store any other information such as name, location, or whether or not a person was involved in any criminal activity. FaceIndex's AI is trained not to index or search children's faces.
Cookies
We use "cookies" on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor's hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site.
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Security
We take precautions to protect all your information. When you submit any information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.
All information is transmitted to us in a secure way via SSL. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for "https" at the beginning of the address of the Web page.
While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. We do not collect personally identifiable information.