Right of Access to Personal Data

You may request to receive details about how we collect, use, and share your personal data. Below are the categories of information Whitepages collects.  Please review this list before making a specific request as it may provide the information you are interested in without a request submission.    

Categories of Data We Collect and How it is Used: 

WP Data: this is data we make available on our website for a number of purposes, including fraud prevention, family safety, spam call detection and contacting people outside your inner circle.  This data, most of which originates from public sources, namely government agencies, is sourced from credit and telecommunications providers.  

• Name
• Address
• Property Records
• Age/Birthdate/Date of death
• Criminal and traffic records
• Relatives/associates linked by address or name
• Liens and judgements
• Licenses and permits
• Evictions
• Bankruptcies
• Foreclosures
• Phone numbers

Secondary Data: this is data collected from users of our website to improve the site experience. We do NOT sell this information.  We share it only with providers of analytics and fraud prevention services, which are contractually prevented from selling, sharing or using the data for any purpose other than improving our website experience.  

• IP Address
• Cookies
• Device ID
• Search behavior, such as number of searches or search category (name, phone number, address, etc.) and web pages visited

Customer Data: this is data provided by users purchasing products on our site. We do NOT sell this information. We share it only with payment processing, marketing platforms and fraud prevention providers, which are contractually prevented from selling, sharing or using the data for any purpose other than fulfilling purchases and securing data. 

• Name
• Email address
• Billing zip code
• Credit Card information
• User name 
• Search behavior, such as number of searches or search category (name, phone number, address, etc.) and web pages visited

Specific Data Requests:  

You may request to receive the specific pieces of personal data that we have collected about you listed below. 

PLEASE NOTE: in order to ensure the security of your personal data and prevent fraudulent requests, we require identity verification when making a request for specific data. At a minimum, you will be required to submit a copy of your driver’s license and verify your phone number and/or your email address.  Any authorized agents making request on your behalf need to provide similar information for verification. 

• the categories of personal data that we have collected about you, 
• the categories of personal data that we have disclosed for a business purpose, 
• the categories of sources from which we collected the personal data,
• our purposes for collecting that personal data, and
• the categories of parties with whom we share your personal data.