Privacy Policy

NAMECHECK50 (“we,” “us,” or “our”) operates the NAMECHECK50 business name availability search service at namecheck50.com (the “Service”). This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and what rights you have.

By creating an account or using our Service, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

We do not sell your personal information. We never have and we never will.

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• Service delivery: Authenticating your account, running your searches, delivering results, and maintaining your search history.
• Transactional communications: Sending magic link sign-in emails, search result notification emails, and purchase receipts. These are service communications, not marketing, and cannot be opted out of while your account is active.
• Payment processing: Charging your payment method for credit purchases, applying purchased credits to your account, and maintaining purchase records.
• Security and fraud prevention: Detecting and preventing unauthorized access, abuse of the Service, and fraudulent transactions.
• Service improvement: Analyzing usage patterns in aggregate (not individually) to improve search accuracy, speed, and user experience.
• Legal compliance: Responding to lawful requests from law enforcement, complying with applicable law, and protecting our legal rights.
• Marketing communications (opt-in only): If you explicitly opt in, we may send product updates and feature announcements. You may unsubscribe at any time via the link in any marketing email.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We share your information only in the following limited circumstances:

• Service providers: We share information with trusted vendors who help us operate the Service, including payment processing (Stripe), email delivery (Resend), hosting and infrastructure, and analytics. Each vendor is contractually prohibited from using your data for their own purposes.
• Legal requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, regulation, court order, or government request, or if we believe disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, prevent fraud, or protect the safety of our users or the public.
• Business transfers: If NAMECHECK50 is acquired, merged, or its assets are transferred, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you via email or prominent notice on the Service before your information becomes subject to a materially different privacy policy.
• With your consent: We may share your information for other purposes with your explicit, affirmative consent.

We never share your search queries or search results with any third party except as required to operate the Service (e.g., transmitting your search query to our data provider to retrieve results).

We use the following third-party services, each of which has its own privacy policy governing its handling of your data:

Stripe's privacy policy: stripe.com/privacy. Google's privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties. If you have questions about any of our data providers, please contact us at privacy@namecheck50.com.

• Account data (email address, authentication records): Retained for the life of your account. Deleted within 30 days of a verified account deletion request.
• Search history and results: Retained for the life of your account. Deleted with your account upon a deletion request.
• Payment records: Retained for 7 years from the date of the transaction, as required by U.S. tax law and financial regulations, even after account deletion. Credit card details are never stored by us — only by Stripe.
• Log data: Retained for up to 90 days, then deleted or anonymized.
• Session tokens: Expire automatically after 30 days of inactivity or immediately upon sign-out.

Regardless of where you live, you have the following rights with respect to your personal information:

• Access: Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
• Correction: Request correction of inaccurate information.
• Deletion: Request deletion of your account and associated personal data, subject to our legal retention obligations (e.g., payment records).
• Portability: Request your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Opt-out of marketing: Unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time via the unsubscribe link in any such email or by contacting us directly.

To exercise any of these rights, email us at privacy@namecheck50.com. We will respond within 45 days. We may require verification of your identity before fulfilling a request.

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), grants you additional rights:

• Right to Know: You may request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you in the past 12 months, the categories of sources, the business purpose for collection, and the categories of third parties with whom we share it.
• Right to Delete: You may request deletion of personal information we have collected, subject to certain exceptions (e.g., completing transactions, security, legal obligations).
• Right to Correct: You may request correction of inaccurate personal information.
• Right to Opt-Out of Sale / Sharing: We do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. No opt-out is needed, but you may exercise this right by contacting us.
• Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information: We do not collect sensitive personal information as defined by CPRA (SSNs, precise geolocation, financial account numbers, etc.) except as incidental to payment processing (handled exclusively by Stripe).
• Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any CCPA rights.

To submit a CCPA request, email privacy@namecheck50.com with the subject line “CCPA Rights Request.” We will respond within 45 days. You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf, subject to identity verification.

Categories of personal information collected in the past 12 months: Identifiers (email, IP address), commercial information (purchase history, credit balance), internet activity (log data, usage data), and professional information (search queries related to your business). We do not collect biometrics, geolocation, or sensitive personal information.

We use a minimal set of cookies and similar technologies, described below:

• Strictly necessary cookies: Authentication session cookies required to keep you signed in. These cannot be disabled without breaking the Service.
• Analytics cookies: If you have not opted out, we may use analytics tools (such as Google Analytics) to collect aggregated usage data. You may opt out by enabling the “Do Not Track” signal in your browser or by installing the Google Analytics Opt-Out Add-On.

We do not use advertising cookies, cross-site tracking cookies, or sell data collected via cookies to advertisers.

The Service is intended for users 18 years of age or older. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe we have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately at privacy@namecheck50.com.

We use industry-standard technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information, including:

• HTTPS (TLS 1.2+) encryption for all data in transit
• Encrypted data storage for authentication credentials
• PCI DSS-compliant payment processing via Stripe (we never handle raw card data)
• Access controls limiting employee access to personal data
• Regular security monitoring and intrusion detection

No method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee absolute security. In the event of a data breach that materially affects your personal information, we will notify you as required by applicable law.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we will notify you by email (to the address on your account) and/or by posting a prominent notice on the Service at least 14 days before the changes take effect. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

Non-material changes (such as formatting, typo corrections, or clarifications that do not affect your rights) may be made without notice. The “last updated” date at the top of this page will always reflect the most recent revision.

For privacy questions, rights requests, or concerns about this policy, contact us at:

We aim to respond to all privacy inquiries within 45 days. For urgent matters, include “URGENT” in your subject line.