Privacy policy
State Business Entity Search has no accounts, no sign-up forms and no advertising. It uses one analytics service, Yandex Metrica, described under cookies and analytics below.
What happens when you search a name
The name you type and the state you pick are sent to this site's server. The server passes the name to that state's public data service to fetch matching records, and passes the name's letters to the public lookup services of the .com, .net, .org and .us registries to see whether each domain is registered. Those services receive the name from this site's server and not from your device, so they do not see your IP address.
Answers are kept in a short-lived cache for up to six hours so a repeated search is quick. The cache holds the name searched and the answer. It does not hold who searched.
The Iowa search works differently. Your browser downloads part of Iowa's published list and matches the name on your own device.
Technical logs
The site is hosted on Cloudflare. Like any web host, Cloudflare processes your IP address, browser type, other technical identifiers and the address of each request in order to deliver pages and stop abuse. For a search, the request address includes the name typed. These technical logs are kept for a short time and are not used to build a profile of you.
Cookies and analytics
This site uses Yandex Metrica, a web analytics service run by Yandex. It sets cookies and records page visits, clicks and scrolling. Session recording is off, and the name you type in a search is not sent to it.
Yandex may process this data on servers outside the United States under its own terms. Analytics does not load when your browser sends Global Privacy Control.
You can opt out in three ways: turn analytics off on this browser with the button below, change your browser's cookie settings, or install the Yandex Metrica opt-out add-on.
Links to other sites
State search links open the state's own website. Domain buttons open Spaceship's website with the domain name in the link. Those sites have their own privacy policies and may set their own cookies once you are there.
Advertising
No ads and no ad cookies are in use today. If Google ads are added later, this policy will be updated before any ad is shown. From that point:
- Third parties, including Google, may place and read cookies on your browser, or use web beacons, IP addresses or other identifiers, to serve ads based on your visits to this and other sites.
- You will be able to turn off personalized advertising in Google's Ads Settings.
- Visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland will be asked for consent through Google's consent message before any personalized ad is shown.
Google explains its part in How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps.
Business records shown in results
Search results show business names, entity types, statuses, filing dates and record numbers that a state has published as open data. The site does not request or display officers, agents, addresses, emails or phone numbers. To correct a business record, contact the state that publishes it.
Children
The site is for adults forming or checking a business. It does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Questions and changes
Write to hello@statebusinessentitysearch.com. If this policy changes, the date under the heading changes with it.