What we collect
Account information (registered users only)
- Email address, optional company name, and a hashed password when you sign up.
- API usage data (calls, endpoints accessed, response status) for quota tracking.
- For commercial accounts only, contact details and a written agreement. FastDOL does not process payment cards on the website; commercial billing is handled offline.
Browsing data (all visitors)
- Analytics: we use PostHog and Vercel Analytics to understand how visitors use the site. This includes page views, referral sources, and general usage patterns. PostHog sets cookies for session tracking; Vercel Analytics is cookieless and uses no client-side identifiers.
- Advertising: some pages reserve space for Google AdSense. The AdSense script is only loaded after you accept cookies via the consent banner; until then no ad-related data leaves your browser. When loaded, Google may use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your browsing activity across the web. See Google’s advertising policies for details and Google Ad Settings to opt out of personalization.
- Standard server logs (IP address, user-agent, timestamp) for abuse prevention, rate-limit enforcement, and debugging. Retained for 30 days.
How we use your data
- To provide and improve the FastDOL service.
- To track API usage and enforce per-key quotas (registered users).
- To send transactional email — verification, password reset, and security notifications. We do not send marketing email without explicit opt-in.
- To investigate abuse, enforce rate limits, and respond to legal requests.
What we don't do
- We do not sell your personal account data (email, search queries, API usage).
- We do not share your search queries with third parties.
- We do not use your account data for ad targeting on FastDOL or anywhere else.
Note: third-party ad networks (currently Google AdSense, when active) may use cookies on public pages to serve interest-based ads. This is standard for ad-supported websites. You can opt out of personalized ads via Google Ad Settings.
Cookies
FastDOL uses the following types of cookies:
- Essential: session cookies for authentication (logged-in users only) and CSRF tokens.
- Analytics: PostHog cookies to understand site usage in aggregate. Vercel Analytics is cookieless.
- Advertising: Google AdSense cookies for ad personalization, loaded only after you accept the cookie banner.
You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings. Disabling advertising cookies will result in non-personalized ads, not the removal of ads.
Data retention
Account data and API usage logs are retained for as long as your account is active. Quota counting only ever reads the current calendar month, so older usage rows have no operational use — they exist only as an audit trail that gets discarded along with the account when you delete it. Server access logs are retained for 30 days. You may request account deletion at any time by emailing privacy@fastdol.com or via the danger zone on your account page.
Your rights
- Access and deletion: you may request a copy of your data or account deletion by emailing privacy@fastdol.com.
- Opt out of tracking: you can disable analytics cookies through your browser settings or via a privacy-focused browser extension.
- EU / UK residents: we treat all GDPR / UK-GDPR access, rectification, and erasure requests at parity with US users. Requests are answered within 30 days.
Employer data
FastDOL aggregates publicly available federal data from 16 federal sources plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry (an academic source). This data is published by U.S. federal agencies and is public record. FastDOL normalizes and aggregates the data but does not create or modify the underlying government records. To request a correction or removal of an incorrectly-attributed record on a profile, email corrections@fastdol.com.
Contact
Privacy questions or data requests: privacy@fastdol.com
General support: support@fastdol.com