Privacy Policy
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When you use Lightning Search, you trust us with your searches and we understand and value this trust. We have provided this Privacy Policy to explain how Lightning Search protects your privacy while searching, what information we collect through Lightning Search and some of your privacy rights regarding that information. Effective February 1, 2016 This Policy may change from time to time. Please check back frequently for updates.
1. Lightning Search does not track search history in any user identifiable way. The most popular search engines create search profiles of specific users in order to retarget ads based on those search queries as the user navigates the internet. Lightning Search does not track your search history in any user identifiable way.
2. Lightning Search does not retain server logs connected to personally identifiable information (PII). Lightning Search does not use tracking tool or maintain logs that compromise your privacy.
3. Lightning Search prevents your ISP from tracking your search terms. Some search engines do not encrypt your queries, which means your Internet Service Provider (ISP) can intercept and access them and connect them to your web and/or cable account. When you use Lightning Search , your search queries are encrypted so that your ISP cannot read them.
4. Lightning Search does not associate your searches from your online accounts. The most popular search engines offer other services which often collect sensitive personal information such as email (Gmail, Outlook Webmail) and social web services (Google+ and YouTube). When you search the web and remain logged into these accounts, your search queries can be easily connected to your profile. Lightning Search completely disconnects your searches from being tied to your email accounts and social profiles.
5. Lightning Search does not request, log or share your personal information. Lightning Search doesn't collect or maintain any personal information from users who use Lightning Search.
6. Lightning Search uses cookies to determine the effectiveness of our own marketing campaigns. Because we don’t track any personally identifiable information, we can’t do more than determine that a specific user searched for whatever search terms they searched for. We know nothing about that particular user and we don’t know anything identifiable about the user. Using cookies also allows us to encrypt your search queries on the browser to help hide the history of what you searched for on the machine.
7. More Information. If you wish to be notified of any updates to this Privacy Policy, please check back frequently as any updates will be posted to Lightning Search. with a new effective date.
8. Contacting Lightning Search If you have questions about this Privacy Policy and your rights under this policy, please write to us at the address below.
Terms & Conditions
Lightning Search End User License Agreement - Last Updated 2016-Oct-15 PLEASE READ THIS LICENSE CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLING AND USING OUR Lightning Search . BY INSTALLING OR USING OUR SEARCH SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL POLICIES AND GUIDELINES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT INDICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE, AND DO NOT USE Lightning Search . For more details about how we collect, store, share and use information collected using the plugin, refer to our privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy"). Acceptance of terms By downloading/installing “Lightning Search ”, you will be installing a software application onto your computer which might appear on your desktop or within one or more of your Internet browsers. “Lightning Search ” products will allow you to search the Internet, and may provide you with additional features as further described in this EULA. During the download of a “Lightning Search ” Product you may also be offered the opportunity to set your browser homepage, start page, new tab page and/or default search setting(s) to our search service. If you do not wish to reset your setting(s), you can decline/opt-out of the setting(s) change by unchecking the appropriate checkbox during the download process for the relevant “Lightning Search ” Product. The search features, as well as other non-search-related features, may be customized by you. Use of such features and settings is subject to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, which are hereby incorporated into this EULA by reference. This EULA and the privacy policy (together, this "Agreement") govern your use of our product. You may not use the service if (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with us, or (b) you are a person barred from receiving or using the product under the laws of the United States or other countries, including the country in which you are resident or from which you use the product. This Agreement is a legally binding agreement between you and “Lightning Search”. By using this service, you acknowledge that “Lightning Search” will not be liable for any damages, claims or other liability arising from and / or related use of Web sites owned by third parties. License & Use Restrictions Subject to your compliance with these Terms, “Lightning Search” hereby grant you a limited, personal, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, license to use “Lightning Search” on applicable devices that are under your control, provided that you will fully comply with the terms and conditions of these Terms and our Privacy Policy. You may not do any of the following: (1) Interfere with the security of the product in some way. (2) Use the product in a way that violates or disrupts the services it provides. (4) Make any use of a product that violates the legal rights of any user. (5) Use the product illegally. (6) Use the product in violation of applicable law or regulation. We reserve the right at our sole discretion to suspend, remove, or disable your access to “Lightning Search” at any time and without notice. In no event we will, be liable for the suspension, removal of or disabling of your access to “Lightning Search” or to any feature available therein. Termination We may at any time, with or without notice, terminate the Agreement or block or disable your access or use of the Product if: We believe that you have breached any provision of the Agreement (or have acted in the manner which shows that you do not intend to, or are unable to comply with the provisions of the Agreement). We required doing so by law (for example, where the provision of the Product to you is, or becomes, unlawful). The provision of the Product to you by us is, in our opinion, no longer commercially viable. We believe that your use of the Product may infringe or violate the rights of a third party or subject Licensor to civil or criminal liability. All of the provisions of this Agreement which, by their nature, are intended to survive termination hereof (including, without limitation, all provisions relating to indemnification, disclaimer of warranties, indemnification, intellectual property rights, limitation of liability, applicable law, jurisdiction and venue, class actions and general matters), shall do so. Copyright “Intellectual Property” – including any and all trade secrets, patents, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, URLs, trade dress, brand features, know-how, moral rights, contract rights, code (executable, source and other) and similar rights of any type under the laws of any applicable governmental authority, or international treaty, including, without limitation, all applications and registrations relating to any of the foregoing. Intellectual Property shall mean all intellectual property whether registered or not and whether reduced into practice or not. All content on the product, including text documents graphics software, etc., as well as trademarks, logos, are solely owned by us or licensed to us. “Lightning Search” has the right to edit, delete, distort, modify or move user content from the Site without notice for any reason at any time. Additionally, “Lightning Search” has the right to refuse to transmit, email, post or broadcast any content without notice for any reason at any time. Indemnification You agree to indemnify and to hold “Lightning Search” ("Indemnifying Party") products harmless, and indemnify “Lightning Search” from and against any expenses (including attorney fees) arising from claims of third parties made against or incurred by the Indemnified Party as a result of negligence, misrepresentation, error or omission on the part of the Indemnifying Party or any employee, agent or representative of the Indemnifying Party, or any breach of this Agreement by the Indemnifying Party, regardless of whether such claims were foreseeable by the Indemnified Party. The Indemnified Party will have the right to participate, at its expense, in the defense of any claim covered hereunder with counsel of its own choosing. The Indemnified Party shall give the Indemnifying Party prompt notice of any such claim and shall reasonably cooperate with the Indemnifying Party and its counsel in the defense of such claim. WARRANTIES “Lightning Search” DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND EXCEPT AS EXPLICITLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, ALL CONTENT ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS". “Lightning Search” DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE LICENSED PRODUCT IS ERROR-FREE OR FREE FROM INTERRUPTIONS OR OTHER FAILURES OR THAT THE PRODUCT WILL MEET DISTRIBUTORS OR THE END CUSTOMERS REQUIREMENTS. IN NO EVENT WILL LICENSOR, OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, OR ANY OF ITS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, PARTNERS, MEMBERS, ADVERTISERS, INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHER DAMAGES (REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION), OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUES, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, DATA OR USE OF SYSTEMS, ARISING OUT OF (i) USE OF THE PRODUCT BY ANY PERSON, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY ANY RELIANCE ON, OR ANY DELAYS, INACCURACIES, DEFECTS, MALFUNCTIONS, ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN, ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT OR SOFTWARE ACCESSED VIA THE PRODUCT, OR (ii) ANY USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PRODUCT FOR WHATEVER REASON, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE OR ANY OTHER FAILURE WITH TRANSMISSION OR DELIVERY OF ANY INFORMATION ACCESSED THROUGH THE PRODUCT. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS SO THEY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. Limitation of Liability YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE WEBSITE, PRODUCT AND PLUGIN ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE PRODUCT IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE APPLICABLE LAW, LICENSOR AND ITS AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER LICENSOR NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, NOR ANY OF THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, LICENSORS, EMPLOYEES OR REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENT OR WARRANT (i) THAT THE PRODUCT, INCLUDING ITS CONTENT, WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, OR ERROR-FREE; (ii) THAT THE PRODUCT WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE OR WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ACCESSIBLE, TIMELY, OR SECURE; (iii) THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE PRODUCT WILL BE FREE FROM VIRUSES, "WORMS," "TROJAN HORSES" OR OTHER HARMFUL PROPERTIES; (iv) THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY REVIEW, RECOMMENDATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PUBLISHED OR ACCESSIBLE ON OR THROUGH THE PRODUCT; (v) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE; AND (vi) THAT THE PRODUCT IS NONINFRINGING. LICENSOR AND ITS AFFILIATES HEREBY DISCLAIM, AND YOU HEREBY WAIVE AND RELEASE LICENSOR AND ITS AFFILIATES FROM, ANY AND ALL OBLIGATIONS, LIABILITIES, RIGHTS, CLAIMS, OR REMEDIES IN TORT ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE PRODUCT, WHETHER OR NOT ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE (ACTIVE, PASSIVE OR IMPUTED) OF LICENSOR OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS, WHICH VARY FROM JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION. Miscellaneous This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of ISRAEL, without reference to its conflicts of law principles. The courts located in Tel-Aviv Israel shall have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any dispute arising out of this Agreement and each party hereby expressly consents to the personal jurisdiction of such courts. A determination that any term of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable shall not affect the other terms thereof. Section headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement. Nothing in these Terms creates any agency, employment, joint venture, or partnership relationship between you and “Lightning Search”. Except as may be expressly stated in these Terms, these Terms constitute the entire agreement between us and you pertaining to the subject matter hereof. We may assign our rights and obligations under these Terms and the Privacy Policy. You may not assign your rights and obligations hereunder without our prior written consent. Changes to this agreement We may change any of this terms contained in this Agreement, including the Privacy Policy and other policies and guidelines governing the site, at any time in its sole discretion. CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE POSTED HERE WHEN THEY BECOME EFFECTIVE. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING THE NOTICE AND ANY APPLICABLE CHANGES. When we post changes to this terms or privacy policy, we will revise the "last updated" date at the top of this terms of use or privacy policy, as applicable. Accordingly, you should periodically check the "last updated" date at the top of the site so that you can familiarize yourself with any changes. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE PRODUCT, FOLLOWING THE POSTING OF ANY CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT AND AFTER THE CHANGES TAKE EFFECT WILL CONSTITUTE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH CHANGES. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO FUTURE CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT, STOP USING THE SITE AND OUR PRODUCTS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH CHANGES.