Privacy Policy

Last Updated: December 18, 2025

What data do you collect when I search?
How does com.com protect my privacy?
Why are you collecting personal data at all?
Cookies
Can anyone see my searches?
Will any personal data ever be shared with 3rd parties?
Privacy policy updates
U.S. State Law Requirements
European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, and Switzerland Users

1. What data do you collect when I search?

When you perform a search on Com.com, we partner with Google and Giant Panda to provide you with search results, including sponsored results. In order to deliver these services, we automatically collect certain data that is required by our search partner to maintain service quality and prevent fraudulent activity, including bot attacks and ad fraud. This data includes your IP address and search query terms.

2. How does com.com protect my privacy?

All connections to Com.com are encrypted using SSL/HTTPS connections. We do not collect any additional third-party data, including cross-site third-party data.

3. Why are you collecting personal data at all?

The limited personal data collection mentioned in Section 1 is necessary to operate Com.com and prevent fraud, including preventing bot attacks and ad fraud. For further information regarding how this data is used and your privacy rights, please see the Google Privacy Policy and the Giant Panda Privacy Policy.

4. Cookies

4.1 Google

Google uses cookies, as described in detail in its privacy policy, which can be found at: Google Cookies Policy.

If you are in the EU, UK, or California, you will first need to provide your explicit consent before any cookies are used (apart from essential cookies). Please see Google's Privacy Policy for further details regarding your rights and how to exercise them.

If you are not in the EU, UK, or California, cookies will be used automatically (which includes cookies used for advertising purposes by Google). You can opt out of these cookies at any time by clicking on "Cookie Settings" in the footer of this page. Please see Google's Privacy Policy for further details regarding your rights and how to exercise them.

4.2 Giant Panda

Giant Panda uses tracking technologies and advertising cookies when delivering search results to you. These technologies are used to monitor traffic and to provide you with targeted advertising. You can opt out of these technologies at any time by visiting the settings tab, which is accessible by clicking on "Cookie Settings" in the footer of this page. For further information about how Giant Panda protects your privacy, please see: Giant Panda Privacy Policy.

5. Can anyone see my searches?

Search queries may be accessible to Google, Giant Panda, and their partners. Your search queries may also be available in your browser history if you have that functionality enabled in your browser.

6. Will any personal data ever be shared with 3rd parties?

Com.com automatically shares certain personal data with third parties (such as Google and Giant Panda) in order to deliver search results. If you provided consent to certain data processing activity, you can withdraw that consent at any time by accessing Com.com's consent management platform, which is accessible by clicking on "Cookie Settings" in the footer of this page.

7. Privacy policy updates

This privacy policy was last updated on December 18, 2025.

8. U.S. State Law Requirements

Nevada residents: Com.com does not sell covered information, as defined under Nevada law.

8.1 California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (Virginia CDPA), and similar state privacy laws

As stated above, Com.com receives search queries from you and provides them to Google and/or Giant Panda (along with associated user data) for the purpose of providing search results, including sponsored results. With respect to these limited activities, Com.com does not engage in the "sale" or "sharing" of your personal information, nor does it engage in "targeted advertising," as those terms are defined under various U.S. state privacy laws (such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA), Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (Virginia CDPA), and Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA)) and for the limited purpose of processing this data, Com.com acts as a "service provider" of Google and Giant Panda.

Within the preceding 12 months, Com.com (for itself and as a service provider of Google and Giant Panda) collected, used, and disclosed (to Google and Giant Panda) the following categories of personal information:

Category	Examples	Collected
A. Identifiers	Real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, Social Security number, driver's license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.	YES
B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))	A name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver's license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories.	NO
C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law	Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information).	NO
D. Commercial information	Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.	NO
E. Biometric information	Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information, such as, fingerprints, faceprints, and voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, gait, or other physical patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data.	NO
F. Internet or other similar network activity	Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer's interaction with a website, application, or advertisement.	YES
G. Geolocation data	Physical location or movements.	YES
H. Sensory data	Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.	NO
I. Professional or employment-related information	Current or past job history or performance evaluations.	NO
J. Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99))	Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records.	NO
K. Inferences drawn from other personal information	Profile reflecting a person's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.	NO

Com.com uses the personal information listed above for the following business purposes:

Providing search results from Google and Giant Panda (including sponsored search results)
Fraud detection and prevention (including bot traffic and ad fraud)

9. European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, and Switzerland Users

Please note: The following section applies only to users within the EEA, UK, and Switzerland. You should also see the Google Privacy Policy and the Giant Panda Privacy Policy regarding your privacy and your data protection rights.

9.1 Data Controller and Contact Information

The data controller responsible for Com.com is Giant Panda, LLC. Please contact Giant Panda directly regarding any data protection concerns at: [email protected].

9.2 Legal Basis for Processing

Com.com processes the personal data mentioned in Section 1 for the following legal reasons:

Performance of a contract: As stated in our Terms of Use, in order to perform a search, Com.com will need to process your search query and IP address. If you do not want us to process this data, you should not use Com.com and instead should visit Google or Giant Panda directly to perform your searches.
Legitimate interests: Com.com has a legitimate interest in detecting and preventing fraud, which necessitates collecting IP address data.
Consent: Where Com.com asks for your explicit consent before any cookie is used (for instance, you may be required to give consent before you are served any advertising results).
Legal obligations: Where Com.com is required to share data as a result of legal obligations.

9.3 Data Retention

IP addresses are anonymized or deleted after 7 days. Search query data is retained for a period of one year, except if you request its deletion sooner.

9.4 Your GDPR Rights

Under the GDPR, users in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland have the following rights:

Right of access (Article 15 GDPR): You have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed, and where that is the case, access to the personal data.
Right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR): You have the right to have inaccurate personal data rectified.
Right to erasure (Article 17 GDPR): In certain circumstances, you have the right to have your personal data erased.
Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR): In certain circumstances, you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data.
Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR): In certain circumstances, you have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
Right to object (Article 21 GDPR): In certain circumstances, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.

9.5 Exercising Your Rights

To exercise any of the rights listed above, please contact us at: [email protected].

9.6 Lodging a Complaint

If you believe that Com.com is not processing your data lawfully, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. For a list of all EEA supervisory authorities, please visit: https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en. For the UK supervisory authority, please visit: https://ico.org.uk/. For the Swiss supervisory authority, please visit: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html.