Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to ShiftSearch ("we," "our," or "us"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

2. Data Controller

For the purposes of applicable data protection laws, the data controller of your personal data is:

3. Data We Collect

We may collect, use, store, and transfer the following types of personal data about you:

• IP Address: We temporarily store your IP address to provide search engine preferences.
• Search Queries: When you use our search service, your search queries are processed to redirect you to the appropriate search engine.
• Cookie Data: We use cookies to store your search engine preferences if our main storage system is unavailable.
• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website.

4. How We Use Your Data

We use your personal data only for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our service
• To remember your preferred search engine
• To redirect your search queries to your chosen search engine
• To improve our service

5. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for. Search preferences linked to your IP address are stored for up to 12 months of inactivity. Cookies for preferences may be stored in your browser for up to 12 months.

6. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way. We limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

7. Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including the right to:

• Request access to your personal data
• Request correction of your personal data
• Request erasure of your personal data
• Object to processing of your personal data
• Request restriction of processing your personal data
• Request transfer of your personal data
• Right to withdraw consent

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at support@work.ink.

8. Third-Party Services

When you perform a search, you will be redirected to third-party search engines (Google, Bing, Ecosia, DuckDuckGo, or Yahoo). Please note that these third-party websites have their own privacy policies, which we do not control. Once you leave our website, we are not responsible for the protection and privacy of any information you provide to these third parties.

9. Children's Privacy

Our service is not intended for children under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page. We will also update the "last updated" date at the top of this privacy policy.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us at: