Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 13, 2026

1. Who we are and what this policy covers

Dolead operates comparison and quote-request websites (the "Interfaces") that connect consumers seeking products or services with professionals likely to meet their needs (our "Partners"). This Privacy Policy describes how Dolead, Incorporated, 177 Huntington Ave, Ste 1703 PMB 68292, Boston, MA 02115-3153 ("Dolead", "we", "us"), collects, uses, discloses, and protects the personal information of users in the United States, and the rights and choices available to you. It supplements our Cookies Notice and is incorporated into our Terms of Use.

2. Personal information we collect

a. Information you provide. When you complete a questionnaire on one of our Interfaces, we collect the information you enter. Fields required to fulfill your request are marked with an asterisk; all other fields are optional, and leaving them blank does not affect your request. Depending on your request, this information may include:

Category Examples
Identification Last name, first name, title
Contact details Email address, telephone number, postal address
Personal life Lifestyle, household situation, pets, consumption habits, occurrence or absence of a claim
Professional life Role, profession, professional address, telephone number and email address
Economic and financial information Income range, estimated wealth range, homeowner or renter status

b. Information collected automatically. When you use the Interfaces we collect your IP address and information from cookies and similar technologies, as described in our Cookies Notice. We may send an SMS code to the mobile number you provide to confirm your contact details.

c. Information from our Partners. After we connect you with a Partner at your request, the Partner may inform us of the follow-up given to your request. This is limited to what is strictly necessary for the performance of our contract with that Partner.

We do not purchase personal information from data brokers or third-party marketing lists. Our services are directed to adults; we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16 years of age.

3. How we use personal information

  • to connect you with the Partner(s) you have asked to be connected with;
  • to confirm your contact details (for example, via an SMS code);
  • to secure our websites and services and prevent fraud;
  • to produce visit statistics and measure the performance of our advertising;
  • to reach new audiences likely to be interested in our services (using hashed data, as described below);
  • to comply with applicable law, enforce our agreements, and establish or defend legal claims.

Our collection and use of personal information is limited to what is reasonably necessary and proportionate to these purposes.

4. How we disclose personal information

  • To Partners, at your request: we disclose the information you provided to the Partner(s) you asked to be connected with, in exchange for consideration. Under some state privacy laws, including the CCPA, this constitutes a "sale" of personal information. Partners may only use your information to respond to your request and, where applicable, to follow up on offers you expressed interest in. Where a Partner wishes to send you further marketing, your consent is collected and passed to that Partner, which then acts under its own responsibility.
  • To advertising providers: we may disclose hashed (SHA-256) identifiers to advertising platforms for measurement and audience-building. A platform can only recognize the data if it already holds matching data about you.
  • To service providers: hosting, analytics, and management tool providers process personal information on our behalf under contracts restricting their use of it. Our data is hosted by Amazon Web Services.
  • Legal and corporate: we may disclose personal information where required by law, to respond to lawful requests by public authorities, or in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, subject to appropriate protections.

Dolead does not itself send you marketing communications.

5. Cookies and similar technologies

Our use of cookies is described in the Cookies Notice. You can refuse advertising cookies through the cookie banner, and opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information via the "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link in the footer of our sites.

6. How long we keep personal information

Personal information Active retention Archive
Information required to connect you with Partners, and follow-up information from Partners 2 years from last active contact 3 additional years, solely for the defense of claims
Optional information you chose to provide Until you withdraw consent, and no longer than 5 years Deleted within one month of a withdrawal request
IP address 1 year Deleted thereafter

If a complaint or claim is pending, we may retain the relevant information for the duration of the proceedings, solely to defend our rights. Records of privacy requests are retained for 5 years; identity documents provided for verification are deleted once identity is confirmed.

7. Security

We maintain technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against alteration, loss, destruction, and unauthorized access, including access restricted to employees who need it, pseudonymization where possible, and secured networks and servers. No internet transmission is completely secure, and we encourage you to take your own precautions.

8. Your privacy requests

Any US user may ask us to access, correct, or delete the personal information we hold about them:

We may need to verify your identity before acting on a request. There is no fee. Where your information was disclosed to a Partner, we will pass your request to that Partner; a short delay may occur between our confirmation and the Partner completing its own processing. If we cannot locate records matching the information you provide, we will tell you so within the response period.

9. Your California Privacy Rights (CCPA Notice for California Residents)

This section applies solely to residents of California and supplements the rest of this Privacy Policy. It is provided under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (together, the "CCPA"), and its implementing regulations. Terms used in this section, such as "personal information", "sell", "share", "service provider" and "business purpose", have the meanings given to them in the CCPA.

9.1 Categories of personal information we collect

In the preceding 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information about California consumers:

CCPA category Examples (see Section 2) Source
Identifiers Name, postal address, email address, telephone number, IP address Directly from you; automatically
Customer records (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.80(e)) Name, address, telephone number Directly from you
Commercial information Products or services you are seeking, consumption habits, follow-up given to offers you requested Directly from you; from the Partner you asked to be connected with
Internet or network activity Interactions with our interfaces, cookie data (see our Cookies Notice) Automatically
Professional or employment information Role, profession, professional contact details Directly from you
Financial information you choose to provide Income range, homeowner or renter status Directly from you (optional fields)

We collect personal information (i) directly from you when you complete a questionnaire on our interfaces, (ii) automatically when you use the interfaces, and (iii) from our Partners, limited to the follow-up given to your own contact request. We do not buy personal information from data brokers or third-party marketing lists. We collect and use these categories for the purposes described in Section 3, and our collection is limited to what is reasonably necessary and proportionate to achieve those purposes.

9.2 Sale and sharing of personal information

When you submit a contact request, we provide the personal information you have given us to the Partner(s) you asked to be connected with, in exchange for consideration. Under the CCPA this constitutes a "sale" of personal information. We may also share hashed identifiers with advertising providers for measurement and audience purposes, which may constitute "sharing" under the CCPA.

In the preceding 12 months we have sold or shared the following categories: identifiers; customer records; commercial information; professional or employment information; and financial information you chose to provide. The categories of recipients are: the Partners you asked us to connect you with, and digital advertising providers (hashed data only). In the same period we have disclosed the same categories, plus internet or network activity, to service providers (hosting, analytics, and management tool providers) for business purposes.

We do not sell or share the personal information of consumers we know to be under 16 years of age. We do not collect or use sensitive personal information for purposes other than those permitted by the CCPA regulations.

9.3 Your rights

  • Right to know: to know and access the personal information we have collected about you, including the categories, sources, purposes, and the categories of third parties to whom it was disclosed, sold, or shared;
  • Right to delete: to request deletion of the personal information we have collected from you, subject to statutory exceptions;
  • Right to correct: to request correction of inaccurate personal information;
  • Right to opt out: to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information;
  • Right to limit: to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information (we do not use sensitive personal information beyond the purposes permitted by the regulations);
  • Non-discrimination: we will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights.

9.4 How to exercise your rights

You may use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf; we may require proof of the agent's authority.

9.5 Verification

For requests to know, delete, or correct, we will verify your identity by matching information you provide against information we hold, and may request additional information solely for verification. Requests to opt out of sale or sharing are not subject to verification; we may only ask for the information necessary to locate and process your request. If we cannot locate any records matching the information you provide, we will inform you within the response period. If we cannot verify a deletion request, we will deny the deletion but treat your request as a request to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information.

9.6 Timing

We will confirm receipt of your request within 10 business days. We will respond substantively within 45 calendar days. Where reasonably necessary, we may extend once by a further 45 days and will notify you of the extension. Opt-out requests are honored within 15 business days.

9.7 Retention

We retain each category of personal information for the periods described in Section 6 of this Privacy Policy, and in no event longer than is reasonably necessary for the disclosed purposes.

9.8 Methods of contact

Dolead operates exclusively online and has a direct relationship with the consumers from whom it collects personal information. As permitted by Cal. Civ. Code Section 1798.130(a)(1)(A), we provide an email address and web forms for submitting requests instead of a toll-free telephone number.

9.9 Your rights under Cal. Civ. Code Section 1798.83 ("Shine the Light")

California residents may also request certain information regarding disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, write to: Dolead, Incorporated, 177 Huntington Ave, Ste 1703 PMB 68292, Boston, MA 02115-3153, United States, referencing Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code. We respond to one request per customer per calendar year.

9.10 Contact

For questions about this section or our privacy practices: legal@dolead.com, or Dolead, Incorporated, 177 Huntington Ave, Ste 1703 PMB 68292, Boston, MA 02115-3153, United States.

10. Other US state privacy rights

Residents of states with comprehensive privacy laws (including Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Montana, and others) may have the right to access, correct, delete, and obtain a copy of their personal information, and to opt out of targeted advertising, the sale of personal information, and certain profiling. You can exercise these rights through the methods in Section 8. If we decline to act on your request, you may appeal by replying to our decision or emailing legal@dolead.com with the subject line "Privacy Appeal"; if your appeal is denied, you may contact your state Attorney General.

11. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, including to reflect changes in law or our practices. The current version is always posted on this page with its "Last updated" date. Material changes will be reflected by a new date at the top of this page. We review this policy at least once every 12 months.

12. Dispute resolution

If you have questions, complaints, or disputes regarding this Privacy Policy, contact us first using the details in Section 13 and we will attempt to resolve the matter informally. If a dispute is not resolved within ninety (90) days of submission, either party may begin formal proceedings. This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of Delaware, in the English language. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Privacy Policy shall be finally settled by arbitration under the rules of Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. ("JAMS") then in effect, with the place of arbitration in Santa Clara County, California, conducted in English. Either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction. Each party bears its own legal fees; other arbitration costs are allocated as the tribunal may award.

13. Contact

legal@dolead.com, or Dolead, Incorporated, 177 Huntington Ave, Ste 1703 PMB 68292, Boston, MA 02115-3153, United States.