The LexisNexis Data Privacy Principles speak to the personally identifiable information, including sensitive personally identifiable information, collected, maintained, used or disseminated in connection with services offered by LexisNexis (meaning LexisNexis Legal & Professional, a division of RELX Inc., LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc., and its or their affiliated companies) (hereinafter referred to individually or collectively as "LexisNexis")).

LexisNexis Privacy Vision

LexisNexis is committed to the responsible use of information and protecting individual privacy rights. LexisNexis strives to provide services to businesses, individuals, nonprofit organizations and government agencies that help reduce fraud, mitigate risk, facilitate more informed decisions, and make society safer, in ways that protect individuals’ privacy. We aspire to protect individuals’ privacy through the design of our products, by credentialing, monitoring, and auditing our customers as appropriate, and through other information security safeguards. We also strive to promote transparency through education initiatives, privacy principles and policies, and appropriate opportunities for choice, access, and correction with respect to personal information about individuals.

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Data Privacy Principles

LexisNexis applies these Principles to our domestic U.S. products and services where appropriate. In addition, other uses or disclosures may occur as required by applicable law, such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its state analogues ("FCRA"), the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act and its state analogues (“DPPA”), and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”). If the law requires or upon request of law enforcement, or, if necessary, to prevent fraud or to protect our company systems, these principles may not apply. LexisNexis also, from time to time, may revise our Data Privacy Principles by posting changes on its Web site.

1. SECURITY
Data security is a company imperative. LexisNexis strives to protect personally identifiable information that we maintain or disseminate, including through the use of appropriate administrative, physical, and technical safeguards.

2.  DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
LexisNexis strives to provide additional safeguards for sensitive personally identifiable information, such as Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers. LexisNexis strives to limit the availability and access to full Social Security Numbers ("SSNs"), Driver's License Numbers and State Identification Numbers. LexisNexis strives to protect the confidentiality of SSNs by limiting access to SSNs to certain legitimate and authorized users, such as: state, local and federal government entities; financial institutions; insurers; employers; creditors; debt collectors and other user types to which LexisNexis may decide to provide such access. A limited number of public records may contain SSNs that are already available to the public and, if such public records are accessed through LexisNexis services, our services may provide access to such SSNs. LexisNexis prohibits the unlawful disclosure of SSNs. LexisNexis also takes steps to limit the availability of Driver's License Numbers ("DLNs") and state identification card numbers.

 3.  ACCURACY
LexisNexis strives to accurately report information in its products. LexisNexis also strives to accurately report information that it receives from its data sources. LexisNexis recognizes, however, that reporting errors may occur and offers individuals opportunities, where applicable, to dispute and correct information that we report as discussed further in Principle 9 on Access and Correction.

4.  PROTECTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBERS
LexisNexis strives to provide additional safeguards for sensitive personally identifiable information, such as Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers. LexisNexis strives to limit the availability and access to full Social Security Numbers ("SSNs"), Driver's License Numbers and State Identification Numbers. LexisNexis strives to protect the confidentiality of SSNs by limiting access to SSNs to certain legitimate and authorized users, such as: state, local and federal government entities; financial institutions; insurers; employers; creditors; debt collectors and other user types to which LexisNexis may decide to provide such access. A limited number of public records may contain SSNs that are already available to the public and, if such public records are accessed through LexisNexis services, our services may provide access to such SSNs. LexisNexis prohibits the unlawful disclosure of SSNs. LexisNexis also takes steps to limit the availability of Driver's License Numbers ("DLNs") and state identification card numbers. 

5.  EDUCATION
LexisNexis strives to inform its employees, users and the general public about appropriate use of LexisNexis products and services. LexisNexis strives to inform its users and employees about:

• Privacy and security issues associated with LexisNexis information products and services; and
• The responsible use of personally identifiable information.

 LexisNexis strives to inform the public about:

• The responsible use of personally identifiable information;
• Measures LexisNexis has undertaken to enhance privacy; and choices available to individuals regarding information access and the ability to opt-out of certain products and services which utilize personally identifiable information.

6.  REPUTABLE SOURCES
LexisNexis strives to acquire personally identifiable information from established, reputable sources in the government and private sectors. In support of this Principle, LexisNexis takes reasonable steps to assess the reputation and reliability of its private sector data sources before incorporating personally identifiable information from the source into its products and services. LexisNexis also strives to obtain assurances from its data suppliers that they have the legal right to license or sell the data to LexisNexis.

7. NOTICE
LexisNexis makes its Data Privacy Principles publicly known. LexisNexis publicly posts these Data Privacy Principles.
For additional information about the LexisNexis Data Privacy Principles, please contact:

Privacy Office
LexisNexis Legal & Professional
1801 Varsity Drive
Raleigh, NC 27606
USA
[email protected]

Privacy Manager
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc.
1000 Alderman Drive
Alpharetta, GA 30005
USA
[email protected]

8. CHOICE
LexisNexis strives to allow individuals the opportunity to opt-out of the dissemination of personally identifiable information from certain LexisNexis owned databases used solely for marketing services. We also allow individuals to opt-out of LexisNexis' information products and services as required by law and permitted by LexisNexis policy.

9. ACCESS & CORRECTION
LexisNexis strives to provide individuals with a central point of contact regarding their questions about LexisNexis and its commitment to the responsible use of personally identifiable information. LexisNexis strives to inform individuals about the nature of the public records, nonpublic information, and publicly available information that LexisNexis makes available in its information products and services. LexisNexis also strives, whenever practicable, to provide individuals, upon request, with meaningful opportunities to review personally identifiable information we maintain about them. LexisNexis also strives, as appropriate and practicable, to provide opportunities for individuals to dispute and correct information by assisting them in identifying the potential information sources at which corrections should be made. LexisNexis strives to direct individuals to the government and private entities that collect and maintain public records and publicly available information to correct any claimed inaccuracies found in that data, and to direct individuals to consumer reporting agencies where such agency is the source of the information about the individual and where the individual seeks to correct claimed inaccuracies found in that data.

10. ACCOUNTABILITY
LexisNexis supports accountability of information industry standards and practices, responsible and effective federal regulation of the data industry, and legislation governing the practices of all data providers. LexisNexis also supports industry oversight and active engagement with the privacy community. LexisNexis believes that strong privacy and information security protections are vital for an effective and trusted data industry.

11. ONLINE PRIVACY
LexisNexis strives to protect the privacy of personally identifiable information obtained over the Internet and strives to apply our Data Privacy Principles and evolving standards to the online environment.

12. IDENTITY THEFT
LexisNexis strives to prevent the acquisition of information from its products and services for improper purposes, such as identity theft. LexisNexis believes that it is important that individuals who may have had their sensitive personally identifiable information acquired by an unauthorized individual be notified as follows: Where a state law requires notice, LexisNexis complies with the law. In those states where notification laws do not exist, LexisNexis follows its Information Security Breach Response and Notification Policy, which provides that affected individuals will be notified when sensitive personally identifiable information owned or licensed by LexisNexis is acquired by an unauthorized individual and whenever LexisNexis has a reasonable basis to believe the breach has resulted in, or there is a significant risk that it will result in, identity theft to the consumer to whom the information relates.

13. ASSESSMENTS
LexisNexis will obtain assessments from a qualified, objective, independent third-party, who uses procedures and standards generally accepted in the profession to assess LexisNexis' administrative, technical, and physical safeguards, as appropriate.

14. COMPLIANCE
LexisNexis will process consumer personal information in accordance with all applicable privacy and data protection laws and regulations, including all applicable obligations set forth in the LexisNexis U.S. Privacy Laws Addendum.

15 DATA PRIVACY REQUIREMENTS FOR SUPPLIERS
LexisNexis service providers and other suppliers that collect, access or otherwise process consumer personal information as part of their services to us are subject to all applicable obligations set forth in the RELX Privacy and Data Protection Requirements for Suppliers or comparable terms.

Latest Revision: May 2023