Legal
GDPR & Data Protection
Last updated: September 20, 2026
Who is responsible for which data, the legal basis we rely on, and how to use your rights under the GDPR and UK GDPR.
1.Scope
This page explains how PILOTLAB LLC, the operator of PilotVerify, handles personal data under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the UK GDPR, and briefly covers California privacy law. It supplements our Privacy Policy, which lists what we collect and how long we keep it.
2.Controller and processor roles
PilotVerify plays two different roles depending on the data:
| Data | Our role | Who decides how it is used |
|---|---|---|
| Account, billing, website, contact form and sign-in security log data | Controller | PILOTLAB LLC |
| Free homepage verifier logs | Controller | PILOTLAB LLC |
| Email lists and addresses you upload or send via the API for verification, and their results | Processor | You, the customer (controller) |
As a processor, we process your lists only to provide the verification service to you, following your instructions. We do not use them for our own purposes and we never sell them.
3.Lawful bases for processing
| Purpose | Lawful basis |
|---|---|
| Creating and running your account, providing verifications, processing purchases | Contract |
| Sign-in and sign-up security logs, rate limiting and abuse prevention (including the homepage verifier) | Legitimate interests (keeping the service and accounts secure) |
| Cookieless product analytics (Vercel Web Analytics) | Legitimate interests (improving the website) |
| Service communications to business customers | Legitimate interests |
| Analytics cookies (Google Analytics 4) and marketing cookies (Meta Pixel) | Consent |
| Keeping tax and accounting records | Legal obligation |
4.Your rights
Under the GDPR and UK GDPR you have the right to:
- Access— get a copy of the personal data we hold about you;
- Rectification— have inaccurate data corrected;
- Erasure— have your data deleted;
- Restriction— ask us to limit how we use your data;
- Portability— receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format;
- Objection— object to processing based on legitimate interests;
- Withdraw consent — at any time, for example through cookie settings, without affecting earlier processing;
- Complain— to a supervisory authority (see below).
5.How to exercise your rights
- Email support@pilotverify.netwith the subject “Privacy request” and tell us which right you want to use.
- We may ask you to confirm your identity, for example from the email address on your account.
- We respond within one month. For complex or numerous requests we may extend this by up to two more months, and we will tell you if we do.
We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer or an EU or UK representative. All privacy requests are handled at support@pilotverify.net.
6.International transfers
We are based in the United States and our service providers process data there (uploaded CSV files are stored in AWS us-east-2). When personal data from the EEA or UK is transferred to the US, where required we rely on appropriate safeguards such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses (and the UK equivalent).
7.Data Processing Agreement
Business customers who need a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) under Article 28 GDPR for the lists they verify with us can request one by emailing support@pilotverify.net.
8.Subprocessors
We use the following service providers to run PilotVerify:
| Subprocessor | Purpose | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Vercel | Hosting, Vercel Blob storage, cookieless web analytics | United States |
| MySQL database hosting provider | Primary database | United States |
| Amazon Web Services | Storage of uploaded CSV files (S3) | United States (us-east-2) |
| Stripe | Payment processing | United States |
| Resend | Transactional email (verification, password reset, contact form) | United States |
| Google Analytics 4 | Website analytics, only with consent | United States |
| Meta Pixel | Ad measurement, only with consent | United States |
| Zapier | Integration, only if you connect it | United States |
Mailbox checks are run by our own verification servers, which connect to the recipient’s mail server without sending any email.
9.Security and breach notification
We protect personal data with measures described in our Privacy Policy, including HTTPS, hashed passwords, sign-in logging and an audit log of staff actions on accounts.
If we become aware of a personal data breach affecting your data, we will notify affected customers without undue delay, with the information they need to meet their own obligations.
10.Retention
Sign-in and sign-up security logs and homepage verifier logs are kept for 12 months. Account and verification data are kept while your account is active and deleted on request or within a reasonable period after the account is closed. See the full retention table.
11.California residents (CCPA/CPRA)
We do not sell personal information. The only “sharing” for cross-context behavioural advertising happens if you opt in to marketing cookies, which enables the Meta Pixel. Because it is opt-in, nothing is shared unless you choose it, and you can switch it off at any time in cookie settings.
You can also send “Do Not Sell or Share”, access or deletion requests to support@pilotverify.net. We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights.
12.Complaints
Please contact us first at support@pilotverify.net so we can try to resolve your concern. You also have the right to complain to a supervisory authority:
- in the EEA, the data protection authority in the country where you live or work, or where the issue arose;
- in the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk).
Contact
PILOTLAB LLC, 304 S. Jones Blvd, Las Vegas, Nevada 89107, USA · support@pilotverify.net · 1 888 370 6801