Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

America’s Lost & Found (AMLAF)

This page explains how America’s Lost & Found (“AMLAF,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) handles information and sets the terms for using this website. By using this website, you acknowledge these terms.

1. Privacy Policy

Information We May Collect

We may collect information you choose to provide when contacting us, submitting a missing-person case inquiry, volunteering, or otherwise communicating with AMLAF. This may include your name, contact details, your relationship to a missing person, and information about a case that you decide to share.

Depending on the website services in use, basic technical information such as browser type, device information, and website usage data may also be collected by the website host or service providers.

How Information May Be Used

Information may be used to:

• Respond to questions and requests for assistance.
• Review information submitted about a missing-person case.
• Communicate with families, authorized representatives, volunteers, or partners.
• Operate, maintain, and protect the website and its services.
• Meet legal obligations and address security or misuse concerns.

Sensitive Case Information

Please share only information you are authorized to provide. Avoid submitting Social Security numbers, financial account details, passwords, or other highly sensitive personal information unless it is specifically necessary and a secure method has been provided. Information submitted to AMLAF may concern vulnerable people or ongoing investigations; please consider the privacy and safety of everyone involved before sharing details.

Sharing and Third-Party Services

AMLAF does not intend to sell personal information. We may share information when necessary to respond to your request, support authorized case-related activities, work with service providers that operate the website or handle submissions, comply with law, or protect the rights and safety of individuals. We will not represent information as confidential where that cannot reasonably be guaranteed.

This website may link to or use third-party services. Those services have their own privacy practices and terms. AMLAF does not control the privacy or security practices of external websites or platforms.

Data Security and Retention

We take reasonable steps to protect information under our control, but no website, transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We may retain information for as long as reasonably needed for the purpose it was provided, legitimate operational needs, dispute resolution, or legal obligations.

Your Choices and Contact

You may contact AMLAF to ask about personal information you have submitted or to request a correction or deletion. We may need to retain some information where required by law or where it is reasonably necessary for legitimate case-related or security purposes.

2. Terms of Use

Purpose of This Website

AMLAF provides information and resources related to missing persons and advocacy. Website content is for general informational purposes only. Submitting information or a request does not guarantee that AMLAF will accept a case, investigate it, publish it, or provide assistance.

No Emergency or Law-Enforcement Service

AMLAF is not a substitute for law enforcement, emergency services, legal counsel, or professional advice. If someone may be in immediate danger or you have an urgent sighting, contact local law enforcement or call 911 in the United States. Do not rely on this website for urgent communication or response.

Accuracy and Authorization

You agree to provide information that is accurate to the best of your knowledge and to avoid knowingly submitting false, misleading, defamatory, or unlawfully obtained material. You should submit information about another person only when you have a lawful basis to do so. AMLAF may decline, remove, or refrain from acting on information when appropriate.

Acceptable Use

You may not use this website to:

• Harass, threaten, impersonate, or target another person.
• Submit knowingly false reports or misleading information.
• Violate another person’s privacy or applicable law.
• Attempt unauthorized access to the website, its systems, or submitted information.
• Distribute malware, spam, or other harmful content.

Intellectual Property and Submitted Content

Unless otherwise stated, website text, graphics, branding, and original materials belong to AMLAF or their respective rights holders and may not be reused in a way that violates applicable law or the rights of the owner. You retain any rights you hold in content you submit. By submitting content, you permit AMLAF to review and use it as reasonably necessary to respond to your request and conduct related website or case-support activities, subject to the Privacy Policy and any separate agreement.

Third-Party Links

Links to external websites are provided for convenience or informational purposes. AMLAF does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy, availability, or practices of third-party sites unless expressly stated.

Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, this website and its content are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind. AMLAF does not guarantee that website content will always be accurate, complete, current, uninterrupted, or error-free.

To the extent permitted by law, AMLAF is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from use of, or inability to use, this website or reliance on its content. Nothing in these terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.

Changes to This Page

AMLAF may update this Privacy Policy and Terms of Use from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page. Your continued use of the website after an update constitutes use under the revised terms, to the extent permitted by law.