This Privacy Policy describes how Florida Obituary Records collects, uses, stores, and shares your personal data when you visit our site or use our Florida obituary search tools. By browsing this site or running any Florida obituary search by name, county, or date, you agree to the terms written below. We wrote this page in plain language so you can read it without legal training.
What This Privacy Policy Covers
This Privacy Policy covers all data we handle through our Florida obituary search, Florida death notices lookup, and Florida obituary archives tools. It applies to every page on our domain, every search box you fill out, and every ad or link you click while on our site. The policy also covers data shared with our Florida funeral home obituaries partners, our newspaper archive vendors, and our genealogy database providers.
Who This Policy Applies To
This policy applies to every visitor who reaches our site from any device or location. It covers researchers looking for historical Florida obituaries by year, family members searching for a loved one, journalists checking Florida death records, and users browsing Miami-Dade County obituaries or Broward County obituaries for personal projects. If you use our site on behalf of another person, you confirm that you have legal rights to act for that person under Florida law.
Florida-Specific Privacy Rules
Florida has its own privacy laws that we follow at all times. The Florida Information Protection Act sets strict rules for how companies must protect personal data and respond to a data breach. We also follow the Florida Digital Bill of Rights, which took full effect in 2025 and adds new rights for Florida residents. Any conflict between this policy and Florida state law will be resolved in favor of the law that gives you stronger protection.
What We Collect From You
We collect two main types of data from users of our Florida obituary search by name tool and our other archives. The first type is data you type into our search boxes, such as a person’s full name, last name, or county of death. The second type is data that your browser sends to us every time you load a page, including your IP address and device details.
Data You Give Us Directly
When you use our Florida obituary search by county tool or our Florida obituaries by date filter, you may type in a first name, last name, middle name, date range, or city. We send this data to our search partners so they can pull matching Florida obituary records from their databases. We do not store your search terms on our own servers after the search completes, but our partners may log them for quality control.
- Full name or partial name of the person you search for
- County or city in Florida where the death occurred
- Year or date range of the death
- Your email address if you sign up for obituary alerts
- Any message you send us through our contact form
Data We Collect When You Visit
Every time your browser loads one of our pages, our web servers record basic visit data. This data helps us keep the site running, measure traffic, and spot problems like broken links or slow pages. We keep this visit data for a short period and then delete it from our active logs.
- Your IP address at the time of the visit
- Browser type and browser version
- Device type, operating system, and screen size
- Pages you visit, in the order you visit them
- How long you stay on each page
- The website that sent you to our site
- The date and time of each page load
Cookies and Tracking Tools
We use small text files called cookies to remember your settings and measure how our site performs. Some cookies are required for the search tools to work. Other cookies help us count visitors and show ads that may relate to your interests. You can block cookies in your browser, but parts of our Florida genealogy obituaries search may not load correctly if you turn off all cookies.
How We Use Your Data
We use the data we collect for clear, limited purposes tied to running a Florida obituary records service. We do not use your data for unrelated projects, and we do not build secret profiles of you for sale to outside parties. Every use of your data falls into one of the categories listed below.
To Run the Search Tools
Our main job is to send your search queries to our data partners and bring back Florida newspaper obituaries, Florida funeral home obituaries, and Florida death notices that match what you asked for. We use the data you enter only to fetch these results and to show them to you on the screen. We do not read your search terms for any other purpose tied to that single query.
To Improve Our Records and Site
We use visit data to see which pages on our site get the most traffic and which search filters cause confusion. For example, if many users search for Hillsborough County obituaries and leave without clicking a result, we may redesign that page. We also use visit data to fix typos in our Florida obituary transcription projects and to add missing counties to our coverage map.
To Send You Obituary Alerts
If you sign up for alerts, we use your email address to send you new Florida obituaries by date that match the name and county you picked. You can stop these alerts at any time by clicking the link at the bottom of any alert email. We do not add you to any other email list, and we do not share your alert address with third parties.
How We Share Your Data
We share your data only with the trusted partners listed in this section. We never sell your personal data to data brokers, mailing list vendors, or unknown third parties. Each partner we work with must sign a written contract that limits what they can do with your data.
Search and Archive Partners
We pass your search queries to our data partners so they can return matching Florida State Archives obituaries, Chronicling America Florida newspapers, FamilySearch Florida obituaries, Find a Grave Florida memorials, and other public records. These partners include Legacy.com Florida obituaries, Ancestry Florida obituary records, Newspapers.com Florida archives, and several Florida historical society obituary archives. Each partner has its own privacy policy that applies once they receive your query.
Advertising and Analytics Networks
We work with third-party ad networks and analytics providers that help us pay for the site and measure how it performs. These partners may use cookies, device identifiers, and IP addresses to show you ads on other sites and to count visitors. They may also combine data from our site with data from other sites to build audience segments for ad targeting.
Law Enforcement and Legal Requests
We share personal data with law enforcement only when we receive a valid subpoena, court order, or search warrant signed by a judge. If Florida or federal law requires us to report certain activity, we will follow that law. We will challenge any legal request that we believe is too broad or lacks proper authority, and we will tell you about the request if the law allows it.
How We Protect Your Data
We protect your data with technical, physical, and administrative safeguards that meet or beat current industry standards. Our team receives training on data protection each year, and we run security tests on our site every quarter. Even with strong safeguards, no system is perfect, so we list the limits of our protection below.
Technical Safeguards
We use HTTPS encryption on every page of our site so the data moving between your browser and our servers stays private. We store personal data in encrypted databases that sit behind firewalls and access controls. Our staff uses multi-factor authentication to log into admin tools, and we rotate access keys on a strict schedule.
Limits of Online Security
No security system can stop every attack. A skilled attacker, a lost device, or a careless password can expose data despite our safeguards. If we ever have a data breach that affects your personal data, we will follow the Florida Information Protection Act and tell you by email or by posting a clear notice on our home page within the time the law requires.
Your Rights Under Florida Law
If you live in Florida, the Florida Digital Bill of Rights and the Florida Information Protection Act give you specific rights over the personal data we hold about you. You can act on these rights at any time, and we will respond within the time the law requires. We do not charge a fee for normal requests, but we may charge a small fee for repeat or excessive requests.
Right to See Your Data
You have the right to ask us what personal data we have collected about you, where we got it, and how we use it. Send us a request through the contact form on our site, and we will send you a copy of the data we hold within 45 days. If the request needs more time, we will tell you why and when you can expect a full response.
Right to Correct or Delete Data
You can ask us to fix wrong data or to delete data we no longer need for the purposes listed in this policy. We will act on your request within 45 days unless the law requires us to keep the data. For example, we must keep certain financial records for tax audits even if you ask us to delete them.
Right to Opt Out of Targeted Ads
Florida law gives you the right to opt out of targeted advertising based on your personal data. You can opt out by sending us a request through our contact form or by turning on Global Privacy Control in your browser. Once we receive your opt-out, we will tell our ad partners to stop using your data for targeted ads on our site.
Children’s Privacy
Our site serves adults who search for Florida obituary records and Florida death records for genealogy, journalism, and personal reasons. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18 years old. If a parent or guardian believes that a child under 18 has sent us personal data, the parent can contact us and ask us to delete that data right away.
Links to Other Sites
Our pages contain links to search tools, newspaper archives, and Florida historical society obituary archives that we do not own or control. Once you click a link and leave our site, the privacy policy of the other site takes over. We are not responsible for how those sites collect, store, or use your data, so please read their policies before you submit any personal data to them.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as we add new tools, partner with new archives, or respond to changes in Florida or federal law. When we update the policy, we will change the date at the top of this page and post a short note on our home page if the changes are major. Your continued use of our site after an update means you accept the new policy.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to act on any of your rights, please reach out to us through the channels below. We answer most messages within five business days.
- Email: privacy@floridaobituaryrecords.example
- Phone: 1-800-555-0148
- Visiting Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern Time
- Mailing Address: 1200 Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801
FAQ About This Policy
Below are clear answers to the privacy questions our users ask most often. Each answer focuses on what we actually do with your data when you search for Florida obituaries by name, county, or year. If your question is not here, please use the contact channels above.
Do you sell Florida obituary records or user data?
No, we do not sell personal user data to data brokers or mailing list vendors. We share search queries only with our data partners so they can return matching Florida newspaper obituaries, Florida funeral home obituaries, and Florida death notices to you. Our revenue comes from ads, affiliate links to genealogy services, and optional premium subscriptions. Selling user data is not part of our business model, and we never plan to add it.
How do I remove my name from your search results?
If you spot a Florida obituary record or Florida death notice that lists your name and you want it removed, send us the URL of the page and a short note explaining the request. We will remove the link from our search results within 30 days. The original record may still exist on the archive partner’s site, so we will also tell you how to contact that partner for full removal.
Do you collect data on users searching Miami-Dade obituaries?
Yes, we collect the same visit data for users searching Miami-Dade County obituaries as we do for users in any other county. We do not single out Miami-Dade users for any special treatment. Visit data from Miami-Dade searches is grouped with all other Florida traffic in our analytics reports and is never shared in a way that identifies a single user.
Can I use your site without giving my email?
Yes, you can run any Florida obituary search by name, county, or date without giving your email. You only need to give an email if you want obituary alerts or want us to send you a copy of data we hold about you. If you do give your email, we use it only for the alert or the data request, and we never add you to other lists.
How long do you keep search query logs?
We keep raw search query logs for 90 days for security and quality control. After 90 days, we delete the raw logs and replace them with summary counts that no longer contain your search terms. Our archive partners may keep their own logs for longer periods under their own privacy policies, which you can read on their sites.
Does Florida law force you to keep any data?
Yes, Florida law requires us to keep certain business and tax records for set periods, even if you ask us to delete your personal data. For example, Florida bookkeeping rules require us to keep payment records for five years. When we must keep data for legal reasons, we lock that data away from our active systems and delete it as soon as the legal period ends.
What happens if a Florida obituary archive partner gets hacked?
If one of our archive partners reports a data breach that affects data we sent them, we will post a notice on our home page within 48 hours. We will also email any user whose alert data or search history may have been exposed. We will work with the partner to fix the cause of the breach and to remove any exposed data from public view.