Terms & Privacy Policy

1. Data Controller and Contact

The operator of Surmaregister.ee and the data controller can be reached at the following email address: [email protected].

2. Nature of the Service and Limitation of Liability

Surmaregister.ee is an unofficial search engine and information portal.

The names, personal identification codes, birth dates, and death dates are sourced from the Ministry of the Interior open data registry (andmed.eesti.ee, licensed under CC BY 4.0).

The raw data is displayed “as is”. The service operator assumes no liability for errors, omissions, inaccuracies, or timeliness of the underlying data.

This service does not hold the status of an official state register.

3. What Data Is Processed?

Searches and Data Queries: Name and ID code searches are not linked to any specific user identity. No user account is required to use the site, and no personal contact details are collected for performing searches.

Web Analytics and Cookies: We use Google Analytics 4 to understand usage patterns and improve user experience. Google Analytics collects anonymized information (e.g., page views, page scrolls, internal site searches, form interactions, and outbound link clicks). This service uses cookies (_ga) stored on the user's device. IP addresses are anonymized prior to storage.

Technical Logs: To ensure server security, enforce rate-limiting, and prevent abuse, temporary technical server logs and IP addresses are processed.

4. Data Retention and Security

Technical security and server logs are stored for up to 90 days, after which they are automatically deleted.

Reasonable technical and organizational security measures are implemented to protect data (including encrypted HTTPS connections and input validation).

5. User Rights and Inquiries

To the extent applicable under law, users have the right to request information regarding their data, request correction of inaccurate data, or report technical and data errors.

All inquiries and notices should be sent to: [email protected].

Users also have the right to contact the Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate (Andmekaitse Inspektsioon – aki.ee) regarding the protection of their rights.

6. Search Engine Visibility

We instruct search engines not to index individual profile pages, monthly listings or search results. Surname pages remain discoverable, but we instruct search engines to exclude their record tables from search-result text snippets. We cannot guarantee that all search engines follow these instructions.