Privacy
No accounts, and this site sets no cookies. Google AdSense ads may appear, and Google can use cookies for them. Lookup results are cached for up to 15 minutes, and what you look up appears in Cloudflare's request logs for up to 7 days.
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What happens to what you type
When you check an ABN, ACN or name, the site sends it to the Australian Business Register's web services to get the public record, and shows you the answer. A number that fails its checksum is caught first and never sent to the register. The result, not who asked for it, is kept for up to 15 minutes so the same lookup is quick next time.
The checksum shown as you type runs in your browser and sends nothing.
Logs and limits
The site runs on Cloudflare. Like any web server, it sees your IP address with each request. It uses your IP address to limit lookups to 30 a minute, which keeps the free ABR service fair; people who share an IP address share that limit. Cloudflare's Workers Logs also keep each request, its URL and its headers (which include your IP address) for up to 7 days, for security and fault-finding. A number or name you look up is part of the URL, so it is in those logs for that time. The site's operator and Cloudflare can see them. These logs are not sold or shared for marketing.
Cookies, analytics and ads
This site sets no cookies of its own. Google AdSense ads may appear on the site. Google may use cookies or similar technologies to show and measure ads. When its script loads, Google can receive your IP address, browser details and the address of the page you are visiting. The page address can include your lookup. You can manage ad personalisation at Google's ad settings, or block the script in your browser. Ads are separate from results: they never change an answer, and the register data comes only from the ABR.
The site uses Umami, a counter we host ourselves, to count page visits, lookup outcomes, retries after a failed lookup and link clicks. It sets no cookies. We send fixed page labels and outcome categories to the counter; your search, record details, URL query string and result title are excluded. The counter's server receives your IP address and browser information with each request. When your browser sends Do Not Track, the counter suppresses these events. Its script may still be requested from the counter's server.
Questions
Email hello@verifyabn.com.