Gathers data for third-party databases or intelligence services.
Recommended action: Review operator and purpose. Block if data collection is unwanted.
Category
Data Collector
Primary use case
Business intelligence
Trust level
Review recommended
Trust Levels
- Trusted
- Generally safe
- Review recommended
- Caution advised
Trust levels are an indication based on category, operator, and robots.txt compliance. Always review bot activity for your specific situation.
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Track this bot on your siteWhat is ActiveComply?
ActiveComply is a compliance-monitoring crawler run by ActiveComply, LLC, an Orlando-based regtech vendor whose customers are mortgage lenders, banks, credit unions, and registered investment advisors. The crawler scrapes and archives the public web pages of those regulated institutions to evidence consumer-disclosure compliance, capture marketing claims, and satisfy retention requirements from regulators like the CFPB, FFIEC, and state agencies. If you're seeing this bot, it's almost always because a financial institution that links to or partners with you has ActiveComply on retainer. Blocking it can break that client's compliance evidence trail, so check with the partner before adding rules.
What ActiveComply means for your site
ActiveComply is a data collector operated by ActiveComply, LLC. Its activity on your site should be reviewed to determine whether it is beneficial, neutral, or unwanted. Robots.txt compliance is not confirmed for this bot.
What should you do?
- Review this bot's activity in BotSights
- Check which pages it visits most frequently
- Consider server-side blocking if access is unwanted
See ActiveComply on your own site
BotSights tracks every ActiveComply visit in real time, including which pages it crawls, how often, and from where.
How to identify ActiveComply
ActiveComply uses the user-agent "ActiveComply" and robots.txt compliance unconfirmed.
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Three robots.txt options below. Pick the one that matches your goal. Each snippet lists every known ActiveComply user-agent pattern so the rules apply regardless of which one the bot announces. Compliance with robots.txt is unconfirmed for ActiveComply, so verify with crawl logs after deploying.
Edit robots.txt with care
A single misplaced line can de-index your entire site. Common mistake: pasting User-agent: * followed by Disallow: / blocks every bot, not just ActiveComply, including Googlebot. Always paste the snippet between existing rules (not over them), keep the User-agent line scoped to ActiveComply's patterns, and verify with Google's robots.txt tester before deploying. If you are not sure, ask a developer first.
Option 1: Block all access
Tells ActiveComply not to crawl any URL on your site. Use this when you want the bot completely off your content.
User-agent: ActiveComply
User-agent: activecomply
Disallow: /Option 2: Block specific paths only
Keep public content crawlable but exclude sensitive or non-public sections. Add one Disallow: line per path. Replace the example paths with your own.
User-agent: ActiveComply
User-agent: activecomply
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /checkout/Option 3: Slow down with a crawl delay
Crawl-delay is a voluntary directive that asks the bot to wait the given number of seconds between requests. Useful when ActiveComply is hammering your origin and slowing the site down for real visitors, but you do not want to block it outright. The value is in seconds, so 10 means at most one request every ten seconds. Not all bots honour this directive (Googlebot ignores it; Bingbot, Yandex, and many AI crawlers do respect it).
User-agent: ActiveComply
User-agent: activecomply
Crawl-delay: 10Frequently Asked Questions
What is the User-Agent for ActiveComply?
ActiveComply identifies itself with the User-Agent string "ActiveComply" (alternate forms: activecomply). Use this in robots.txt or server-side rules.
Is ActiveComply safe to allow on my site?
ActiveComply is operated by ActiveComply, LLC. Review its activity in your logs and BotSights data before deciding.
Should I block ActiveComply?
Depends on the value the bot provides versus its crawl load. Review activity first, then decide.
How do I block ActiveComply?
Try robots.txt first ("User-agent: ActiveComply / Disallow: /") and verify with crawl logs whether the bot stops appearing.
How can I verify a request is really ActiveComply?
User-Agent strings can be spoofed by malicious crawlers. Check ActiveComply, LLC's documentation for published IP ranges or reverse-DNS verification. BotSights flags spoofed traffic when verification data is available.
Know what ActiveComply is doing on your site
See which pages it visits, how often it appears, and whether it is helping your visibility or worth blocking.
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