Privacy Policy
Last updated: January 1, 2025
1. Data We Collect
We collect information you provide directly to us when you create an account, submit a business listing, or contact us. This may include:
- Name, email address, and password when you register
- Business name, address, phone number, and service descriptions for listings
- Payment information when you subscribe to a paid plan (processed securely by our payment provider)
- Photos and media you upload to your listing profile
- Messages and correspondence you send through the Platform
- Reviews and ratings you submit
We also automatically collect certain technical information when you use the Platform, including IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and pages visited. This information is collected through cookies and similar tracking technologies.
2. How We Use Your Data
We use the information we collect to:
- Provide, maintain, and improve the Platform
- Process transactions and manage your subscription
- Display your business listing to potential clients
- Send you service-related communications (account updates, billing, support)
- Send marketing communications, if you have opted in
- Analyze usage patterns to enhance user experience
- Detect and prevent fraud, abuse, and security incidents
- Comply with legal obligations
We do not sell your personal data to third parties. We may share aggregated, anonymized data that does not identify individual users.
3. Cookies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Platform and hold certain information. Cookies are small data files stored on your device.
We use the following types of cookies:
- Essential cookies: Required for the Platform to function, such as session management and age verification.
- Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with the Platform (e.g., Google Analytics).
- Preference cookies: Remember your settings and preferences, such as language selection.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, some features of the Platform may not function properly.
4. Third Parties
We work with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating the Platform. These providers may have access to your personal data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Our service providers include:
- Payment processing: Stripe or similar PCI-compliant providers for secure payment handling
- Cloud hosting: Infrastructure providers for Platform hosting and data storage
- Analytics: Services to help us understand Platform usage
- Email delivery: Providers for transactional and marketing emails
We may also disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
5. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
- Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data, subject to certain legal obligations
- Portability: Request transfer of your data to another service provider
- Objection: Object to processing of your personal data for marketing purposes
- Withdrawal of consent: Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below. We will respond to your request within 30 days.
6. Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us: