Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

Information you provide directly: When you submit a contact form, newsletter sign-up, business listing, domain inquiry, or entrepreneur profile, we collect the information you provide including name, email address, company name, phone number, and message content.

Information collected automatically: When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain information about your device including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, time spent on pages, and other diagnostic data. This information is used to improve website functionality and user experience.

Cookies and tracking technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To operate, maintain, and improve our website and directory services
• To respond to enquiries, comments, and requests submitted via our contact and inquiry forms
• To send newsletters and marketing communications to users who have opted in
• To process business listing submissions and domain listing requests
• To analyse website usage patterns and improve user experience
• To display relevant advertising through Google AdSense and other ad networks
• To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal obligations
• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues or fraudulent activity

3. Google AdSense and Third-Party Advertising

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website and other websites on the internet. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and other sites on the internet.

You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings page, or by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices/ for more information about opting out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalised advertising.

Google AdSense uses the DoubleClick cookie to serve more relevant advertisements and to limit the number of times a given advertisement is shown to you. For more information about Google's privacy practices, please visit Google's Privacy & Terms page.

4. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information in the following limited circumstances:

• Service providers: We may share information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, including email service providers, analytics platforms, and hosting providers. These parties are contractually obligated to keep your information confidential.
• Domain transactions: When you submit a domain inquiry, your contact details and offer information are shared with the domain owner to facilitate the transaction.
• Legal requirements: We may disclose your information where required to do so by law or in response to valid legal requests by public authorities.
• Business transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

5. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Newsletter subscribers' data is retained until they unsubscribe. Contact form submissions are retained for up to 24 months for customer service purposes.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• The right to access — you may request copies of your personal data
• The right to rectification — you may request correction of inaccurate data
• The right to erasure — you may request deletion of your personal data
• The right to restrict processing
• The right to object to processing
• The right to data portability

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

7. Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed to individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately so we can take steps to remove that information.

8. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us: