Every heading in this Privacy Policy is a full sentence stating the main point of the section beneath it. Reading the headings alone gives a fair outline of our privacy practices. Reading the sections gives the full picture.
This Privacy Policy applies to our website and to the features it actually has
Our website is one of many kinds of website, and its feature set may be smaller than the one this Privacy Policy contemplates. Statements about registration, public submissions, analytics, and advertising hold only if our website provides those things. Websites that we link to are independent of us, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to them.
We aim to respect the privacy laws that apply, without claiming that all laws apply
This Privacy Policy is intended to address applicable privacy and data-protection requirements. These include, where they apply, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK GDPR and applicable UK data-protection legislation, the California Consumer Privacy Act and California Privacy Rights Act (CCPA/CPRA), other U.S. state privacy laws, cookie and electronic communications rules, and other national, state, or regional privacy regulations. Whether a law applies depends on your location, our website's activities, the type of personal information collected, and the technologies we use.
Some information is collected automatically when you visit
Our systems may collect your IP address, browser type, device type, and operating system. They may record referring URLs, the pages you visit, and the date and time of your visits. They may derive general geographic information. Cookies and similar technologies may be in operation, and analytics information may be compiled.
Other information is collected only if you provide it
We collect contact form information when you submit a contact form. We collect registration or account information if registration is available and you register. We collect content you submit for publication, listings, bookmarks, press releases, directories, comments, profiles, or similar functionality, where our website provides it.
Where submissions are possible, they may include articles, business listings, directory listings, press releases, URLs, website submissions, bookmarks, comments, profiles, business information, contact information, images, documents, and other content.
What you submit for publication may become visible to the whole internet
Information you voluntarily submit for public display may be published publicly on our website. Visitors can then access it. Search engines can index it and cache it. Third parties can view it, share it through external websites, and copy or redistribute it outside our control.
Please do not submit confidential, private, or sensitive personal information in content intended for public publication.
Highly sensitive information should stay out of public forms
We ask that you generally avoid submitting government identification numbers, financial account credentials, medical information, and other highly sensitive personal details through public submission forms. The exception is where we specifically request the information and it is necessary.
We use information to run, protect, and improve our website
Where applicable, we may use information for the following purposes:
- Operating and maintaining our website
- Providing website functionality
- Processing user submissions and reviewing submitted content
- Publishing approved content and managing listings
- Responding to inquiries
- Preventing spam, fraud, and abuse
- Maintaining website security
- Analytics and performance measurement
- Understanding website usage and improving website functionality
- Legal and regulatory compliance
- Enforcing website policies
- Advertising, where applicable
Where the law requires a legal basis, we rely on one of four
In jurisdictions such as those covered by the GDPR and UK GDPR, we may rely on consent, performance of a contract, legitimate interests, or compliance with legal obligations. The applicable legal basis depends on the specific processing activity.
Cookies and similar technologies may be used, and you can manage them
Our website may use essential cookies, functional cookies, analytics cookies, advertising cookies, and third-party cookies, as well as pixels, tags, and similar tracking technologies. The cookies and technologies actually used may vary from one website to another.
You may manage cookies through your browser settings, through cookie controls we provide where available, and through consent management mechanisms where applicable.
Analytics services may help us understand how our website is used
We may use third-party analytics services to understand how visitors interact with our website and to improve its performance.
Advertising may appear, and you may have choices about it
Our website may display third-party advertisements, though it does not necessarily do so. Where it does, advertising partners and advertising networks may use advertising cookies, device identifiers, and other advertising technologies to deliver contextual advertising, personalized advertising, or interest-based advertising. You may have advertising choices, including opt-out mechanisms required by applicable law.
Outside service providers may process information for us
We may use external hosting providers, analytics providers, advertising providers, security services, spam-prevention tools, content delivery networks, embedded media providers, social media services, technical service providers, and other vendors. These third parties may process information in accordance with their own privacy policies and legal obligations.
Information may be disclosed in limited circumstances
Where applicable and legally permitted, we may disclose information to service providers, to professional advisers, to legal authorities, courts, regulators, and law enforcement, and to successors in connection with a merger, acquisition, restructuring, sale, or transfer of assets.
If the law treats an activity as a sale or sharing, you may be able to opt out
We do not state categorically whether personal information is sold or shared, because that depends on legal definitions and on the arrangements in place. If activities conducted through our website constitute a "sale" or "sharing" of personal information under applicable law, eligible users may have the right to opt out.
Other websites are responsible for their own privacy practices
Our website may contain links to external websites, including in articles, press releases, directory entries, bookmarks, and listings. We do not control the privacy practices of those websites. They have their own privacy policies, and we suggest reviewing them before you provide personal information.
You may have rights under European law
Where the GDPR applies, you may have the right of access, the right to correction or rectification, the right to deletion or erasure, the right to restrict processing, the right to object, the right to data portability, the right to withdraw consent, and the right to lodge a complaint with an appropriate supervisory authority.
You may have rights under UK law
Where the UK GDPR and applicable UK data-protection legislation apply, you may have corresponding rights, including the right to complain to the UK supervisory authority.
You may have rights under California law
Where the CCPA and CPRA apply, you may have the right to know, the right to access, the right to correct, the right to delete, the right to opt out of the sale of personal information where applicable, the right to opt out of sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising where applicable, the right to limit certain uses or disclosures of sensitive personal information where applicable, and the right to non-discrimination for exercising applicable privacy rights.
You may have rights under the laws of other U.S. states
Residents of certain U.S. states may have privacy rights under applicable state laws. The rights available depend on place of residence, applicability thresholds, our website's activities, and applicable law.
Rights have conditions
All of the rights described above depend on applicable law, may be subject to exceptions, and may require identity verification.
Privacy requests go through the Contact Us page
You may submit requests relating to access, correction, deletion, data portability, restriction, objection, consent withdrawal, advertising opt-outs, sale or sharing opt-outs, and other legally available privacy rights. Please submit them through the Contact Us page available on our website.
We may need to verify your identity. We may request additional information to verify your request. Some requests may be subject to legal exceptions. We will handle requests from authorized agents where required by applicable law.
Global Privacy Control may be recognized where the law requires it
Browser-based privacy preference signals such as Global Privacy Control (GPC) may be recognized where required by applicable law.
Do Not Track signals may not change how our website behaves
There is no common standard for Do Not Track signals, and our website may not respond to them unless required by law.
Information is kept only as long as reasonably necessary
We may retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for providing functionality, processing submissions, maintaining published content, website administration, security, fraud prevention, recordkeeping, legal obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing agreements.
Reasonable safeguards are used, but no system is perfectly secure
We may use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards to protect personal information. We do not guarantee that information will always be completely secure. No internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
Information may be handled in other countries
Information may be processed, stored, or transferred in countries other than your country of residence. Where applicable, we may use legally required safeguards for international transfers.
Our website is not intended to collect information from children
Our website is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children below the age required by applicable law. A parent or guardian who believes a child has submitted personal information may contact us through the Contact Us page.
This Privacy Policy may change, and the posted version is the current one
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically because of changes in website functionality, data-processing practices, technologies, cookies, third-party services, business practices, applicable laws, or regulatory requirements. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on our website. This Privacy Policy becomes effective when published on our website and may be revised from time to time.
You can contact us with any privacy question
Questions about privacy, personal information, your rights, privacy requests, or this Privacy Policy can be submitted through the Contact Us page on our website.