Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
General
This Privacy Policy applies to Users of our Services.
The Policy describes our policies on the collection, use and disclosure of information about you in connection with your use of this Site and the Services.
When you use the Site and Services, you consent to our collection, use and disclosure of information about you as described in this Privacy Policy.
The Privacy Policy may be amended by us from time to time and published on the website. These amendments may be made without any notice to you and apply to your next usage of the website. You are responsible for ensuring you regularly review the website and this Privacy Policy, in which case, your continued use of the website after any such changes are made will be deemed to constitute your acceptance of those changes.
1. Information we collect and how we use it
We may collect, transmit and store information about you in connection with your use of the Site and Services. We use that information to provide the Services’ functionality, improve the Services’ quality, engage in research and analysis relating to the Services, personalise your experience, track usage of the Services, provide feedback to third party businesses that are listed on the Services, display relevant advertising, market the Services, provide customer support, message you, back up our systems, allow for disaster recovery, enhance the security of the Services and comply with legal obligations. Even when we do not retain such information, it still must be transmitted to our servers initially and stored long enough to process.
2. Cookies and similar technologies
We, and third parties with whom we partner, may use cookies, web beacons, tags, scripts, local shared objects such as HTML5 and Flash, advertising identifiers and similar technology (“Cookies”) in connection with your use of the Site and Services. We use these technologies for a number of purposes, such as authentication, security, preference settings, advertising, measurement and analytics.
Cookies may contain unique identifiers and reside, among other places, on your computer or mobile device, in emails we send to you and on our web pages. Cookies may transmit information about you and your use of the Site and Services, such as your browser types, search preferences, IP address, data relating to advertisements that have been displayed to you or that you have interacted with, and the date and time of your use.
The purposes for which we may use Cookies in the Site and Services include:
• Processes: Intended to make the Site and Services work in the way you expect. For example, we may use a Cookie that tells us whether you have previously visited the Site.
• Notifications: Intended to allow or prevent notices of information or options that we think could improve your use of the Site or Services. For example, we may use a Cookie that stops us from showing you certain notifications if you have already seen it.
• Advertising: Intended to make advertising more relevant to users and more valuable to advertisers. For example, we may use Cookies to serve you interest-based ads, such as ads that are displayed to you based on your visits to other websites, or to tell us if you have recently interacted with an ad.
• Analytics: Intended to help us understand how visitors use the Site or Services. For example, we may use a Cookie that tells us how our search suggestions correlate to your interactions with the search page.
You can set some Cookie preferences through your device or browser settings, but doing so may affect the functionality of the Site or Services. The method for disabling Cookies may vary by device and browser, but can usually be found in your device or browser preferences or security setting. Please note that changing any of these settings does not prevent the display of certain advertisements to you.
3. When is my data shared?
We may share certain data about you as further described in this Privacy Policy or when you give us consent to do so. Third parties may receive information about you as follows:
A. Advertisers: We may allow third parties to use Cookies through the Site and Services to collect the same type of information for the same purposes as we do. Third parties may be able to associate the information they collect with other information they have about you from other sources. We do not necessarily have access to or control over the Cookies they use. We may also share some non-identifiable, de-identified or aggregated information from or about you, such as location information, with third parties in connection with advertising programs and data analytics.
B. Service Providers: We rely on third party service providers to support or provide services for us in connection with your use of the Site and Services, such as communications and hosting, security and fraud prevention, technical and customer support, tracking and reporting usage of the Site and Services, quality assurance testing, payment processing, marketing and other functions. We share information from or about you with these third party providers so that they can perform their services or complete your requests.
C. Aggregate or Anonymous Information: We share user information in the aggregate with third parties. For example, we may disclose the number of users that have been exposed to or interacted with advertisements.
D. Business Transfers: We share information from or about you with our parent companies, subsidiaries, joint ventures or other companies under common control and require them to also honor this Privacy Policy. If another company acquires us or all or a significant part of our assets, that company will possess the same information, and will collect, use and disclose the information only as described in this Privacy Policy.
E. Businesses listed on our Services: We may share information from or about you and your use of the Service with businesses listed on our Site or Services. Additionally, if you contact a business through or in connection with your use of the Site or Service, we may share with the business, information about your contact that the business would have received had you contacted them directly.
F. Investigations and Legal Disclosures: We may investigate and disclose information from or about you if we have a good faith belief that such investigation or disclosure: (a) is reasonably necessary to comply with legal or law enforcement processes, (b) is helpful to prevent, investigate or identify possible wrongdoing in connection with the Site or Services; or (c) protects our rights, reputation, property, or that of our users, affiliates, or the public.
G. Links: The Site or Services may link to third party-controlled websites, like a business’ URL, however, we do not share your personal information with them, and are not responsible for their privacy practices.
4. Data retention
To the extent required by applicable law, we keep the personal information you provide for the duration of our relationship, plus a reasonable time thereafter to comply with applicable laws.
5. Children
The Site and Services are intended for general audiences and are not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information online from individuals under the age of 18 or such other age as may be directed by applicable law.
6. Security
We use various safeguards to protect personal information against accidental, unlawful or unauthorised destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.