Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy:

The Local Business Place Inc ("The Local Business Place") operates plymouthcountybusinesslist.com and may operate other websites. It is The Local Business Place's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, The Local Business Place collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. The Local Business Place's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how The Local Business Place's visitors use its website. From time to time, The Local Business Place may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

The Local Business Place also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on plymouthcountybusinesslist.com blogs/sites. The Local Business Place only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to The Local Business Place's websites choose to interact with The Local Business Place in ways that require The Local Business Place to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that The Local Business Place gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at plymouthcountybusinesslist.com to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with The Local Business Place are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, The Local Business Place collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with The Local Business Place. The Local Business Place does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

The Local Business Place may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. The Local Business Place may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, The Local Business Place does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

The Local Business Place discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on The Local Business Place's behalf or to provide services available at The Local Business Place's websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using The Local Business Place's websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. The Local Business Place will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, The Local Business Place discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when The Local Business Place believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of The Local Business Place, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an The Local Business Place website and have supplied your email address, The Local Business Place may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's going on with The Local Business Place and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. The Local Business Place takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. The Local Business Place uses cookies to help The Local Business Place identify and track visitors, their usage of The Local Business Place website, and their website access preferences. The Local Business Place visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using The Local Business Place's websites, with the drawback that certain features of The Local Business Place's websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Business Transfers

If The Local Business Place, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that The Local Business Place goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of The Local Business Place may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by The Local Business Place and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, The Local Business Place may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in The Local Business Place's sole discretion. The Local Business Place encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a plymouthcountybusinesslist.com account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.