This website is operated by Loach Software, LLC
Important information
Your privacy is our top concern. We work hard to earn and keep your trust, so we
adhere to the following principles to protect your privacy:
- We do not rent or sell your personally identifiable information to third parties
for marketing purposes
- We do not share your contact information with another User without your consent
- Any personally identifiable information that you provide will be secured with industry
standard protocols and technology
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review
it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here,
by email, or by means of a notice on our home page. By continuing to use this service
after notice of changes have been sent to you or published on this website, you
are consenting to the changes.
Please read this privacy policy to learn more about:
Registration
In order to become a member, you must first create an account on our website. To
create an account you are required to provide the following contact information,
which you recognize and expressly acknowledge is personal information allowing others,
including Small-Business-Search.com, to identify you: name, email address, country,
ZIP/postal code, a brief summary of your company, and a password chosen by you.
Customer Service
Small-Business-Search.com may collect information through the Small-Business-Search.com
website in order to, among other things, accurately categorize and respond to a
customer’s inquiry and deliver appropriate service levels.
Cookies
Like most websites, Small-Business-Search.com uses cookies and web log files to
track site usage. A cookie is a tiny data file which resides on your computer which
allows Small-Business-Search.com to recognize you as a User when you return to the
Small-Business-Search.com website using the same computer and web browser. If your
browser settings do not allow cookies, you will not be able to use the Small-Business-Search.com
website. Like the information you enter at registration or in your Profile, cookie
and log file data is used to customize your experience on our website. One type
of cookie, known as a "persistent" cookie, is set once you’ve logged in to your
Small-Business-Search.com account. The next time you visit the Small-Business-Search.com
website, the persistent cookie will allow us to recognize you as an existing User
so you will not need to log in before using the service. In order to access or change
any of your private information (like a credit card number) or to send a message
to another User, however, you must log in securely again with your password even
if your computer contains your persistent cookie. Additionally, if you log out of
the Small-Business-Search.com website you will need to re-enter your password the
next time you visit in order to log in to your account. Another type of cookie,
called a “session” cookie, is used to identify a particular visit to the Small-Business-Search.com
website. Session cookies expire after a short time or when you close your web browser.
We use cookies to improve the quality of our service by storing User preferences
and tracking User trends. In the course of serving advertisements or optimizing
services to our Users, we may allow authorized third parties to place or recognize
a unique cookie on your browser. Any information provided to third parties through
such cookies will not be personally identifiable but may provide general segment
information, e.g. your industry or geographic location, your occupation, or information
about your professional or educational background, for greater customization of
your user experience. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but
you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is
being sent. Unfortunately, if your browser settings do not allow cookies or you
opt to refuse all cookies, you may not be able to use the Small-Business-Search.com
website or services. Small-Business-Search.com does not store personally identifiable
information in the cookies.
Uses of personal information
Small-Business-Search.com is an online service dedicated to helping all types of
professionals more effectively connect with one another. The personally identifiable
information you choose to provide on our website is used to help you describe yourself
to other Users. Other information, that does not personally identify you as an individual,
is collected by Small-Business-Search.com from Users and is exclusively owned by
Small-Business-Search.com. This information can be utilized by Small-Business-Search.com
in such manner as Small-Business-Search.com, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.
Security
In order to secure your personal information, access to your data on Small-Business-Search.com
is password-protected, and sensitive data is protected by SSL encryption when it
is exchanged between your web browser and the Small-Business-Search.com web site.
To protect any data you store on our servers we also regularly audit our system
for possible vulnerabilities and attacks and we use a tier-one secured-access data
center. It is your responsibility to protect the security of your login information.
Please note that emails and similar means of communication with other users of Small-Business-Search.com
are not encrypted and we strongly request you not to communicate any confidential
information through these means.
Legal Disclaimer
It is possible that we may need to disclose personal information when required by
law, such as responses to civil or criminal subpoenas, or other requests by law
enforcement personnel. We will disclose such information wherein we have a good-faith
belief that it is necessary to comply with a court order, ongoing judicial proceeding,
subpoena, or other legal process or request to Small-Business-Search.com brought
in any country throughout the world, or to exercise our legal rights or defend against
legal claims.
How to contact us
If you have questions or comments about this privacy policy, please
contact us.