This Privacy Notice explains how and why BusinessMatchPro.com Global Limited (also referred to as “BusinessMatchPro.com”, “BMP”, “we”, “our” and “us”) collects, uses, discloses and otherwise processes personal data about individual users of our website www.BusinessMatchPro.com (the “Website”) or mobile applications (the “App”), and those that access our services through APIs and through third-parties (collectively, the “Services”), including Website Users, Buyers and/or Professionals (whether prospective, current or past), and people that apply to work with us (together, “you”).

This Privacy Notice does not address data that is not subject to applicable data protection laws (such as deidentified or publicly available information). This Privacy Notice is also not a contract and does not create any legal rights or obligations not otherwise provided by law.

You should read this Privacy Notice so that you know what we are doing with your personal data.

Data Protection

“Personal data” is any information that relates to an identifiable natural person. Your name, address and contact details are examples of your personal data, if they identify you.

The term “process” means any activity relating to personal data, including collection, storage, use and transmission.

Whether you are a Buyer, a Professional, a Website User, or a Job Applicant for a vacancy at BusinessMatchPro.com (or a combination of those, as such terms are defined below), BusinessMatchPro.com is a “controller” of your personal data. This means that we make decisions about how and why we process your personal data and are responsible for making sure it is used in accordance with data protection laws. This Privacy Notice describes our privacy practices where we are acting as the controller of personal data. However, this Privacy Notice does not cover or address how our Professionals may process personal data when they provide their services.

Data Collection

If you are reviewing this Privacy Notice, then you will fall into at least one of the following categories of individuals about whom we process personal data:

(a) prospective, current or past customers of BusinessMatchPro.com who register an account and/or place a buyer request (“Buyers”);

(b) current or past individuals or businesses that register as a Professional on BusinessMatchPro.com to provide a service to Buyers, or businesses who we identify as being of interest to our Buyers and who we may then contact with potential business opportunities relating to our Buyers (“Professionals”);

(d) individuals applying for a job with us (“Job Applicants”).

Accordingly, we will collect and process different types of personal data about you depending on which of these categories are relevant to you. The different types of personal data that we collect and the sources we collect it from are summarized below.

Personal Data Classification

Depending on how you use our Website and Services, we will collect different types of personal data about you. This data might include your name, contact details, details about your business, any information you provide in correspondence with us, records of your transactions with us, and how you use our Services. We need these details to provide our Services to you.

Category

Types of Personal Data

Contact Data

Basic contact information and identity information

Communication Data

Communications we may have with you or other information which you may voluntarily provide, including images, videos or documents you may upload as part of a lead request
Your contact/marketing preferences

Account Data

BMP profile and details
User names, passwords and other log-in information
Activity history and referral data
Analysis we may undertake on account usage from time to time

Payment Information

Billing details, including card details and billing address. Please note that we use third-party payment providers, including Stripe, to process payments made to us. We do not retain any personally identifiable financial information, such as payment card number, that you provide these third-party payment providers in connection with payments. Rather, all such information is provided directly by you to our third-party payment providers. The payment provider’s use of your personal data is governed by their privacy notice. To view Stripe’s privacy policy, please click here

Buyer or Professional Content

Any files, documents, audio, videos, images, data, or communications you choose to input, upload, or transmit to our Services.
Professional credentials, including professional association membership information and insurance information
Information about offered procured Professional services
Reviews, referrals and ratings between Buyers and Professionals

BMP Data

Your draft, actual and suggested search request(s) and any responses received
Feedback on BMP usage for Buyers and feedback, comments and ratings of Professionals/Sellers

Event, Contest, Promotion, and Survey Information

Information provided when you sign up for an event, enter a contest or promotion, complete a survey or submit a testimonial

Feedback and Support Information

Contents of custom messages sent through the forms, chat platforms, email addresses, or other contact information we make available on our Website
Recordings of calls with us, where permitted by law (including through the use of automated tools provided by us or our third-party providers)

Security-Related Information

Name and contact information of visitors to our premises, video recordings of videos on our premises, and electronic login records and access details when a visitor utilizes company technology on our premises.

Information About Your Device and Network

Information about your device, which may include the device type, manufacturer, model, operating system, IP address, browser type, browsing history, preferences, identification numbers, your mobile carrier, date and time stamps and other interactions with the Service. We employ third-party technologies designed to allow us to recognize when two or more devices are likely being used by the same individual and may leverage these technologies (where permitted) to link information collected from different devices.

Information About the Way Individuals Use Our Services and Interact with Us

Browsing behaviour and data on the actions you take on our Services (such as the pages you visit, the content you view, the communications you have through our Services, and the content, links and ads you interact with).
We employ third-party technologies designed to allow us to collect detailed information about browsing behaviour and actions that you take on our Services, which may record your mouse movements, scrolling, clicks, and keystroke activity on our Services and other browsing, search or purchasing behaviour. These third-party technologies may also record information you enter when you interact with our products or Services or engage in chat features or other communication platforms we provide.

Geolocation Data

Your device and/or the information you give us might tell us your approximate geographical location, or our third-party providers may derive your general geographic location from your IP address, as well as more precise geolocation when you grant us access.

Analytics Data

Information to monitor and analyse use of our Services, for example for our Service’s technical administration, to increase our Service’s functionality and user-friendliness, and to verify users have the authorisation needed to process their requests

Professional Data

Details about the Service(s) you or your employer provide
Payment records and bank account details
BMP profile
BMP analysis we may undertake from time to time
Account details and activity history
Usernames, passwords and other log-in information

Job Application Data

Any information you provide to us as part of your application to work at BusinessMatchPro.com

We and our trusted third-party partners may collect personal data automatically through technologies like cookies, beacons, pixels, scripts and SDKs about the devices and computers you use when you interact with our Website, App and other Services, such as browser type, device type, language, operating system, the referring web page, pages visited, and hyperlinks clicked (collectively, “Usage Information”). We may also use third-party tools to collect Usage Information you provide to us or information about how you use the Service and may monitor and record your mouse movements, scrolling, clicks and keystroke activity on the Service and other browsing, search or purchasing behavior. These tools may also record Usage Information you enter when you interact with our Services or engage in chat or form features through our Services.

We may also collect personal data from other sources and third parties. For example, this data could be from our Website, your business website, as well as social media.

Category

Types of Personal Data

Collected from

Buyers

Basic Data
Communication Data
Account Data
Lead Data
Website Data
Geolocation Data
Analytics Data

You
Our Website (including any cookies)
Your device
Third party sources, including social media, search engines, online maps, online marketplaces, online customer review sites and directories

Professionals

Basic Data
Communication Data
Professional Data
Website Data
Geolocation Data
Analytics Data

You
Your employer
The Services (including any cookies)
Your website
Your device
Third party sources, including social media, search engines, online maps, online marketplaces, online customer review sites and directories

Website Users

Basic Data
Communication Data
Website Data
Geolocation Data
Analytics Data

You
The Services (including any cookies)
Your device

Job Applications

Basic Data
Communication Data
Job Application Data

Employers

Contact information

You
Your employer
Your colleagues

Advertisers, Influencers, and Publishers

Device Data
Usage Information
Advertising Analytics and Conversion Data

You
Your device
The Services
Advertisers, influencers, and publishers

Advertisers, Influencers, and Publishers

Basic Data
Communication Data
Account Data
Lead Data
Website Data
Device Data
Usage Information
Geolocation Data
Analytics Data

Our service providers that perform services on our behalf,
You
Your device
The Services
Third party sources, including social media, search engines, online maps, online marketplaces, online customer review sites and directories

Social media

The data we receive is dependent upon your privacy settings with the social network, and may include profile information, profile picture, username, and any other information you permit the social network to share with third parties. You should always review and, if necessary, adjust your privacy settings on third-party websites and social media networks and services before sharing information and/or linking or connecting them to other services. We use this information primarily to operate, maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of our Services, as well as to communicate directly with you, such as to send you messages about features that may be of interest to you.

You
Your device
Social media networks

Other Buyers or Professionals

Contact information (for example, as part of a referral).
Procured Services
Reviews
Communication Data

Other users of the Services

Inferences

Inferences

We may generate inferences or predictions about you and your interests and preferences based on the other personal data we collect and the interactions we have with you.

Other Sources

Any Personal Data

Publicly available sources
Third-party data providers
Brand partnerships
Through transactions such as mergers and acquisitions

Personal Data Usage

We process your personal data for particular purposes, which are relevant to your relationship and engagement with us. We are required by law to always have a “lawful basis” for processing your personal data.

We use the personal data we collect for a number of different reasons, including to provide our Services to you or with you, to communicate with you, to verify your identity, to make sure our Website and Services are functioning properly and provide the best services for you, to keep accurate records and for legal reasons.

We rely on a number of different lawful grounds or ‘bases’ in order to process your personal data. These include that we have your consent to the processing, we need to process your personal data to enter into or perform a contract with you, we need to process your personal data to comply with our legal obligations, and/or the processing is necessary for our legitimate interests (or the legitimate interests of a third party).

We may also receive, convert, or process your personal data to create identified, statistical, or aggregated information that can no longer reasonably be used to infer information about, or otherwise be linked to, a particular individual or household. We do this to better protect your privacy, or so that you are not identified or identifiable from it. We may use such data to conduct research and analysis, including to produce statistical research and reports and for other purposes outside of the scope of this Privacy Notice. For example, to help us understand and improve the use of our Website.

Data Sharing

Our core service is the facilitation of introductions between Buyers and Professionals. In order to perform these services, we will share information submitted in a lead (including the Buyer name, email address and phone number) with relevant third party Professionals where such Professionals elect to respond to the submission request.

In some cases where we are unable to match a Buyer with a relevant Professional, we may share the information submitted in a lead (including the Buyer name, email address and phone number) with third party aggregators who will endeavor to match that Buyer with a relevant Professional.

We may use certain trusted third party companies and individuals to help us provide, analyze, and improve our Services (including but not limited to Buyer/Professional verification, data storage, maintenance services, database management, web analytics, payment processing, and improvement of our Services). These third parties will process your personal data on our behalf (as our processor). We will disclose your personal data to these parties so that they can perform those necessary functions.

We may also share your information with third parties who then use your personal data for their own purposes. For example, to process payments from you or where you choose to access our Services through such an application. These organizations will also use your personal data for their own, separate purposes (also as a “controller”) – they will have their own privacy notices which you should read, and they have their own responsibilities to comply with applicable data protection laws.

In certain circumstances, we will also disclose your personal data to:

(a) BusinessMatchPro.com affiliates;

(b) consultants and professional advisors including legal advisors, auditors and accountants;

(d) a prospective seller or buyer of our business and their advisors or in connection with a business transaction or reorganization. Also, in the unlikely event of our bankruptcy, receivership, or insolvency, your personal data may be disclosed, transferred, or assigned to third parties in connection with the proceedings or disposition of our assets;

(e) insurers;

(f) courts, court-appointed persons/entities, receivers and liquidators;

(g) third parties such as legal advisors and law enforcement where necessary to comply with a legal obligation, to enforce a contract, to prevent fraud or to protect the rights, property or safety of our employees, customers or others;

(h) to governmental departments, local government, statutory and regulatory bodies including (in the USA) the Information Commissioner’s Office, the police and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;

(i) with your consent or at your direction, we may disclose your personal data to certain other third parties or publicly;

(j) our marketing providers in order to advertise and communicate with you about the Services;

(k) with third-party ad networks and advertising partners to deliver advertising and personalized content on our Services, on other websites and services, and across other devices. These parties may collect information automatically from your browser or device when you visit our websites and other services through the use of cookies and related technologies; and

(l) your employer or colleagues if you interact with our Services in connection with your employment.

Data Transfers

When we share personal data about you, as set out above, this may include a transfer of your personal data to recipients outside the USA. If any disclosures of personal data mean that your personal data will be transferred outside the USA, we will only make that transfer in accordance with our obligations under applicable data protection laws.

Storing Personal Data

We will only retain your personal data for a limited period of time and for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which we are processing it for (including as necessary to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements).

Once retention of the personal data is no longer reasonably necessary for the purposes outlined in Table C, we will either delete or deidentify the personal data or, if that is not possible (for example, because personal data has been stored in backup archives), we will securely store the personal data and isolate it from further active processing until deletion or deidentification is possible.

Rights to Personal Data

You have certain legal rights in relation to any personal data about you which we hold. If you have any concerns or queries about this notice or how we process your personal data, please contact us using the details below. Each of these rights are subject to certain conditions and vary depending on your location or residency.

The following privacy choices are made available to all individuals with whom we interact:

a. Communication Preferences

You may adjust the settings for receiving communications from us at any time by visiting the ‘notifications’ section of your profile, or clicking ‘unsubscribe’ in any email you receive from us.

b. Automatic Data Collection Preferences

Certain of our Services may provide you the ability to adjust your preferences regarding our use of automatic data collection technologies that process Usage Information. For example, depending on where you are accessing the Services, there may be a “Cookie Preferences” manager linked in the footer of our Websites that allows you to adjust your preferences regarding certain automatic data collection technologies on the specific Website you are visiting. Note any cookie preferences you express will only apply to the specific device and browser you are using at that time (which means you will need to change your preferences on each device and browser you use to interact with the specific Website you are visiting).

c. Targeted Advertising Preferences

We engage third parties to help us facilitate targeted advertising designed to show you personalized ads based on predictions of your preferences using personal data, including Usage Information. The data we and our third-party partners use for purposes of facilitating targeted advertising, and ancillary activities, are collected through the use of a variety of automatic data collection technologies, including cookies, web beacons, pixels, embedded scripts, mobile SDKs, location-identifying technologies, and logging technologies. We may share a common account identifier (such as a hashed email address or user ID) with our third-party advertising partners to help link the personal data we and our third-party partners collect to the same person, or otherwise target advertising to an individual on a third-party website or platform.

Children’s Personal Data

Our Services are not directed to, and we do not intend to, or knowingly, collect or solicit personal data from children under the age of 18. If an individual is under the age of 18, they should not use our Services or otherwise provide us with any personal data either directly or by other means. If a child under the age of 18 has provided personal data to us, we encourage the child’s parent or guardian to contact us to request that we remove the personal data from our systems. If we learn that any personal data we collect has been provided by a child under the age of 18, we will promptly delete that personal data. Where a service category on the Website caters for children under the age of 18, only the personal data of the parent or guardian should be submitted to receive quotes from interested service providers.

Third-Party Websites and Services

Our Services may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, applications and other services. Except where we post, link to or expressly adopt or refer to this Privacy Notice, this Privacy Notice does not apply to any personal data practices of third parties. To learn about the personal data practices of third parties, please visit their respective privacy notices.

Updates to this Privacy Notice

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time to reflect changes to the type of personal data that we process and/or the way in which it is processed. We also encourage you to check this Privacy Notice on a regular basis.

If you want more information about any of the subjects covered in this Privacy Notice or if you would like to discuss any issues or concerns with us, you can contact us at info@BusinessMatchPro.com.

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