Privacy Policy

ListYourBusiness.us ("we," "our," or "us") operates an online commercial directory connecting consumers and trade contractors across the United States. This Privacy Policy outlines our procedures regarding the collection, use, disclosure, and protection of your data when you visit our website, submit business profiles, or interact with our digital resources. By accessing ListYourBusiness.us, you agree to the practices outlined in this policy.

1. Information We Collect

We gather data directly provided by account registrants, details collected through automated analytics protocols, and information published as commercial listings.

Information You Provide to Us

Registration Details: Full name, verified business email, and account credentials.
Commercial Listing Data: Company name, registered physical or mailing address, telephone contact numbers, website URLs, operating categories, service areas, and representative business photography.
Direct Communications: Inquiries, support tickets, and correspondence submitted via our contact forms.
Public Contributions: Editorial comments, customer ratings, and user-generated reviews submitted on business profiles.

Information Collected Automatically

Technical Identifiers: Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, browser specification, device models, and operating operating software.
Navigation History: Pages visited, duration of sessions, click paths, referring web addresses, and date/time stamps.

2. How We Use Information

We process the information we collect for authentic business operations, including:

Publishing, indexing, and maintaining your commercial profiles across our US business directory.
Enabling local consumers to locate and verify licensed trade contractors and regional services.
Responding promptly to user support inquiries, listing claims, and account verification requests.
Optimizing internal platform architecture, search filter functionality, and user experience.
Delivering mandatory administrative notices, security updates, and service confirmations.
Protecting our ecosystem from programmatic spam, abusive bot crawling, and fraudulent submissions.

3. Public Business Listing Information

When you submit a company profile to ListYourBusiness.us, your commercial information becomes indexed and searchable by search engines and the public. This includes your commercial entity name, service description, municipal service areas, designated contact telephone number, and website address.

Account Privacy Safeguard: Your account registration password and primary internal account email remain encrypted on secure servers and are never publicly displayed within directory search results.

4. Cookies and Web Beacons

ListYourBusiness.us utilizes session and persistent cookies to ensure consistent browsing, store user preferences, and analyze aggregate traffic trends. Cookies are compact text files stored on your local device browser.

You maintain the right to configure, block, or delete cookies via your personal browser preferences. Please note that disabling technical cookies may limit your ability to access administrative dashboard functions or maintain login sessions.

5. Google AdSense & Third-Party Advertising Disclosures

We partner with third-party advertising vendors, specifically Google LLC, to serve advertisements when you visit our website. These vendors implement cookies to deliver advertisements tailored to your interests based on previous browsing behavior across this and other websites on the internet.

Google DART Cookies & Ad Personalization

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on ListYourBusiness.us.
Google's use of advertising cookies (including the DoubleClick / DART cookie) enables it and its advertising partners to serve personalized ads to our users based on their visits to our platform and other sites across the web.
Users may opt out of personalized advertising at any time by visiting the official Google Ads Settings.

Opting Out of Third-Party Ad Networks

Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for interest-based advertising by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) Opt-Out Consumer Choice page or the Digital Advertising Alliance Consumer Choice Tool.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal private data to third-party brokers. We disclose personal data solely under the following limited conditions:

Authorized Service Providers: Trusted cloud infrastructure, secure web hosting providers, and security analytics networks operating under strict non-disclosure obligations.
Statutory Compliance: When compelled by subpoena, court order, or governmental legal process to comply with federal or state legislation.
Asset Transfer: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or directory asset transition, where customer data forms part of the transferred business assets.

7. Third-Party External Links

Our platform includes hyperlinks directing visitors to third-party commercial websites, corporate affiliates, and service provider domains. Once you leave ListYourBusiness.us via an outbound link, we exercise no governance over the privacy safeguards or content of external destinations. We advise users to review the privacy documentation of any external portal they visit.

If you reside in California or US states with comprehensive privacy legislation (such as Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, or Utah), you possess specific consumer rights regarding personal information collected by businesses:

Right to Know / Access: You may request disclosure of the specific categories and pieces of personal information collected about you during the preceding 12 months.
Right to Deletion: You may demand the permanent deletion of personal information held by our servers, subject to regulatory retention exceptions.
Right to Rectification: You have the right to correct inaccurate or outdated records concerning your business profile.
Non-Discrimination: We do not discriminate against any user or business owner exercising their statutory privacy rights.
Sale of Personal Information: We do not sell consumer personal information as defined under the California Consumer Privacy Act.

To submit a verified consumer rights request, contact us directly at info@listyourbusiness.us.

For individuals accessing our services from the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, our legal basis for collecting and processing personal information depends on the context: (i) the execution of a service contract (such as publishing a requested business listing), (ii) our legitimate commercial interests, or (iii) with your explicit consent.

You have the right to request data portability, object to processing, lodge a complaint with an EU supervisory authority, and withdraw previously granted processing consent at any time.

10. Data Security & Storage Architecture

We implement enterprise-standard SSL/TLS encryption, server firewall protections, and regular vulnerability monitoring to safeguard your data. While we maintain rigorous physical and electronic protections, transmission of data across the global internet remains subject to inherent risks, and absolute security cannot be guaranteed.

11. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

ListYourBusiness.us is dedicated exclusively to commercial entities and adult professionals. We do not intentionally solicit or collect personal records from children under 13 years of age. If we identify that records of a minor have been submitted without verified parental authorization, we will eliminate the data immediately from our database.

12. Contact Information & Privacy Inquiries

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise statutory data rights, or need assistance modifying a listed company profile, please contact our administrative team:

ListYourBusiness.us Data Administration

Official Support Email: info@listyourbusiness.us

Online Inquiries: https://listyourbusiness.us/contact-us/

Platform: ListYourBusiness.us (United States Commercial Directory)