Privacy Policy

businesses.com.mt is committed to protecting the privacy of its users and businesses listed. To better protect such right to privacy, businesses.com.mt is providing this Privacy Policy, which explains all information usage on this website.

This Privacy Policy is easily accessible via a link at the bottom of every page of businesses.com.mt.

1. Websites covered by this privacy policy

businesses.com.mt is a Maltese organization. This privacy policy applies solely to this website www.businesses.com.mt.

Links to third-party websites

While businesses.com.mt may provide links to third-party websites for your convenience and information, they do not fall under this privacy policy. If you access these links, you will be leaving the businesses.com.mt website. We do not control these sites or their privacy practices, which may different from our practices. We do not endorse or make any representations about third-party websites. The personal data you choose to provide to or that is collected by these third parties is in no way covered by businesses.com.mt Privacy statement. We strongly encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third party before submitting your personal information to their respective websites.

2. Collection of personal information

businesses.com.mt collects and uses personal information to understand your needs and interests and to serve you better. On registration of a business, we ask you to provide personal information like name, address and telephone numbers to enable us to contact you regarding marketing and financial information about businesses.com.mt. On the business listing page, we will hold contact details about your business like address, telephones, business name, relevant categories, products and services offered, and opening hours to enable us to list you in our search results, so that users can find you. This will enable us to use this information to list your business in relevant searches by users, so as to promote your business.

In addition to the information you provide, businesses.com.mt may also collect information during your visit to the website through our automatic data collection tools. These include cookies, the address of the website from which you arrived on our website and browser type. These tools may also collect information about your Internet Protocol (IP) address. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer (normally by your ISP) whenever you are surfing the Web, allowing Web servers to locate and identify your computer. Computers use IP addresses to communicate on the Internet, allowing users to browse and shop.

3. Collection of personal information

The information businesses.com.mt collects to understand your needs and interests helps businesses.com.mt deliver a consistent and personalized experience. For example, businesses.com.mt may use your information to deliver relevant search results, list your business details to users, and to contact you for marketing-related or subscription-related information.

Credit card information is used only for payment processing. Credit card information and other sensitive personal information required to process a credit card is not used for any other purpose by our financial services providers or businesses.com.mt, and will not be stored in any way on our servers.

4. Sharing information you provide

businesses.com.mt will not sell, rent or lease your personal information to others. businesses.com.mt shares personal information only with companies working on our behalf, or other businesses.com.mt-owned business entities. businesses.com.mt may participate in marketing initiatives with other companies. Except as described in this statement, businesses.com.mt will not share the personal information you provide to businesses.com.mt with any third parties without your permission, unless to: (i) respond to duly authorized information requests of governmental authorities; (ii) comply with any law, regulation, subpoena, or court order; (iii) help prevent fraud or to enforce or protect the rights and properties of businesses.com.mt; (iv) protect the personal safety of businesses.com.mt employees and third parties on businesses.com.mt property.

5. Children’s Privacy

businesses.com.mt does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13, and does not target its website to children under 13. We encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their children’s online activities and interests.

6. Access to and Accuracy of information

businesses.com.mt strives to keep your personal information accurately recorded. We have implemented technology that helps us maintain data accuracy. businesses.com.mt provides its business users the ability to review and correct any personal information provided, if applicable. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity, such as requiring a password and your email address before granting access to your data. To view and change the personal information that you directly provided to businesses.com.mt, you can log on to the member’s area, and go to the Profile or Listing page. Users of businesses.com.mt have access to business information through the search and dedicated web page for each business. In no way can an unrestricted user modify the personal data of any business.

7. Keeping your information secure

businesses.com.mt takes seriously the trust you place in us. To prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, and to ensure the appropriate use of information, businesses.com.mt utilizes appropriate physical, technical and administrative procedures to safeguard the information we collect.

We use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption when collecting or transferring sensitive data such as credit card information. SLL encryption is designed to make the information unreadable by anyonebut us. This security measure is working when you see the symbol of either an unbroken key, or a closed lock (depending on your browse) at the bottom of your browser window, or at the top near the address bar. Also, the website address must start with an ‘https://’ instead of the normal ‘http://’, with the S signifying Secure, and that SSL is being used to encrypt data transferred.

Credit card numbers are used only for processing payments one time, and are not used for other purposes. We do not store your credit card number, and in no way do we provide it to third parties.

8. Changes to this privacy policy

businesses.com.mt reserves the right to make any changes to this Privacy Policy at any time. Any such changes will be posted here and on the website news section.

9. Contacting us

At businesses.com.mt, we value your opinion. If you have any comments or questions about our privacy statement, please send them to us via the contact form, or write to us at the following address:

20, Triq Il-Kittenija,
Zurrieq, ZRQ 4020,
Malta.

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