At The Small Business Project, accessible from thesmallbusinessproject.com (henceforth to be referred to as “Site”), one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains the types of information that is collected and recorded by The Small Business Project and how we use it.
If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at team@thesmallbusinessproject.com
The Site collects data from the users when they fill out a form. This data includes
The Site collects your data so that we can:
We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
When you place an order through the Site or fill out a form, we will maintain your Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.
The Small Business Project follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and are a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.
Like any other website, The Small Business Project uses cookies. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors browser type and/or other information.
For more general information on cookies, please read “What Are Cookies”.
Google is one of the third-party vendors on our site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to thesmallbusinessproject.com and other sites on the internet. However, visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
Some of the advertisers on our site may use cookies and web beacons. Our advertising partners are listed below. Each of our advertising partners has its own Privacy Policy for its policies on user data. For easier access, we hyperlinked to their Privacy Policies below.
Google
https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Meta
https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy
Linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Quora
https://www.quora.com/about/privacy
We may also partner with selected third-party vendors such ads [Adobe Analytics],[Clicktale],[Clicky],[Cloudfare],[Crazyegg],[Flurry Analytics],[Google Analytics],[Heap Analytics],[Inspectlet],[Kissmetrics],[Mixpanel],[Piwik], [Meta] and others, to allow tracking technologies and remarketing services on the Site through the use of first-party cookies and third-party cookies, to, among other things, analyze and track users’ use of the Site, determine the popularity of certain content and better understand online activity. By accessing the Site you consent to the collection and use of your information by these third-party vendors. You are encouraged to review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your questions. We do not transfer personal information to these third-party vendors. However, if you do not want any information to be collected and used by tracking technologies you can visit the third-party vendor or the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool or Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool. Click Here
We use technical, administrative, and physical control to safeguard your information. We retain your information for as long as you maintain a relationship with us, and beyond that, as required by law or as necessary for the purpose described below:
You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of The Small Business Project.
Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on The Small Business Project, which are sent directly to users’ browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.
Note that The Small Business Project has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant, or other lawful requests for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page.
The Small Business Project’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found on the browsers’ respective websites. What Are Cookies?
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
The Small Business Project does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regard to the information that they shared and/or collected in The Small Business Project. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its Terms and Conditions.
We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons contact us.
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at team@thesmallbusinessproject.com