Privacy Policy
Last updated: June 14, 2023
Welcome to YPWP!
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. Please carefully read this Privacy Policy before accessing or using the website located at www.ypwp.com (the “Website” or the “Service”).
The Website is owned and operated by YPWP.com, a division of b2bBiz.com, Inc, a corporation formed and operating in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, United States (hereinafter the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). All references in this Privacy Policy to the “Company,” “YPWP.com,” “we,” “us,” or “our” refer to b2bBiz.com, Inc, and all references to “you,” “your,” or “user” refers to you, an individual who accesses/uses the Service.
This Privacy Policy informs you of the following:
● What personal information we collect from you and how we collect it;
● How we use your personal information;
● When we may share your personal information with third parties; and
● The security of your personal information.
By accessing or using our Service, you represent that you have read this Privacy Policy and agree to be bound by it. Please do not use our Service if you do not agree with our privacy practices as outlined in this Privacy Policy.
Table of Contents
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. What Personal Information do we collect, and how do we collect it?
4. Opt-Out Policy
5. Disclosure of your Personal Information
6. Data Security
7. Consent
8. Third-Party Links
9. Children’s Privacy
10. Do Not Track (‘DNT’)
11. Amendments
12. Our Contact Information
1. Scope
This Privacy Policy applies to the Personal Information we process when you use our Service. Please note that the Service is limited for use in the United States and its territories.
2. Definitions
The words beginning with a capital letter in this Privacy Policy will have the meaning given to them below:
2.1. ‘Personal Information’ means information about you that is personally identifiable, such as your name, email address, or IP address, and information that is not otherwise publicly available.
2.2. ‘User Submission’ shall have the same meaning defined in our Terms and Conditions.
3. What Personal Information do we collect, and how do we collect it?
The Website is an online people and business directory serving the general audience seeking information about local businesses or searching for people in the United States and its territories. We source all the business and people information publicly displayed on the Website from a third-party content provider in accordance with our contract with them.
We collect your Personal Information when you voluntarily provide it to us on the Website and automatically when you access/use the Website.
3.1. Voluntarily Submitted Personal Information
When you suggest updates to any business listing on the Website or submit corrections, or request removal of personal information from our people directory, we will request you to provide us with your email address.
We use your email address to send you a verification email. Email verification enables us to maintain the integrity of information displayed on our Website; User Submissions are only reviewed after you confirm your email by clicking the link in our verification email. Please note that if you do not wish to provide us with your email address, you will not be able to submit your User Submission through the Website. We do not use your email address for any other purposes.
3.2. Automatically Collected Personal Information
3.2.1. Whenever you visit the Website, our web server logs automatically receive and record general information from your web browser, including your IP address, time of day, browser type, browser language, pages viewed, and any search terms you query. We use this information to customize your experience and to improve our Services. The data of our Website visitors and users is collected and processed in one or more databases maintained directly or indirectly by YPWP.com in the United States of America.
3.2.2. We will also receive some personal data from third parties when you make a purchase from TruthFinder after clicking an affiliate link(s) on our Website.
3.2.3. Use of Cookies
A "cookie" is a piece of data that identifies you and/or your computer as a unique user. Internet cookies could save the pages of our Website viewed by a visitor or user. The cookies enable us to personalize our Website for each visitor. When you use or re-visit our Website, we will recognize information about you by the Internet cookie and customize your experience accordingly. Internet cookies are stored on your hard drive and are not stored in any form on any equipment owned by YPWP.com. You can change your browser settings to refuse cookies, but refusing cookies may result in poor user experience.
Google is a third party vendor who use DoubleClick DART cookies to serve ads on our site. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to YPWP.com and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
We use a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect information about the use of the Site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the Site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other websites they used prior to coming to this Site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics to improve the Site.
Google provides a way to opt out: prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics. https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
How Google uses data when you use partners' sites or apps https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/
We use various Google services or API's (e.g. Google Maps API). Here is a reference to the Google Privacy Policy.
Clicky
We also use Clicky to log and analyze the traffic to our web site. You may review Clicky's Privacy Policy here . We log "personal data" to Clicky as follows for the following purposes: we log a "Unique ID" tracking cookie to identify unique visitors, we log your IP address for security and fraud prevention, and we log your username to help us to analyze visitor behavior and assist with customer service needs.
The Personal Information that we receive from you is not used for any purposes other than those described above, and none of the abovementioned Personal Information will be available to our Website users in the people directory.
4. Opt-Out Policy
If your Personal Information is publicly available in our people directory (“Directory Record”), you or a person authorized by you may request the removal of your Directory Record from our Website by making a User Submission via our contact form. The User Submission may only be submitted by either the individual whose personal information it is that needs to be removed from the Website or by an authorized representative of such individual.
Please allow at least seven working days after you confirm your request for the removal of your Directory Record from our Website. If your Directory Record has not been removed from our Website after seven working days, you may contact our support team with the details of your request.
You understand and accept that any User Submissions relating to the removal of Directory Record will only remove the requested information from www.ypwp.com.
5. Disclosure of your Personal Information
We respect your Personal Information, and we do not engage in the practice of selling or renting our users’ Personal Information. We only disclose/share our users’ Personal Information as described hereunder:
5.1. Third-Party Service Providers
We may disclose your personal information to third-party service providers (“Service Providers”) who help us with the performance of our business operations, such as emailing tools, analytics, marketing, customer support, and other purposes for which your personal information may be processed under this Privacy Policy.
5.2. Change of Ownership
If, in the future, we enter into any sale/purchase negotiations or transactions with another business, our users’ Personal Information may be disclosed to such other business as part of negotiations and due diligence. If any commercial transaction results in a change in ownership of the Company, the Personal Information we process may be transferred to the new entity as part of the commercial transaction. Please note that in the aforementioned scenarios, your personal information will continue to be governed by this Privacy Policy, except in cases where you expressly consent otherwise.
5.3. To protect ourselves or our users
We may be required to disclose your personal information to law enforcement authorities and other government bodies to comply with the law, to enforce our Agreement with you, to defend ourselves in legal actions, or to protect our users or others from threats posed by your actions.
6. Data Security
We employ reasonable and financially viable security measures to protect our users’ Personal Information. We also collect minimal Personal Information from our users to reduce the impact of any data breaches on our users. We also restrict access to our users’ Personal Information within the Company on a need-to-know basis to prevent unauthorized access. Regardless of the security measures that we have put in place, you acknowledge that data transmission over the internet is never one hundred percent secure. Accordingly, we cannot offer any guarantees regarding the absolute security of your Personal Information.
7. Consent
When you voluntarily submit your Personal Information through the Website, you consent to our collection, processing, disclosure, and storage of your Personal Information as outlined in this Privacy Policy. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH PRIVACY PRACTICES, YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CEASE THE USE OF OUR SERVICE.
8. Third-Party Links
Our Service contains links, including affiliate links that will redirect you to third-party websites. Such third-party websites are not owned or operated by us, and they are governed by their own legal Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policies. You should always review relevant third-party Terms and Privacy Policies before making use of such websites, especially before making any purchases. You understand that the presence of any third-party links on our Website does not constitute an endorsement of such a third party, and we cannot be held responsible for such a third party’s actions.
9. Children’s Privacy
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control of the collection of personal information from children under the age of thirteen. In compliance with the COPPA Rule, we do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent of a child who has submitted any personal information on the Website, you have the right to request the deletion of your child’s information via our contact form.
10. Do Not Track (‘DNT’)
The Website currently does not respond to DO NOT TRACK signals from your browser.
11. Amendments
From time to time, we may amend this Privacy Policy to reflect our new privacy practices and commitment to compliance with applicable privacy laws and regulations. We will post the updated Privacy Policy on this page and notify you of such updates by changing the last updated date on the top or by sending an email (if required by law). You should review this Privacy Policy regularly to ensure that you are familiar with any changes. You understand and accept that your continued use of the Website after the updates become effective will be deemed as acceptance of such updated privacy practices.
12. Our Contact Information
You can direct all questions and comments regarding our privacy policy via our contact form.
