Privacy Policy
1 Introduction
We are a business directory and online platform for professionals and all users alike. People use our services to find and be found for business needs, to connect with others, and find information. Our Privacy Policy applies to any "Subscriber" or "End-user" to our services.
This Privacy Policy applies to your use of our Services. As a "Subscriber” or "End-user" of our services, the collection, use and sharing of your personal data is subject to this Privacy Policy and other documents referenced in this Privacy Policy, as well as updates.
2 Personal or Other Information Provided to Transparent Links
2.1 Account Creation
You provide data to create an account with us.
2.2 Registration
To create an Account, you need to provide data including your name, email address and/or mobile number, and a password.
2.3 Profile
You have choices about the information on your profile, such as city or state. Some "Subscribers" may choose to complete a separate or additional account for multiple businesses. Please do not post or add personal data to your company information upload that you would not want to be publicly available.
2.4 Posting and Uploading
We collect personal data from you when you provide, post, or upload it to our Services, such as when you fill out a form, (e.g., with demographic data.)
2.5 Data from You or Others
You and others may post content that includes information about you (as part of posts, videos) on our services.
3 How We Use This Data
3.1 We use your data to provide, support, personalize, and develop our Services.
3.2 We use the data that we have about you to provide and personalize our services, including with the help of automated systems and inferences we make, so that our services {including ads) can be more relevant and useful to you and others.
3.3 We use your data to authorize access to our services.
3.4 Our services allow you to stay in touch and up to date with business contacts. To do so, you can "contact" the businesses who you choose, and who also wish to "contact" you. Keeping your profile accurate and up to date may help you better connect to others and to opportunities through our services.
3.5 Communications
We will contact you through email, mobile phone, notices posted on our websites or apps, and other ways through our services, including text messages and push notifications. We will send you messages about the availability of our services, security, or other service-related issues. We also send messages about how to use our services, network updates, reminders, and promotional messages from us.
Please be aware that you cannot opt out of receiving service messages from us, including security and legal notices. We will show you ads called sponsored content which look like non-sponsored content, except that they are labeled as advertising (e.g., as "ad" or "sponsored"). If you take a social action (such as like, comment or share) on these ads, your action is associated with your name and viewable by others, including the advertiser. If you take a social action on the Transparent Links services, that action may be mentioned with related ads. For example, when you like our company we may include your name and/or photo when their sponsored content is shown.
3.6 Ad Choices
We do not share your personal data with any third-party advertisers or ad networks.
3.7 Marketing
We promote our services to you and others.
3.8 Developing Services and Research
We use data, including public feedback, to conduct research and development for our services to provide you and others with a better, more intuitive and personalized experience, drive subscriber growth and engagement on our services.
3.9 Surveys
Polls and surveys may be conducted by us and others through our services. You are not obligated to respond to polls or surveys, and you have choices about the information you provide. You may opt out of survey invitations.
3.10 Customer Support
We use data to help you and fix problems.
We use data (which can include your communications) to investigate, respond to and resolve complaints, and for Service issues (e.g., bugs).
3.10 Insights That Do Not Identify You
We use data to generate insights that do not identify you.
We use your data to produce and share insights that do not identify you. For example, we may use your data to generate statistics about "Subscribers" their profession or industry, to calculate ad impressions served or clicked on, or to publish visitor demographics for a Service.
3.11 Security and Investigations
We use data for security, fraud prevention, and investigations.
We use your data for security purposes or to prevent or investigate possible fraud or other violations of our User Agreement and/or attempts to harm "Subscribers," "End-users," or others.
4 When and How We Share Information with Others
4.1 In Order to Provide Services
Any data that you include in your ad and any content you post on Transparent Links’ social media sites, the social action (e.g., likes, follows, comments, shares) you take on our services will be seen by others.
4.2 Others' Services
Previous profile information remains on these services until they update their data cache with changes you made to your profile.
4.3 Service Providers
We may use third parties to help us with our services.
We use others to help us provide our services (e.g., maintenance, analysis, audit, payments, fraud detection, marketing, and development). They will have access to your information as reasonably necessary to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for other purposes.
4.4 Legal Disclosures, Subpoenas, and Court Orders
We may need to share your data when we believe it is required by law or to help protect the rights and safety of you, us, or others.
It is possible that we will need to disclose information about you when required by law, subpoena, or other legal process if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to (1) investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities or to assist government enforcement agencies; (2) enforce our agreements with you; (3) investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations; (4) protect the security or integrity of our services (such as by sharing with companies facing similar threats); or (5) exercise or protect the rights and safety of Transparent Links, our "Subscribers" and/or "End-users" personnel or others. We attempt to notify "Subscribers" about legal demands for their personal data when appropriate in our judgment, unless prohibited by law or court order or when the request is an emergency. We may dispute such demands when we believe, in our discretion, that the requests are overbroad, vague or lack proper authority, but we do not promise to challenge every demand.
4.5 Change in Control or Sale
We may share your data when Transparent Links is sold to others, but it must continue to be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
We can also share your personal data as part of a sale, merger or change in control, or in preparation for any of these events. Any other entity which buys us, or part of our business, will have the right to continue to use your data, but only in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy unless you agree otherwise.
5 Data Retention and Individual Rights and Options
5.1 Introduction
We keep most of your personal data for as long as your account is open.
We generally retain your personal data as long as you keep your account open or as needed to provide you services. This includes data you or others provided to us, and data generated or inferred from your use of our services. We will retain your information and keep your profile open unless you close your account. In some cases, we choose to retain certain information (e.g., insights about services use) in a depersonalized or aggregated form.
5.2 Rights to Access and Control Your Personal Data
You can access or delete your personal data. For personal data that we have about you, you can:
5.2.1 Delete Data: You can ask us to erase or delete all or some of your personal data {e.g., if it is no longer necessary to provide services to you).
5.2.2 Change or Correct Data: You can edit some of your personal data through your account. You can also ask us to change, update, or fix your data in certain cases, particularly if it is inaccurate.
5.2.3 Object to, Limit, or Restrict Use of Data: You can ask us to stop using all or some of your personal data (e.g., if we have no legal right to keep using it) or to limit our use of it (e.g., if your personal data is inaccurate or unlawfully held).
5.2.4 Right to Access and/or Take Your Data: You can ask us for a copy of your personal data and can ask for a copy of personal data you provided in machine readable form.
5.3 Account Closure
We keep some of your data even after you close your account.
We generally delete closed account information within 30 days of account closure, except as noted below.
We retain your personal data even after you have closed your account if reasonably necessary to comply with our legal obligations (including law enforcement requests), meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, maintain security, prevent fraud and abuse (e.g., if we have restricted your account for breach of our Professional Community Policies), enforce our User Agreement, or fulfill your request to "unsubscribe" from further messages from us. We will retain de-personalized information after your account has been closed.
Information you have shared with others (e.g., through E-mail, updates, or group posts) will remain visible after you close your account or delete the information from your own profile, and we do not control data that other "Subscribers" have copied out of our services. Groups content and ratings or review content associated with closed accounts will show an unknown user as the source. Your profile may continue to be displayed in the services of others (e.g., search engine results) until they refresh their cache.
6 Other Important Information
6.1 Security
We monitor for and try to prevent security breaches.
We implement security safeguards designed to protect your data. We frequently monitor our systems for vulnerabilities and attacks. However, we cannot warrant the security of any information that you send us. There is no guarantee that data may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.
6.2 Lawful Bases for Processing
We have lawful bases to collect, use and share data about you. You have choices about our use of your data. At any time, you can withdraw consent you have provided by contacting us by e-mail, phone or write to us at the address below.
We will only collect and process personal data about you where we have lawful bases. Lawful bases include consent (where you have given consent), contract (where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you (e.g., to deliver the Transparent Links services you have requested) and "legitimate interests."
Where we rely on your consent to process personal data, you have the right to withdraw or decline your consent at any time and where we rely on legitimate interests, you have the right to object. If you have any questions about the lawful bases upon which we collect and use your personal data, please contact us by email, phone, or write to us at the address below.
6.3 Direct Marketing and Do Not Track Signals
Our statements regarding direct marketing and "do not track" signals.
We currently do not share personal data with third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
6.4 Contact Information
You can contact us or use other options to resolve any complaints.
If you have questions or complaints regarding this Policy, please first contact Transparent Links online at contact@transparentlinks.com. You can also reach us by physical mail at:
Transparent Links, LLC
P.O. Box 634
Florence, AZ 85132
7 Data Transmission and Security
Services offered by Transparent Links incorporates commercially reasonable security measures designed to reduce the risk of improper access to the online information collected. However, Transparent Links cannot guarantee the privacy of personal information transmitted over the internet or that may be collectable in transit by others.
8 Minors Accessing the Website
The Website is neither designed nor intended for children under 18 years of age. Transparent Links does not knowingly collect Personal Information from minors. If it is discovered that the Transparent Links has collected or received Personal Information from a minor child without parental consent, the information will be deleted.
9 United States Law and Regulation
The Website and policy are based in the United States and the services provided by this Website are only being provided to residents within the United States at this time. Personal Information will be used and stored in the United States, where data protection and privacy rules may differ from the level of protection available in other parts of the world.
10 Revisions to the Privacy Policy
At a future date, Transparent Links may choose to expand its capabilities for obtaining information about users. Any changes to the Privacy Policy will appear on this page. A user should always review this page before proceeding to use the Website.