Privacy

In summary

Island Business Listings will not ask you for information that does not have a purpose and we will not require information to be disclosed that is not absolutely necessary. We will not pass, sell or give your personally identifiable information to others.

Your privacy is important to us

To better protect your privacy we explain here our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.

This privacy statement applies exclusively to the website BusinessForSale.im and relates to the use of any personal information you provide to us through BusinessForSale.im. If you have any particular concerns about privacy issues, please contact us.

Data collection

Anyone can browse our website without revealing any personally identifiable information. However, should you wish to list your business for sale, partnership , business opportunity or wanted listing, we will require you to provide some personal information.

For Buyers

By completing the Contact Business Owner form on BusinessForSale.im you authorise us to send an email on your behalf to the seller of the business or franchise that you have enquired to. The business owner will contact you directly.

For Sellers and Wanted Listings

Should you wish to advertise your business for sale, partnership , business opportunity or wanted listing, we will require you to provide some personal information which you agree to supply to us accurately. By accepting the Terms and Conditions on the Business Listing form, you expressly consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.

We may collect and store the following:

  • Personal information – Your name, email address, physical address, telephone numbers, and your business information.
  • Financial information – All payment details are passed directly to our payment provider. We do not store your credit card / charge card / debit card details. Although high level encryption is used to securely transfer your payment details to our payment service provider, PayPal, we cannot fully guarantee the safety of your financial details from unauthorized access, which may occur before or during the transaction process.
  • Standard web log information  – Computer and connection information, statistics on page views, traffic to and from the sites, ad data and IP addresses. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Children

We do not intentionally collect any information on children under 16 years of age. We will undertake to delete any details of such children where a parent or guardian has notified us that any such details have been obtained.

How we use your information

The primary reason we collect your personal information is to process enquiries, registrations and subscriptions. We do not send unsolicited  emails using details supplied to us. We offer a separate email subscription to latest listings from the sidebar of our website.

If you are a buyer we will pass some or all of your details on to the seller along with any message you have typed. This allows the seller to contact you in order to pursue a possible sale of a business;

If you are a seller, we will disclose your details as selected in the Business Listing form;

  • Public Listing – your business name and photos visible
  • Private Listing – your business name and photos sent by email on request
  • Confidential Listing – no business name or photos

Direct email addresses and telephone numbers will not be publicly displayed on the website unless you specifically include it on your profile.

We use web log information to analyse trends, administer the site, monitor website usage and to manage our advertiser relationships .

Security

Your information is stored on our servers located in the EU. We protect data using a variety of tools (encryption, passwords, physical security, etc.) to protect your personal information against unauthorized access and disclosure. However, no method of security is 100% effective and while we take every measure to protect your personal information, we make no guarantees of its absolute security.

Collection of information by third parties

The information you offer us is passed on to our clients, at your request, in order for them to send you further details on a business you have enquired about.

Except as otherwise expressly included in this Privacy Policy, this document addresses only the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. If you disclose your information to others, whether they are buyers or sellers on our sites or other sites throughout the internet, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the information you disclose to them. Island Business Listings does not control the privacy policies of third parties, and you are subject to the privacy policies of those third parties where applicable.

We encourage you to ask questions before you disclose your personal information to others.

Changing your contact details

You can update or amend your contact details at any time by emailing us.

Changes to the Policy

If we do change or amend our privacy policy we will notify users via the BusinessForSale.im site. The Privacy Policy will always be easily accessible online throughout the BusinessForSale.im service.