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Privacy policy

Last updated November 8, 2026

This policy explains what information CheckThisBiz ("we", "us") collects when you use checkthisbiz.com, why we collect it, and what you can do about it. We've tried to keep it short and plain.

The short version

  • We don't sell personal information.
  • We don't use advertising trackers or third-party analytics cookies.
  • We collect only what you send us through our forms, plus limited technical data to prevent abuse.
  • You can ask us to correct or delete your information at any time.

Business listings

Listings are about businesses, not private individuals. They come from public and open sources, mainly the Overture Maps Foundation places dataset, plus our own checks of business websites and domain registration records. See data sources. Some listings for sole proprietors or home-based businesses may include a name, phone number or address that is also personal. If that applies to you, you can ask us to remove the listing.

What we collect from you

  • Claims. When you claim a listing: your name, role, work email, phone number, the verification method you chose, and any documents you send us later.
  • Messages to businesses. When you message a business through its listing: your name, email, optional phone number and your message.
  • Reports and removal requests. What you tell us and, if you provide it, your email address.
  • Email subscriptions and waitlists. Your email address, where you signed up, and for plan waitlists, your business name.
  • IP address. We record the IP address that submits a form, and use IP addresses briefly to rate-limit submissions. This is for preventing spam and abuse only.
  • Page-view counts. We count how many times each business listing is viewed per day, so owners can see how often their listing is looked at. These counts are totals only. They are not linked to you.

How we use it

  • To review and verify claims, and to contact you about your claim.
  • To deliver messages you send to a business.
  • To act on reports, corrections and removal requests.
  • To send the emails you signed up for. You can unsubscribe at any time.
  • To keep the site secure and stop spam and abuse.

Who we share it with

  • Businesses you message. When you send a message through a listing, we pass your name, contact details and message to that business's verified owner. What they do with it is up to them and their own privacy practices.
  • Service providers. Our web host and email provider process data on our behalf to run the site.
  • Legal reasons. If the law requires it, or to protect people from fraud or harm.

We do not sell or rent personal information, and we don't share it for advertising.

Marketplace posts and messages

When you post on the marketplace, we collect what you enter (photos, title, description, price, location, your name, email, phone, and any business name or website) plus your IP address, which we use to review posts and fight spam. Your post, photos, name or business name, and website are public once approved. Your phone number is shown only if you choose to show it. Your email is never shown on the post.

When you message a seller, we send your name, email, phone (if given) and message to that seller so they can reply to you, and keep a copy so we can handle reports and abuse. After that, what the seller does with your details is up to them. Deleted posts are taken off the site right away; we may keep a record for up to a year for fraud and abuse reasons.

Cookies

We use a single session cookie, and only on pages with forms, to protect those forms against cross-site request forgery. It expires when you close your browser. We don't use advertising cookies, tracking pixels or third-party analytics. Our pages load fonts from Google Fonts, and map pages load map tiles and map software from third-party servers. Those servers receive your IP address as part of any normal web request.

How long we keep it

We keep claim records for as long as the listing is claimed and for a reasonable period afterward to handle disputes. We keep messages, reports and removal requests for as long as needed to handle them and prevent abuse. Subscriber emails are kept until you unsubscribe. Rate-limit records expire within hours.

Your choices and rights

  • Access, correction and deletion. Use the corrections and removals form and we'll tell you what we hold about you, correct it, or delete it.
  • Listing removal. Business owners can request removal of their listing.
  • Unsubscribe. Use the unsubscribe link in our emails, or email us and we'll remove you.

Depending on where you live (for example California), you may have additional rights under state law, including the right to know, delete and correct personal information and not to be discriminated against for using those rights. We honor these requests for everyone, wherever you live.

Children

CheckThisBiz is not directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their information.

Security

We use HTTPS across the site, limit access to submitted data, and keep it off the public web. No system is perfectly secure, so please don't send us sensitive documents by email unless we ask for them.

Changes

If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top. If a change is significant, we'll say so on this page.

Contact

Questions or requests: use the corrections and removals form.