Privacy Policy
Last updated 09/08/2008
BGListings.com reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time, please check back often for updates.
Protecting your privacy
- We don't run pop ups or pop unders.
- We don't share ANY of your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
- We don't send you unsolicited communications for marketing purposes.
- Your email address will never be displayed on our website unless you specifically add it to your ad description.
- BGListings.com does not send spam.
- Our site uses a technology called "cookies," small files stored by your browser to help keep track of your user profile. Our cookies do not collect personally identifiable information, nor do we share them with anyone. We use cookies to remember your personal profile for your convenience, to deliver content specific to your needs and interests based upon your prior usage. We may also use cookies to track user trends and improve areas of our sites that our users find valuable.
- Account information is password-protected. Keep your password safe.
- BGListings.com, or people who post on BGListings.com, may provide links to third party websites, which may have different privacy practices. We are not responsible for, nor have any control over, the privacy policies of those third party websites, and encourage all users to read the privacy policies of each and every website visited.
- BGListings.com can not restrict any underage users from using our service. We do however feel that any parents with children under the age of 18 should monitor their use of the web. We do our best efforts to continuously monitor user submitted information on our site for any malicious or inappropriate content. However it is not possible for us to find all inappropriate content and implore the users to report misuse of the site and its functionalities. BGListings.com discourages users under the age of 18 to post personal information on our site for fear of misuse by other parties.
Data we collect
- We sometimes collect your email address, for purposes such as sending self-publishing and confirmation emails, authenticating user accounts, providing subscription email services, etc.
- For paid postings we use Paypal for payments, please refer to their Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. BGListings.com does not save any information related to paid transactions.
- We may collect personal information if you provide it in feedback or comments, post it on our classifieds or if you contact us directly. Please do not post any personal information on BGListings.com's classifieds that you expect to keep private.
- Our web logs collect standard web log entries for each page served, including your IP address, page URL, and timestamp. Web logs help us to diagnose problems with our server, to administer the BGListings.com site, and to otherwise provide our service to you.
Data we store
- All classified and login information are stored in our database, even after "deletion," and may be archived elsewhere.
- Our web logs and other records are stored indefinitely.
- Although we make good faith efforts to store the information in a secure operating environment that is not available to the public, we cannot guarantee complete security.
Archiving and display of ads by search engines and other sites
- Search engines and other sites not affiliated with BGListings.com - including archive.org, google.com, and groups.yahoo.com - archive or otherwise make available BGListings.com postings.
Circumstances in which BGListings.com may release information
- BGListings.com may disclose information about its users if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process.
- BGListings.com may also disclose information about its users to law enforcement officers or others, in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to: enforce our Terms of Use; respond to claims that any posting or other content violates the rights of third-parties; or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of BGListings.com, its users or the general public.