Signature Business Brokers Privacy Policy
Last updated: February 24, 2024
This Privacy Policy describes how Signature Business Brokers ("Signature", the "Site", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit, use our services, or request information from www.signaturebusinessbrokers.com (the "Site") or otherwise communicate with us (collectively, the "Services"). For purposes of this Privacy Policy, "you" and "your" means you as the user of the Services, whether you are a customer, website visitor, or another individual whose information we have collected pursuant to this Privacy Policy.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using and accessing any of the Services, you agree to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use or access any of the Services.
How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information:
To provide the Services, we may collect personal information about you from a variety of sources, as set out below. The information that we collect and use varies depending on how you interact with us.
In addition to the specific uses set out below, we may use information we collect about you to communicate with you, provide the Services, comply with any applicable legal obligations, enforce any applicable terms of service, and to protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.
What Personal Information We Collect:
The types of personal information we obtain about you depends on how you interact with our Site and use our Services. When we use the term "personal information", we are referring to information that identifies, relates to, describes or can be associated with you. The following sections describe the categories and specific types of personal information we collect.
Information We Collect Directly from You:
Information that you directly submit to us through our Services may include:
- Basic contact details including your name, address, phone number, email address.
- When you inquire on any business listed on the Site, we require you to submit Non-Disclosure Agreement indicating your name, address, phone number and email address.
- When you request additional proprietary, financial, or any other specific information on any business listed on the Site, we may collect additional personal information about you as part of our pre-qualification process.
- When you request our Services, we may collect additional information about you and/or your business that is needed in order to provide such Services. You may elect not to provide this information, but doing so may prevent us from be able to provide certain Services to you.
Information We Collect through Cookies:
We also automatically collect certain information about your interaction with the Services ("Usage Data"). To do this, we may use cookies, pixels and similar technologies ("Cookies"). Usage Data may include information about how you access and use our Site, including device information, browser information, your IP address and other information regarding your interaction with the Services.
Information We Obtain from Third Parties:
Finally, we may obtain information about you from third parties, including from vendors and service providers who may collect information on our behalf, such as:
- Companies who support our Site and Services, such as Weebly, Mailchimp and Google.
Any information we obtain from third parties will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible or liable for the accuracy of the information provided to us by third parties and are not responsible for any third party's policies or practices.
How We Use Your Personal Information:
- Providing Products and Services. We use your personal information to provide you with the Services in order to perform our contract with you, including valuation of your business, preparation of information packages necessary for selling a business, communicating with you, providing you with additional information on the business you inquired about, arranging meetings between vendors and purchasers.
- Communicating with you. We use your personal information to provide you with customer support and improve our Services. This is in our legitimate interests in order to be responsive to you, to provide effective services to you, and to maintain our business relationship with you.
- Marketing and Advertising. If you have requested to join our mailing list, we may occasionally use your personal information for marketing purposes, such as to send updated information on businesses available for sale, including, but not limited to, updates on operations, price, etc.
- Security and Fraud Prevention. If we deem necessary, we will use your personal information to detect, investigate or take action regarding possible fraudulent, illegal or malicious activity.
How We Disclose Personal Information:
We value your privacy and will never sell or rent any of your personal information.
In certain circumstances, we may disclose your personal information to third parties for legitimate purposes subject to this Privacy Policy. Such circumstances may include:
- When you direct, request us or otherwise consent to our disclosure of certain information to third parties.
- In connection with a business transaction such as a merger or bankruptcy, to comply with any applicable legal obligations (including to respond to subpoenas, search warrants and similar requests), to enforce any applicable terms of service, and to protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.
We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for the purposes of inferring characteristics about you.
User Generated Content:
The Services may invite you to create product reviews and other user-generated content. If you choose to submit user generated content to any public area of the Services or to any third-party websites or online platforms, this content will be public and accessible by anyone.
We do not control who will have access to the information that you choose to make available to others, and cannot ensure that parties who have access to such information will respect your privacy or keep it secure. We are not responsible for the privacy or security of any information that you make publicly available, or for the accuracy, use or misuse of any information that you disclose or receive from third parties.
Third Party Websites and Links:
Our Site may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to sites not affiliated or controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of such sites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of information found on these sites. Information you provide on public or semi-public venues, including information you share on third-party social networking platforms may also be viewable by other users of the Services and/or users of those third-party platforms without limitation as to its use by us or by a third party. Our inclusion of such links does not, by itself, imply any endorsement of the content on such platforms or of their owners or operators, except as disclosed on the Services.
Children's Data:
The Services are not intended to be used by children, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information about children. If you are the parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal information, you may contact us using the contact details set out below to request that it be deleted. As of the Effective Date of this Privacy Policy, we do not have any knowledge that we share any personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.
Security and Retention of Your Information:
Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee "perfect security." In addition, any information you send to us may not be secure while in transit. We recommend that you do not use unsecure channels to communicate sensitive or confidential information to us.
How long we retain your personal information depends on different factors, such as whether we need the information to maintain your account, provide the Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes or enforce other applicable contracts and policies.
Your Rights and Choices:
Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below in relation to your personal information. However, these rights are not absolute, may apply only in certain circumstances and, in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law.
- Right to Access / Know. You may have a right to request access to personal information that we hold about you, including details relating to the ways in which we use and share your information.
- Right to Delete. You may have a right to request that we delete personal information we maintain about you.
- Right to Correct. You may have a right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
- Managing Communication Preferences: If you have requested to join our mailing list, we may send you promotional emails, and you may opt out of receiving these at any time by using the unsubscribe option displayed in our emails to you. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or a transaction that you have made.
You may exercise any of these rights where indicated on our Site or by contacting us using the contact details provided below. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights.
Changes to This Privacy Policy:
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, including to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Site, update the "Last updated" date and take any other steps required by applicable law.
Contact:
Should you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices, or if you would like to exercise any of the rights available to you, please feel free to call us at 403-615-6622, or email us at [email protected].
Last updated: February 24, 2024
This Privacy Policy describes how Signature Business Brokers ("Signature", the "Site", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit, use our services, or request information from www.signaturebusinessbrokers.com (the "Site") or otherwise communicate with us (collectively, the "Services"). For purposes of this Privacy Policy, "you" and "your" means you as the user of the Services, whether you are a customer, website visitor, or another individual whose information we have collected pursuant to this Privacy Policy.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using and accessing any of the Services, you agree to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use or access any of the Services.
How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information:
To provide the Services, we may collect personal information about you from a variety of sources, as set out below. The information that we collect and use varies depending on how you interact with us.
In addition to the specific uses set out below, we may use information we collect about you to communicate with you, provide the Services, comply with any applicable legal obligations, enforce any applicable terms of service, and to protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.
What Personal Information We Collect:
The types of personal information we obtain about you depends on how you interact with our Site and use our Services. When we use the term "personal information", we are referring to information that identifies, relates to, describes or can be associated with you. The following sections describe the categories and specific types of personal information we collect.
Information We Collect Directly from You:
Information that you directly submit to us through our Services may include:
- Basic contact details including your name, address, phone number, email address.
- When you inquire on any business listed on the Site, we require you to submit Non-Disclosure Agreement indicating your name, address, phone number and email address.
- When you request additional proprietary, financial, or any other specific information on any business listed on the Site, we may collect additional personal information about you as part of our pre-qualification process.
- When you request our Services, we may collect additional information about you and/or your business that is needed in order to provide such Services. You may elect not to provide this information, but doing so may prevent us from be able to provide certain Services to you.
Information We Collect through Cookies:
We also automatically collect certain information about your interaction with the Services ("Usage Data"). To do this, we may use cookies, pixels and similar technologies ("Cookies"). Usage Data may include information about how you access and use our Site, including device information, browser information, your IP address and other information regarding your interaction with the Services.
Information We Obtain from Third Parties:
Finally, we may obtain information about you from third parties, including from vendors and service providers who may collect information on our behalf, such as:
- Companies who support our Site and Services, such as Weebly, Mailchimp and Google.
Any information we obtain from third parties will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible or liable for the accuracy of the information provided to us by third parties and are not responsible for any third party's policies or practices.
How We Use Your Personal Information:
- Providing Products and Services. We use your personal information to provide you with the Services in order to perform our contract with you, including valuation of your business, preparation of information packages necessary for selling a business, communicating with you, providing you with additional information on the business you inquired about, arranging meetings between vendors and purchasers.
- Communicating with you. We use your personal information to provide you with customer support and improve our Services. This is in our legitimate interests in order to be responsive to you, to provide effective services to you, and to maintain our business relationship with you.
- Marketing and Advertising. If you have requested to join our mailing list, we may occasionally use your personal information for marketing purposes, such as to send updated information on businesses available for sale, including, but not limited to, updates on operations, price, etc.
- Security and Fraud Prevention. If we deem necessary, we will use your personal information to detect, investigate or take action regarding possible fraudulent, illegal or malicious activity.
How We Disclose Personal Information:
We value your privacy and will never sell or rent any of your personal information.
In certain circumstances, we may disclose your personal information to third parties for legitimate purposes subject to this Privacy Policy. Such circumstances may include:
- When you direct, request us or otherwise consent to our disclosure of certain information to third parties.
- In connection with a business transaction such as a merger or bankruptcy, to comply with any applicable legal obligations (including to respond to subpoenas, search warrants and similar requests), to enforce any applicable terms of service, and to protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.
We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for the purposes of inferring characteristics about you.
User Generated Content:
The Services may invite you to create product reviews and other user-generated content. If you choose to submit user generated content to any public area of the Services or to any third-party websites or online platforms, this content will be public and accessible by anyone.
We do not control who will have access to the information that you choose to make available to others, and cannot ensure that parties who have access to such information will respect your privacy or keep it secure. We are not responsible for the privacy or security of any information that you make publicly available, or for the accuracy, use or misuse of any information that you disclose or receive from third parties.
Third Party Websites and Links:
Our Site may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to sites not affiliated or controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of such sites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of information found on these sites. Information you provide on public or semi-public venues, including information you share on third-party social networking platforms may also be viewable by other users of the Services and/or users of those third-party platforms without limitation as to its use by us or by a third party. Our inclusion of such links does not, by itself, imply any endorsement of the content on such platforms or of their owners or operators, except as disclosed on the Services.
Children's Data:
The Services are not intended to be used by children, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information about children. If you are the parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal information, you may contact us using the contact details set out below to request that it be deleted. As of the Effective Date of this Privacy Policy, we do not have any knowledge that we share any personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.
Security and Retention of Your Information:
Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee "perfect security." In addition, any information you send to us may not be secure while in transit. We recommend that you do not use unsecure channels to communicate sensitive or confidential information to us.
How long we retain your personal information depends on different factors, such as whether we need the information to maintain your account, provide the Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes or enforce other applicable contracts and policies.
Your Rights and Choices:
Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below in relation to your personal information. However, these rights are not absolute, may apply only in certain circumstances and, in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law.
- Right to Access / Know. You may have a right to request access to personal information that we hold about you, including details relating to the ways in which we use and share your information.
- Right to Delete. You may have a right to request that we delete personal information we maintain about you.
- Right to Correct. You may have a right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
- Managing Communication Preferences: If you have requested to join our mailing list, we may send you promotional emails, and you may opt out of receiving these at any time by using the unsubscribe option displayed in our emails to you. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or a transaction that you have made.
You may exercise any of these rights where indicated on our Site or by contacting us using the contact details provided below. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights.
Changes to This Privacy Policy:
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, including to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Site, update the "Last updated" date and take any other steps required by applicable law.
Contact:
Should you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices, or if you would like to exercise any of the rights available to you, please feel free to call us at 403-615-6622, or email us at [email protected].