Who We Are

Approach My Business is a platform dedicated to providing users with the ability to review and discover businesses they have visited. Our website helps businesses gain visibility and allows customers to share their experiences.

What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It

We collect various types of personal data from our users, including but not limited to:

  • Identity Data: Name, email address, and other similar contact information.
  • Review Data: Information you provide in your reviews and comments.
  • Technical Data: IP address, browser type, and other technical information when you visit our site.

We collect this data to:

  • Facilitate the submission and display of business reviews.
  • Improve our website’s functionality and user experience.
  • Respond to inquiries and provide support.
  • Ensure compliance with legal obligations.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact Forms

Information submitted through contact forms on our website is used to respond to your inquiries and provide you with the services you request.

Cookies

We use cookies to:

  • Keep you logged in to your account.
  • Track your interaction with our site to improve user experience.
  • Analyze website traffic and trends.

You can choose to disable cookies through your browser settings, but this may affect the functionality of our site.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

We use third-party analytics services to collect information about how users interact with our website. This includes data such as the pages you visit, the time spent on each page, and other information that helps us improve the user experience. These analytics providers may also use cookies and similar technologies to collect this data.

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal data to outside parties without your consent, except to trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment or review, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information. We retain this data for as long as necessary to provide you with our services and fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy.