Privacy Policy
How we collect, use, and protect your data.
- We collect only the data needed to run TradeDB securely.
- We use data to provide accounts, publish records, and prevent abuse.
- You can request access, correction, or deletion of personal data.
TradeDB is the controller for personal data processed through this website and app.
Email: contact@tradedb.org
1. Data Controller
TradeDB (“we”, “us”) is the controller for personal data processed through this website and app. Contact: contact@tradedb.org.
2. Data We Collect
- Account data (name, email, password hash, organization, role, account status).
- Profile data (services, regions, industries, languages, links, references).
- Public business directory data (company names, websites, contact details, categories, and descriptions sourced from publicly available information such as company websites).
- Content & activity (offers, articles, saved preferences, search queries, timestamps).
- Technical data (User IP, device, browser, cookies).
- Support data (messages you send to us, meta like time and channel).
3. How We Use Data & Legal Bases
Purposes:
- Provide and maintain TradeDB (accounts, profiles, publishing, search, approvals).
- Populate and maintain the business directory, including listings sourced from publicly available information.
- Improve quality and safety (moderation signals, abuse prevention, debugging).
- Communicate with you (service updates, security notices, support).
- Analytics to understand usage and reliability (aggregated or pseudonymized where possible).
Legal bases (where applicable):
- Contract (to deliver requested features).
- Legitimate interests (improving and protecting the service).
- Consent (optional cookies/analytics where required).
- Legal obligations (security, compliance requests).
5. Analytics
We may use privacy-respecting analytics to measure performance and reliability. Where required, analytics run only after consent and are used in aggregate to avoid identifying individuals.
7. Data Retention
We keep personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes above, or as required by law. You can request removal of your account and content, subject to legal or operational limits.
8. Your Rights
- Access, correction, deletion, and portability (where applicable).
- Object or restrict certain processing.
- Withdraw consent at any time (does not affect prior processing).
- Complain to your data protection authority.
To exercise rights, email contact@tradedb.org.
9. Security
We apply administrative, technical, and organizational measures (e.g., 2FA support, password policies, access controls). No method of transmission or storage is fully secure.
11. Children’s Privacy
TradeDB is intended for business use. We do not knowingly collect data from children under applicable ages.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy to reflect product or legal changes. Material updates will be communicated where required.
Contact
Questions or requests: contact@tradedb.org.
See also our Cookies Policy.