Privacy Policy

LocalBizUS.com operates a U.S. business directory platform enabling users to discover, submit, and manage local business listings.

We also hold the domain MobileMenusNow.com for our Mobile Menus Now feature. Visitors to that address are redirected to LocalBizUS.com over a secure (HTTPS) connection, and this policy covers information collected through that redirect.

Contact: LocalBizUS.com • Attn: Privacy
Email: admin@localbizus.com

Information You Provide

• Account & Profile: name, email, password, display name, avatar.
• Listings & Content: business info, categories, descriptions, photos, reviews.
• Referral source: the optional “How did you hear about us?” answer you give on the listing form (for example “Business card” or “QR code”). It is stored with the listing, shown only to authorized LocalBizUS staff in the moderation queue, and is not displayed publicly.
• Transactions: plan, price, timestamps; payment details handled by processors (e.g., Stripe/PayPal).
• Support: inquiries and message content.
• Contact-this-business messages: when you use a listing’s contact form, we collect the name, email address and message you provide and deliver them to the business by email. Your sender email address is also used to enforce anti-abuse sending limits (for example, how many messages one sender may send to the same business in an hour or a day). These messages come from you, not from LocalBizUS, and are not displayed publicly.

We may collect and maintain internal business contact information for administrative, verification, compliance, dispute resolution, and business communication purposes. This information is not displayed publicly and is accessible only to authorized LocalBizUS staff.

Automatically Collected

• IP address, device and browser data, pages viewed, referring URLs, timestamps, interaction data.
• Cookies, pixels, and similar tech (see “Cookies & Analytics”).

From Third Parties

• Payment processors (limited transaction data).
• Analytics/advertising partners (traffic, performance, campaign metrics).
• Social login providers (if enabled).

• Operate, maintain, and improve the Services.
• Create/manage accounts, listings, memberships; process payments.
• Moderate content; detect/prevent fraud and abuse.
• Send transactional communications and, where permitted, marketing (opt-out anytime).
• Analyze usage to improve performance, relevance, and safety.
• Comply with legal obligations.

• Service Providers: hosting, security, analytics, payments, support, email delivery.
• Public Content: approved listings, reviews, display names may be public.
• Listing Owners: registered owners can see aggregate views, website clicks and phone-link clicks for their own listings over the last 30 days in their private account. These counters do not disclose visitor names, account details, session identifiers or individual activity records and are not displayed publicly.
• Business Transfers: info may transfer as part of a merger, acquisition, or sale.
• Legal: disclosures to comply with law or protect rights, safety, and security.

We do not store full payment card numbers on our servers. Payments are processed by third parties (e.g., Stripe/PayPal) under their privacy policies. We receive limited info (e.g., transaction status) to fulfill orders and maintain records.

We use cookies and similar technologies to keep you signed in, remember preferences, measure traffic, and understand usage.

When you open our site from a QR code, a small first-party label (“QR code”) is saved in your browser’s local storage so that the “How did you hear about us?” question on the listing form can be filled in for you. It is not a tracking pixel, is not shared with advertising partners, and you can clear it at any time in your browser settings.

Our first-party activity tracking records page views and listing interactions, including the listing identifier, action type and event time. It uses a random session identifier stored in your browser’s session storage where available. Page-view records may also include the referring URL and browser information. We use these records to understand site usage and calculate private listing-owner activity totals. A phone-link click records the click, not a completed call or the contents of a conversation; a website click does not tell us whether a purchase occurred.

• Essential: authentication, security, core functionality.
• Analytics: usage metrics (e.g., Google Analytics or similar).
• Advertising: if enabled, partners may set cookies for interest-based ads.

You can control cookies in your browser; disabling some may affect functionality.

Certain U.S. state laws (e.g., California) define “sale” or “sharing” to include some data disclosures for targeted advertising or measurement. To exercise opt-out rights, email admin@localbizus.com. We honor supported Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals where required.

• Access: request a copy of your data.
• Correct: fix inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Delete: request deletion, subject to legal exceptions.
• Portability: receive a portable copy of certain data.
• Opt-out: targeted advertising, certain profiling, or “sale/share” where applicable.
• Withdraw consent: where processing relies on consent.

To make a request, email admin@localbizus.com with the subject “Privacy Request.” We may need to verify your identity. You may authorize an agent where allowed by law.

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards. No method is 100% secure. We retain personal information as long as necessary for the purposes described or as required by law.

The listing-owner counters show a rolling 30-day reporting window; this is not a promise that underlying activity records are deleted after 30 days. Those records are retained as needed for the analytics, security and other purposes described in this policy and are not made available to listing owners as individual visitor records.

The Services are not directed to children under 13 (or the age required in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect data from children.

We are U.S.-based and may process information in the United States and other countries with different data-protection laws. Where required, we implement appropriate safeguards for cross-border transfers.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be posted here and, where appropriate, communicated via email or in-product notice.

Categories Collected: identifiers (name, email, IP), commercial info (orders), internet activity (usage logs), approximate location, user-generated content (listings, reviews), inferences (to improve relevance), and—if provided—payment tokens from processors.

Purposes: provide/improve Services; process transactions; security/fraud prevention; analytics; marketing (with opt-out); legal compliance.

Sources: you/your devices; service providers; analytics/advertising partners; payment processors.

Disclosures: service providers (hosting, analytics, payments, support), analytics/advertising partners (for targeted ads where applicable), and legal authorities as required.

Retention: kept as long as needed for the stated purposes or as required by law.

Opt-Out: Email admin@localbizus.com with subject “Do Not Sell or Share” and include your account email. We honor supported Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals where required.

When you submit a menu or service-list photo, we collect the image, menu title, menu type, linked business, photo date, submission time and your account identifier. We also store reports about images and review decisions to moderate content and address accuracy, privacy and rights concerns.

If no listing exists, we collect the business name and city you provide and hold the photo privately while the admin identifies the business and completes or links a free listing. The admin may find and verify a business contact email and send that business a notice to review and claim its listing. This does not give the uploader ownership or management rights, and the menu photo does not replace the listing’s primary image.

Menu photos remain private before approval and are accessible to the submitting account and authorized LocalBizUS reviewers. After approval, the photo and its menu details are publicly visible with the linked business. The uploader’s account email and account identifier are not displayed on public menu cards. Anyone may view or share approved photos, and copies made by others may remain outside our control.

Approved menu photos may also be featured in a weekly LocalBizUS social media post on Facebook, Instagram or Google Business Profile after our own review. Such a post credits the linked business and does not show the uploader’s account email or account identifier. Once published by another person or platform, copies may remain outside our control.

Our upload form processes photos to remove embedded metadata, including camera location data. Do not upload images containing private personal information; information visible within the image itself is not automatically removed.

Inappropriate images are not allowed. We reject or remove photos containing nudity or sexual content, hate symbols or hate speech, graphic violence, identifiable people without their consent, images of minors, government-issued or payment-card images, other private personal information, non-menu spam, or images altered to mislead. A user who submits such an image may have their account suspended or permanently deleted; when an account is deleted, the menu photos attached to it are removed from public view as well. We may keep limited moderation records — such as the review decision, report details and the account identifier — where needed to prevent abuse, enforce our terms, resolve disputes or meet legal obligations.

We email admin@localbizus.com when an uploaded menu photo needs approval. After approval, we use the registered listing owner’s account email to send a notice about the new photo and request an accuracy review. We do not publish that email or disclose it to the uploader. Unclaimed listings without a registered business owner do not receive an owner notice.

Owners who object to a photo may request removal by contacting admin@localbizus.com with the business name, menu title and link. We may verify their authority to act for the business. Submitters can remove their own menu photos from My submissions, and signed-in users can report inaccurate or inappropriate images.

We retain menu submissions, review details and reports as needed to provide the service, handle disputes and meet legal obligations. Removing or rejecting a photo stops new public access through LocalBizUS; previously issued photo links may remain accessible briefly, and external copies or caches may persist. Our email provider handles delivery and email preferences as described in its notices.

LocalBizUS.com
Attn: Legal & Privacy
Email: admin@localbizus.com

Not legal advice: This page provides general information and template language. Consult a qualified attorney to tailor for your specific needs and jurisdictions.