Bizpeed is a business social network and marketplace, available at bizpeed.com and as an installable app for Android and iPhone. This policy explains what information we collect, why, and the choices you have. The website and the app share one account and one set of data, so this policy covers both.
1. Information you give us
- Account details: your name, email address or mobile number, country and a password. Passwords are stored only as a one-way hash.
- Profile and business information: anything you add to your profile or business pages, such as a bio, industry, website, addresses and photos.
- Content: posts, listings, photos, documents, comments, reviews, messages, quotations and orders you create on Bizpeed.
- Delivery and billing details: addresses you save for orders and deliveries, and records of credits, payments and payouts.
- Interests: categories you pick at sign-up or in Settings, used to rank your feed.
2. Information collected automatically
- Activity on Bizpeed: posts you like, save, comment on or hide, pages you follow, searches, quotations and orders. We use this only to rank your feed and to show you relevant listings. You can wipe it at any time with Reset my feed preferences in Settings.
- Technical data: IP address, browser or device type, and the pages you request, kept in standard server logs for security and troubleshooting.
- Cookies: a single sign-in cookie that keeps you logged in for up to 7 days, plus browser storage for preferences such as theme and whether you dismissed the install prompt. We do not use advertising or tracking cookies from other companies.
3. Approximate location (optional)
If you choose Share location in Settings, or tap Near me in the marketplace, your device asks for permission and Bizpeed stores one approximate position for your account. The position is rounded to roughly 100 metres before it is saved. We use it only to sort marketplace listings by distance and to show how far away a listing is.
Your location is never shown to other members, never tracked in the background, and only updated when you choose to share it again. You can delete it at any time with Remove location in Settings, or by withdrawing the permission in your device settings.
4. Push notifications (optional)
If you turn on push notifications, your browser or device gives Bizpeed a subscription token for that device, which we store together with your account. We use it to send you notifications about activity that concerns you: new messages, likes, comments, connection requests, quotations, and order and delivery updates.
Notifications are delivered through the push service built into your browser or phone, such as those operated by Google, Apple or Mozilla. The message content is encrypted so that the push service cannot read it. You can turn notifications off per device in Settings or in your device's notification settings. A subscription is deleted when you turn it off or when the device stops accepting notifications.
5. How we use your information
- To provide the service: accounts, feeds, messaging, marketplace listings, quotations, orders, deliveries and payments.
- To rank your feed and suggest relevant listings, using only your activity and picks on Bizpeed.
- To send you service messages, such as verification codes, password resets and order updates.
- To show sponsored posts from other members. Advertisers choose an audience by country, industry and interests; they never receive your personal details.
- To keep Bizpeed safe: preventing fraud, abuse and unauthorised access.
6. Who we share information with
- Other members: your profile, pages, posts and public activity are visible to other members as described in the app. Messages are visible only to the people in the conversation. Order and delivery details are shared only with the buyer, seller and courier on that order.
- Service providers that process data on our behalf: our hosting provider, an SMS provider for verification codes, an email provider for service emails, and PayPal for card and PayPal payments. We never see or store your full card number.
- Image search: if you use the optional internet photo search, only your search words are sent to the search provider, not your identity.
- Legal reasons: when required by law, or to protect the rights and safety of Bizpeed and its members.
We do not sell your personal information.
7. Your choices and rights
- Edit your profile, pages, addresses and preferences at any time in Settings.
- Turn push notifications off per device, and remove your location, in Settings.
- Reset your feed preferences, which deletes your activity-based interest profile.
- Delete your posts, listings and pages yourself.
- Ask us to export or delete your account and its data by emailing support@bizpeed.com. We keep records of completed orders and payments for as long as the law requires.
Depending on where you live, you may have further rights under local data protection law. Contact us to exercise them.
8. Data retention and security
We keep your information while your account is active and for a reasonable period afterwards to resolve disputes and meet legal obligations. Data is transmitted over HTTPS and stored on access-controlled servers. No system is perfectly secure, so please use a strong, unique password.
9. Children
Bizpeed is for businesses and professionals. It is not directed at anyone under 18, and we do not knowingly collect information from children.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as Bizpeed changes. We will post the new version here with a new date, and for significant changes we will notify you in the app or by email.
11. Contact
Questions about privacy or this policy: support@bizpeed.com.