NJ BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Privacy Policy
Effective Date: September 10, 2026
COMPLETE DISCLOSURE
Policy Details
Effective Date: September 10, 2026 | Last Updated: September 10, 2026
Please review the 17 distinct clauses of our privacy commitments below regarding data handling, public business records, and direct SMS communication protocols.
1. Information We Collect
NJ Business Directory gathers specific categories of data necessary to manage business verifications, customer inquiries, and directory accuracy. This includes:
- Business Profile Information: Company legal name, DBA, registered address, operational hours, category classification, tax identification, and state licensing numbers.
- Authorized Contact Data: Full name, professional title, corporate email address, and direct phone number of the business owner or listing administrator.
- Visitor Inquiry Information: Consumer contact details, requested service notes, and communication logs submitted through directory inquiry forms.
- Technical Metadata: IP address, browser type, operating system version, referring URL strings, and interaction logs captured automatically upon site visit.
2. How We Use Your Information
Collected data is processed strictly for legitimate operational purposes, including publishing verified commercial profiles, validating ownership credentials, routing customer leads to listed companies, preventing fraudulent entity submissions, complying with statutory requirements, and communicating account updates.
3. Business Directory Listings & Public Data
Information intentionally submitted for public publication in the directory (such as commercial address, public business telephone, website links, company description, and category tags) is viewable by all platform visitors and indexed by search engines. Private personal contact information provided solely for account administration remains confidential and is never rendered publicly.
4. SMS / Text Messaging Policy & Consent
By opting into SMS alerts through our contact, listing verification, or inquiry submission forms, you explicitly consent to receive transactional and informational text messages from NJ Business Directory. Message frequency varies based on your directory activity. Standard message and data rates may apply depending on your cellular carrier.
5. Non-Disclosure of Mobile Information (Carrier Compliance)
Carrier Compliance Guarantee: No mobile phone numbers, SMS opt-in data, or text messaging originator permissions will ever be shared, traded, rented, sold, or disclosed to third parties or affiliates for promotional or marketing purposes under any circumstances.
6. Information Sharing & Third Parties
We do not sell personal non-public information. We may transmit non-mobile data strictly to verified technical sub-processors (cloud hosting providers, security firewalls, and database administrators) bound by stringent confidentiality agreements solely to execute platform infrastructure operations.
7. Cookies, Web Beacons, and Tracking Technologies
Our portal uses necessary session cookies, security tokens, and performance identifiers to ensure quick page loading, verify user authentication, and monitor service availability. You may configure your browser to decline non-essential cookies without losing access to core directory search tools.
8. Log Files & Analytics
Standard server log records are maintained for security auditing, DDoS prevention, and traffic distribution analysis. These files log request timestamps, originating IP addresses, device identifiers, and page latency metrics to safeguard system integrity.
9. Data Retention Policy
Business listing records are retained as long as the listing remains published and active in the NJ Business Directory. Account administrative logs and transactional message records are stored in accordance with statutory business accounting rules and regulatory recordkeeping limits, after which they are securely purged.
10. Data Security Measures
We enforce enterprise-grade administrative, technical, and physical safeguards. All data transfers across our web interfaces are encrypted via Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.3). Database servers are hosted in SOC 2 Type II certified data centers with strict role-based access control (RBAC).
11. User Rights & Access (CCPA/CPRA & General Privacy)
Depending on your jurisdiction, you hold specific statutory rights regarding your personal information, including:
- Right to Know: Request exact disclosure of specific personal information categories collected over the past 12 months.
- Right to Correction: Request immediate rectification of inaccurate or outdated business profile and contact information.
- Right to Deletion: Request deletion of personal records and business profiles, subject to statutory record preservation laws.
- Non-Discrimination: We will never deny services, alter quality tiers, or assess surcharges for exercising statutory privacy rights.
12. Opt-Out & Communication Preferences
SMS Opt-Out: You may cancel text notifications at any time by replying STOP to any message received from us. For assistance, reply HELP.
Email Preferences: You can unsubscribe from non-critical email updates by following the automated link located in the footer of our correspondence.
13. Children's Privacy (COPPA Compliance)
NJ Business Directory is a commercial business-to-business and consumer directory platform directed exclusively toward adults. We do not intentionally solicit, collect, or store information from individuals under 18 years of age. Any identifying records detected from a minor will be purged immediately.
14. Third-Party Links & External Services
Directory listings contain active hyperlinks to external third-party company websites and resources. NJ Business Directory exercises no editorial control over the security or privacy practices of independent third parties. We encourage users to inspect external privacy terms upon leaving our portal.
15. Business Transfers
In the event of a merger, corporate restructuring, asset acquisition, or consolidation, public business directory records and associated account databases may transfer to the acquiring entity, which will continue to remain bound by the provisions of this Privacy Policy.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect technological adjustments, platform feature updates, or revised statutory frameworks. Revisions will be signaled by updating the 'Last Updated' date at the top of this document.
17. Contact Information & Legal Inquiries
For questions regarding this policy, listing modifications, or to submit a verified statutory data request, contact our compliance office at:
NJ Business Directory
Privacy Compliance Department
State of New Jersey, USA
Email: [email protected]