PlaceNames.me

Privacy Support

If you have an enquiry or concern about our privacy policy, please contact us.

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell our users’ private personal information.

We may use third-party services (social media or data processors) across our site. Each of these has their own privacy policy.

We disclose potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to any necessary employees if we have any and contractors that (1) need to know that information in order to process it on our behalf or to provide services, and (2) that have agreed not to disclose it to others.

Some of those employees if we have any, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using our website and services, you consent to the transfer of such information to them.

We will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone.

We may be required to disclose an individual’s personal information in response to a lawful request by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.

If we ever were to engage in any onward transfers of your data with third parties for a purpose other than which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized, we would provide you with an opt-out choice to limit the use and disclosure of your personal data.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. We use cookies across our site to help identify and track visitors, their usage of our services, and their website access preferences.

Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using our website, with the drawback that certain features may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

What Personal Data We Collect And Why We Collect It

Advertiser Applications

When a Business Decision Maker or Authorised Club Member makes an application for advertising on PlaceNames.me they will need to complete the appropriate form on the website. This form will request the basic details and will include business name, business address, decision maker name, contact number and whether or not a limited company. Additional information may be requested and the form may be altered to reflect this.

Affiliate Applications

When a person wishes to be an Affiliate with PlaceNames.me they will need to complete the appropriate application form on the website. This form will request the basic details and will include name, contact number and method of working. Additional information will subsequently be requested including address either before or after interview. References and other information may also be requested and this will also be treated under the terms of this privacy policy.

Registered Users

At the present time it is not necessary for any visitor to create an account on our site as opposed to the completion of a simple informational form for potential advertisers and those submitting referrals and facts.

If the setting up of an account does become necessary you will be prompted to select a Username and provide your Email Address. When choosing a Username, we strongly advise you not use or include your real name. Usernames cannot be changed.

Your Username and Email Address are stored in the website’s database. Your Email Address is used to send you an email with a link to set your password or to send you an email with a link to reset your password in the event you forget your password.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) maybe provided to the Gravatar service to see if a Profile picture of you is available for display. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy.

Publishing Content (Comments, Pages, Posts, Forums)

PlaceNames.me does not have Comments, Posts, Forum or allow Pages to be publicly uploaded. If we did, this is what we would say.

Your Profile Picture (Gravatar), Display Name, Website (URL) (if any) and Biographical Info (if any) may be visible to visitors to the website (e.g. if you leave a comment, forum post, or contribute an article/post).

If you author an article/post, your Username, User ID, Profile Picture (Gravatar), Display Name, Website (URL) (if any) and Biographical Info (if any) are provided to any visitor using the website’s REST API interface.

If you upload media (e.g. images) to the website (in forums, posts, or comments), you should avoid uploading images with EXIF GPS location data included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data included in images on the website.

Visitors using the website’s REST API interface can correlate uploaded media to a particular user. This may allow such visitors to map a user to a particular time and location if EXIF GPS location data was included in the uploaded media.

Email/Contact Forms

We use RoundCube and Proton Mail to process all internal email and communication with our customers and affiliates. Proton Mail is a Swiss end-to-end encrypted email service. If there is difficulty in receiving encrypted mail you may be asked to set up a free Proton email address. Proton Mail’s privacy policy is available here: https://proton.me/mail/privacy-policy. RoundCube’s privacy policy is available here: https://roundcubeplus.com/privacy.

Customers that email us, or use any of the contact forms on our websites, will have their email address, IP address, and any data provided in the contact form or body of the email stored in Proton Mail archives. There is presently no third party help desk service provider involved with the site.

Analytics

We want to process as little personal information as possible when you use our website. That’s why we’ve chosen Independent Analytics for our website analytics, which doesn’t use cookies and complies with the GDPR.

Using this privacy-friendly website analytics software, your IP address is only briefly processed, and we (running this website) have no way of identifying you. You can read more about this on Independent Analytics website.

The purpose of us using this software is to understand our website traffic in the most privacy-friendly way possible so that we can continually improve the website and business. The lawful basis as per the GDPR is “Article 6(1)(f); where our legitimate interests are to improve our website and business continually.” As per the explanation, no personal data is stored over time.

Marketing Campaigns

We use email marketing to communicate with customers and potential customers from time to time. All email lists and campaigns are “opt-in” meaning we will not send you these sorts of emails unless you indicated that you wish to receive them during signup or other interactions on our website.

We may send you “system” emails, such as password reset requests if appropriate or payment notifications/receipts even if you have not opted-in to email marketing lists.
All marketing emails sent by us will include an unsubscribe link in the footer of the email. Emails sent to you may also include standard tracking, including open and click activities.

We may utilize social media and web advertising campaigns. These service providers use cookies on our sites and/or pixel tracking to serve ads across the different platforms.
Google AdSense & DoubleClick: https://policies.google.com/privacy
X: https://x.com/en/privacy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

Paying Customers

*For payment transactions, we use PayPal. PayPal’s privacy policy can be found here: https://www.paypal.com/uk/legalhub/paypal/privacy-full.
In the checkout, we ask for:
Email Address: So we can deliver our products and contact you if needed.
First Name: To personalize your account experience.
Username if appropriate: So you can log in to your account to ask questions or download our products.
Billing Country: For tax purposes. Credit Card Information: So we can process your payment. This data is sent to PayPal and is never stored on our server.
Zip/Postal Code: To verify your credit card purchase.
You’re also asked if you’d like to receive email updates and news.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Embeds are pieces from other websites that are shown from time to time on our websites. They behave in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website and may use cookies or capture information. Typically embedded content is from websites that share videos, images, or other content. These services may collect your IP Address, your User Agent, store and retrieve cookies on your browser, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including correlating your interaction with the content with your account with that service, if you are logged in to that service.
Links to the privacy policies of the most common services have been included below.
Facebook
Imgur
Instagram
Photobucket
PollDaddy
Reddit
SlideShare (LinkedIn)
X
VideoPress
Vimeo
WordPress Plugin Directory 
WordPress.tv 
YouTube (Google)

Web Services

All web servers and hosting are managed by Bluehost. This includes website hosting, backups, web database, file storage, APIs, and log files.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, PlaceNames.me may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and at PlaceNames.me sole discretion.