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Privacy Policy for SCRAPYARDFINDER.COM

Last Updated: September 19, 2025

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how SCRAPYARDFINDER.COM ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, discloses, and protects your information when you use our website and services (collectively, the "Service"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and complying with applicable U.S. federal and state privacy laws.

For any questions regarding this policy or your data, you can contact us at: 100saitov@proton.me.

2. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information to provide and improve our Service for you.

2.1. Information You Provide to Us:

  • Account Information: When you register for an account, we collect your email address and password (stored in a hashed format). This is necessary to create your profile and give you access to the Service's features.
  • Business Listings: When you add or manage a company profile, we collect the company name, scrap yard addresses, contact phone numbers, scrap metal prices, and other business-related information. This data is used to display the listing in our public directory.
  • Communications: When you contact us via email or a contact form, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your message to process your inquiry.

2.2. Information We Collect Automatically:

  • Log and Usage Data: We collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service. This may include your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, pages visited, and the dates and times of your visit. This data helps us ensure security, diagnose technical issues, and analyze service usage.
  • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies (small text files stored on your device) to operate the site, remember your preferences (like your login session), and implement features like location-based searches.

2.3. Information From Public Sources:

As an aggregator service, we collect information about scrap yards and metal prices from publicly available sources, such as official company websites, social media profiles, and other public directories. This is considered business information, not personal data, and is used to populate our database.

3. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies to ensure the full functionality of our Service:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are essential for basic site functions, like user authentication and session security.
  • Functional Cookies: These enable extra features, such as finding scrap yards near you. For this, we may request access to your geolocation. With your consent, this location data is stored locally on your device within a cookie and is never transmitted to our servers. This protects your privacy and speeds up the search function.
  • Analytics Cookies: These help us understand how you interact with our Service, allowing us to improve it (e.g., through Google Analytics).

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings, but doing so may affect the functionality of some features, particularly location-based search.

4. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information only in the following circumstances:

  • With Service Providers: We use third-party services like Google Analytics to analyze website traffic. Google may collect anonymized data about your interaction with the site. You can review Google's Privacy Policy for more details.
  • For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, in response to a subpoena, court order, or other governmental request.

5. Data Security

We implement reasonable technical and administrative security measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction. This includes using SSL encryption for data transmission.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active with us. Data collected for temporary inquiries is deleted once the request has been resolved. Information collected from public sources is retained until it is updated.

7. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These rights may include:

  • The right to **access** the personal information we hold about you.
  • The right to **correct** any inaccurate information.
  • The right to **delete** your personal information.
  • The right to **opt-out** of the sale or sharing of your personal information.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the email address provided below. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable laws.

8. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not directed to individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete such information.

9. Use of Aggregated Data

We may use information collected through the Service to create de-identified and aggregated analytical reports. Such data is no longer considered personal information and may be used for research, statistical, or public interest purposes as outlined in our Terms of Use.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
100saitov@proton.me