Privacy Policy
How BeeListed collects, uses, and protects your personal information
Last updated: 01/10/2025
🇬🇧 Our Commitment to Privacy
BeeListed is a UK-based business directory that takes your privacy seriously. We comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK Data Protection Act 2018. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information.
Information We Collect
Information You Provide
- Account Information: Name, email address, phone number when you create an account
- Business Information: Business name, address, contact details, description, images
- Reviews: Content of reviews you write about businesses
- Communications: Messages you send us through contact forms or support
Information Automatically Collected
- Usage Data: How you interact with our website, pages visited, time spent
- Device Information: Browser type, device type, IP address, operating system
- Location Data: General location (city/region) when you use location-based search
- Cookies: See our Cookie Policy section below
How We Use Your Information
- Provide Services: Enable business listings, search functionality, and user accounts
- Improve Experience: Personalise search results and recommend relevant businesses
- Communication: Send important updates, respond to inquiries, customer support
- Safety & Security: Verify business authenticity, prevent fraud, moderate content
- Analytics: Understand usage patterns to improve our service (with your consent)
- Marketing: Send promotional emails about new features (with your explicit consent)
Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
- Consent: For marketing communications and non-essential cookies
- Contract: To provide our business directory services
- Legitimate Interest: To improve our services and prevent fraud
- Legal Obligation: To comply with UK laws and regulations
Cookie Policy
Types of Cookies We Use
âś… Essential Cookies (Always Active)
Required for basic website functionality, security, and remembering your login status. These cannot be disabled as the site won’t work without them.
đź“Š Analytics Cookies (Optional)
Help us understand how visitors use our website so we can improve it. We use Google Analytics with anonymised IP addresses. You can opt out at any time.
⚙️ Functional Cookies (Optional)
Remember your preferences like search history and saved businesses to enhance your experience. These make the site more convenient but aren’t essential.
📢 Marketing Cookies (Optional)
Used to show relevant advertisements and measure campaign effectiveness. We only use these with your explicit consent and you can withdraw it anytime.
Your Rights Under GDPR
As a UK/EU resident, you have the following rights:
🔍 Right to Access
Request a copy of all personal data we hold about you
✏️ Right to Rectification
Correct any inaccurate or incomplete information
🗑️ Right to Erasure
Request deletion of your personal data (“right to be forgotten”)
📦 Right to Portability
Receive your data in a portable format to transfer elsewhere
To exercise any of these rights, email us at support@beelisted.online and we’ll respond within 30 days.
Data Security & Retention
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data:
- SSL encryption for all data transmission
- Secure hosting with regular security updates
- Limited access to personal data on a need-to-know basis
- Regular security audits and monitoring
We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this policy, typically no longer than 7 years after account closure.
Contact Information
Data Controller
BeeListed Ltd
Email: support@beelisted.online
Support tickets: via your BeeListed dashboard
If you’re not satisfied with our response to any privacy concern, you have the right to contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk
Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. When we do, we’ll post the updated policy on this page and update the “Last updated” date. For significant changes, we’ll notify you via email or through a prominent notice on our website.