The following policy relates to information we collect, how we use the information, with whom we may share it and the choices available to you regarding our use of the information. We also describe the measures we take to protect the security of the information and how you can contact us about our privacy practices. 

Information we obtain 

Information You Provide To Us
Please note that you are not required to provide any personal information to use the Sites. However, if you provide your contact details (name, address, telephone and fax number and email address) these details will be stored in the Shop Local database, and may be further processed for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. For information about how to change or update your contact details, or to exercise any of your other rights, please see the “Your Rights and Choices” section of this Privacy Policy. 

Information We Obtain By Automated Means
When you visit our Sites, open our emails or interact with Shop Local-related tools (such as mobile apps), widgets or plug-ins, we may collect certain information (including IP addresses) by automated means, such as cookies, web server logs, web beacons and JavaScript. 

Cookies are files that websites send to your computer or other Internet-connected device to uniquely identify your browser or to store information or settings on your device. Our Sites may use cookies (such as HTTP and HTML5 cookies) and Flash cookies, as well as other types of local storage (such as browser-based or plug-in-based local storage). Your browser may tell you how to be notified when you receive certain types of cookies and how to restrict or disable certain cookies. You also may be able to delete your Flash cookies or adjust your Flash cookie settings by visiting the Adobe Flash Website Storage Settings Panel and Global Storage Settings Panel. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to use all of the features of our Sites or other websites and online services. 

In conjunction with gathering information through cookies, our web servers may log information such as your device type, operating system type, browser type, domain, and other system settings, as well as the language your system uses and the country and time zone where your device is located. We also may record information such as the address of the web page that referred you to our Sites and the IP address of the device you use to connect to our Sites. We may log information about your interaction with the Sites, such as which pages you visit. To control which web servers collect information by automated means, we may place tags on our web pages called “web beacons,” which are small files that link web pages to particular web servers and their cookies. We also may send instructions to your device using JavaScript or other computer languages to gather the sorts of information described above and other details about your interactions with our Sites. 

We may use third-party web analytics services on our Sites, such as those of Google Analytics. These service providers help us analyse how visitors use the Sites. The information obtained for this purpose (including your IP address and other information collected by automated means) will be disclosed to or collected directly by these service providers. 

The providers of third-party plug-ins and widgets on our Sites, such as embedded videos and social media sharing tools, may use automated means to collect information regarding your use of the Sites and your interactions with the plug-ins and widgets. We may also receive information you have made available to those third party services, including the geographic location of your mobile device and other information about you (such as name, email address, gender, locale, time zone, languages, social media profile URL, personal website URL, biographical information, birthday, photo, list of devices, education history, work history, hometown, interests, current city, political views, favourite athlete and teams, relationship status and information, religion, name of significant other, and certain security settings information) and your contacts on those services. This information is subject to the privacy policies or notices of the third party providers of the plug-ins and widgets. 

How we use the information we obtain
We may use the information described above to: 

• provide products and services to you; 
• perform transactions that you request; 
• incorporate your contact details into the Shop Local database; 
• send you promotional materials, newsletters and other communications relating to our products and services; 
• create and manage your account; 
• communicate with you about, and administer your participation in, special events, promotions, offers, surveys, focus groups and market research (where applicable, if you have not opted out of receiving such communications); 
• respond to your inquiries; 
• provide aggregate statistical information and perform data analyses (including market and consumer research, economic impact analyses, demographic analyses and anonymisation and aggregation of personal information); 
• operate, evaluate and improve our business (including developing new products and services; enhancing, improving and analysing our products and services; managing our communications; and performing accounting, auditing and other internal functions); 
• protect against, identify and prevent fraud, copyright infringement, unauthorised use and distribution of protected content and other criminal activity; and 
• comply with and enforce applicable legal requirements, relevant industry standards and our policies, including our Terms and Conditions. 

In addition, we use information collected through cookies, web beacons, web server logs and other automated means for purposes such as: (i) customising our users’ visits to our Sites; (ii) delivering content tailored to our users’ interests and the manner in which our users browse our Sites, and (iii) managing our Sites and other aspects of our business. 

We also may use the information in other ways for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection. 

We do not obtain or record personal information about our visitors’ online activities over time and across third-party websites. Our Sites are not designed to respond to “do not track” signals from browsers. 

Information we share
We do not disclose personal information we obtain about you outside the Shop Local group, except as described in this Global Privacy Policy. We may share your personal information with our affiliates and subsidiaries. We also may share personal information with service providers who perform services on our behalf based on our instructions. We do not authorise these service providers to use or disclose the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or comply with applicable legal obligations. Examples of these service providers include entities that provide web hosting, analytics and email list management services. 

We also may disclose information about you: (i) if we are required to do so by law or legal process; (ii) for the purposes of, or in connection with, any legal proceedings, or otherwise for the purposes of establishing, exercising or defending any legal rights; (iii) to law enforcement authorities or other government entities based on a lawful disclosure request; or (iv) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent harm or financial loss, or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual fraudulent or illegal activity. We reserve the right to transfer personal information we have about you in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets (including in the event of a reorganisation, spin-off, dissolution or liquidation).

Information collected through third-party plug-ins and widgets on the Sites (such as information relating to your use of a social media sharing tool) is collected directly by the providers of the plug-ins and widgets. This information is subject to the privacy policies of the providers of the plug-ins and widgets, and Shop Local is not responsible for those providers’ information practices. 

Direct marketing

From time to time, we and our third party marketing partners may send information to you regarding products and services that businesses or organisations using the Shop Local platform promote or sell, upcoming events and promotions and other information that may be of interest to you. For information about how to unsubscribe from marketing communications, please see the “Your Rights and Choices” section of this Policy. 

Your rights and choices
Your may change your contact details at any time, or request that we remove your details from our computer data base, or instruct us not to use the personal information which you have provided to us for any of the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, by notifying us by email, using the email address provided in the “How To Contact Us” section of this Privacy Policy. 

You may unsubscribe from our promotional email list at any time by simply clicking on the unsubscribe link included in every promotional email we send. If you have an account with us, you may also unsubscribe by logging into your customer account and amending your account settings. Alternatively, to update your preferences, ask us to remove your information from our mailing lists or submit a request, please contact us as indicated in the “How To Contact Us” section of this Privacy Policy. After you unsubscribe, we will not send you further promotional emails. However, we may continue to contact you as reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of your account. 

To the extent provided by the law of your jurisdiction, you may request access to the personal information we maintain about you or request that we correct, amend, delete or block the information by contacting us as indicated in the “How to contact us” section of this Privacy Policy. Where provided by law, you may withdraw any consent you previously provided to us or object at any time on legitimate grounds to the processing of your personal information, and we will apply your preferences going forward. 

Data transfers  
We may transfer the personal information we collect about you to recipients in countries other than the country in which the information originally was collected. Those countries may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information. When we transfer your information to recipients in other countries: (i) we will perform those transfers in accordance with the requirements of applicable law; and (ii) we will protect the transferred personal information in accordance with this Global Privacy Policy. 

How we protect personal information
We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against accidental, unlawful or unauthorised destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use. 

Children’s privacy
Our Sites are not directed to children under the age of thirteen and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of thirteen on our Sites. 

Links to other websites and apps
Our Sites may provide links to other websites and apps for your convenience and information. These websites and apps may operate independently from us. Linked sites and apps may have their own privacy notices or policies, which we strongly suggest you review. To the extent any linked websites or apps are not owned or controlled by us, we are not responsible for their content, any use of the websites or apps, or the privacy practices of the websites or apps. 

Updates to our Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our personal information practices. We will indicate at the top of the Policy when it was most recently updated. 

How to contact us
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, or if you would like us to update information we have about you or your preferences, please email us at feedback@knightfrank.com