Privacy Policy

Effective Date: April 2025

1. Introduction

Sign Snippets (“we”, “us”, “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information with transparency and respect.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect your information when you use the Sign Snippets Directory (“the Sign Snippets Directory”) and related services.

By accessing or using the Sign Snippets Directory, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

2. Who We Are

We operate the Sign Snippets Directory to provide curated listings of businesses in the global signage industry.

Our contact email address is: hello@signsnippets.com

We are based in the United Kingdom and primarily comply with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018, and other applicable international privacy laws.

3. What Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following types of information:

  • Business listing information: company name, contact details, logos, images, service descriptions, and website links.

  • Enquiry information: information provided when you contact us (e.g., your name, email address, and message content).

  • Technical data: IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and browsing behaviour on the Sign Snippets Directory.

  • Cookies and tracking technologies: used to improve functionality, analyse platform usage, understand visitor behaviour, and enhance user experience (see our Cookie Policy).

Please note that information provided for business listings, including company name, service descriptions, logos, and website links, is intended to be published publicly on the Sign Snippets Directory.

We do not knowingly collect personal information about individuals browsing the Directory unless they actively contact us.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Operate, maintain, and improve the Sign Snippets Directory

  • Publish and manage business listings

  • Communicate with listed businesses about their listings

  • Respond to enquiries and support requests

  • Monitor and analyse platform performance

  • Comply with legal obligations

  • Contact listed businesses with information about new features, promotions, editorial opportunities, or other initiatives related to the wider Sign Snippets Platform.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.

5. Legal Bases for Processing

We process your personal information based on the following legal grounds:

  • Consent: where you have given clear consent for us to process your information.

  • Contractual necessity: where processing is necessary to deliver services you have requested.

  • Legitimate interests: to operate and improve the Sign Snippets Directory in a way that does not override your rights.

  • Legal obligations: to comply with applicable laws and regulatory requirements.

6. Sharing Your Information

We may share your information with trusted third parties who support the operation of the Sign Snippets Directory, such as:

  • Website hosting providers

  • IT service providers

  • Analytics services

All such third parties are required to handle your data securely and only for the purposes we specify.

We may also disclose your information if required to do so by law or to protect our legal rights.

7. International Data Transfers

As we are based in the United Kingdom and operate globally, your information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside your own.

Where we transfer data internationally, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place in accordance with applicable data protection laws, such as the use of Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the UK or EU.

8. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, or to comply with legal, accounting, or reporting obligations.

When data is no longer required, we securely delete or anonymise it.

9. Your Data Rights

You have the following rights regarding your personal information:

  • Access: to request a copy of the information we hold about you.

  • Correction: to request corrections to inaccurate or incomplete data.

  • Deletion: to request deletion of your personal data where appropriate.

  • Objection: to object to certain types of data processing.

  • Restriction: to request restrictions on how we process your data.

  • Portability: to request transfer of your data to another provider (where applicable).

  • Withdraw consent: where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hello@signsnippets.com.

We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

10. Security

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your information from unauthorised access, use, or disclosure.

However, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

11. Third-Party Websites

The Sign Snippets Directory may contain links to third-party websites.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of these third-party sites.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external sites you visit.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

The updated policy will be posted on the Sign Snippets Directory with a new “Effective Date.”

We encourage you to review this page regularly.

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