RemovalReviews - Privacy policy

Effective date: 2019/Nov/28

RemovalReviews, owned and operated by World Media Group LLC (collectively, "We", "Us", "Our" and "RemovalReviews"), will NOT release your personal information without your consent when you write a moving review. We will use the information you submit in the quick moving quote form, the free moving calculator form or the cost calculator form and provide it to professional moving companies that will contact you to provide you with your moving estimate and moving cost calculations.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this Statement, you should first contact us at info@removalreviews.co.uk.

Earning the trust of our users is one of RemovalReviews's primary goals. We take your privacy very seriously, and we want you to feel absolutely comfortable using our site. Our Privacy Policy answers the following general questions:

• What information do you collect, how is it collected and how do we use it?
• How is my privacy protected when I leave comments?
• How will I know if you change your privacy policy?
• What kind of security measures do you take?
• What are the limits of your Privacy Policy?
• How can I change my personal information?
• What if I have more questions?
• How can I be sure that you adhere to your Privacy Policy?

1. What information do you collect, how is it collected and how do you use it?

Anyone can visit our site free of charge. You are welcome to browse our ratings lists and read reviews without ever giving us your individual personal information. But we do need to gather some information about users who wish to submit ratings and reviews. We collect information in two ways: directly from you and through the use of "cookies". Third party services like Google AdSense may also collect information about you through cookies to display behavioral ads.

As is true of most web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data. We may combine this automatically collected log information with other information we collect about you. We do this to improve services we offer you, to improve marketing, analytics, and site functionality.

If you want to review a moving company, we will ask you to provide some personal information. The information we require is very basic: your e-mail address and name. One of the reasons we ask for your e-mail address is so that we can communicate with you and send you a validation email.

When the quick moving quote form or the free moving calculator form or the cost calculator is filled, RemovalReviews collects information about your name, email address, phone number, size of your household and your current and future (after the move) locations. This information is forwarded/sold by RemovalReviews to third party moving companies and moving brokers, so they can provide estimate services to the consumers. In some cases these third party moving companies and moving brokers may forward/re-sell this information to other third party moving companies with the same purpose (providing moving estimate services to the consumers).

We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in the above paragraph in this privacy policy.

Co-Branding Relationship: TheMovingBlog-dot-com

The Moving Blog provides moving quotes using the RemovalReviews estimation engine. The Moving Blog has no access to the personal details data that is sent to the RemovalReviews estimation engine. Choice options may be exercised the same way as with RemovalReviews.com.

Co-Branding Relationship: Moving-dot-tips

The Moving Tips provides moving quotes using the RemovalReviews estimation engine. Moving Tips has no access to the personal details data that is sent to the RemovalReviews estimation engine. Choice options may be exercised the same way as with RemovalReviews.com.

We World Media Group, LLC and our partners use technologies such as cookies or similar technologies to analyze trends, administer the website, track users' movements around the website, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. Users can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level.

If you are moving company and apply for a moving company account, please read the next chapter.

In certain situations, World Media Group, LLC may be required to disclose personal data in response to lawful requests by public authorities or law enforcement requirements.

We may also disclose your personal information as required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena, bankruptcy proceedings, or similar legal process; when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request.

If World Media Group, LLC is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our Web site of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information.

2. How is my privacy protected?

One of the great features of RemovalReviews is that we allow you, as a user, to leave comments messages and written reviews, not just ratings, so you can explain your opinions in some detail. Please remember that when you post your comments they are publicly available, so you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose anything personal about yourself. This includes your e-mail address. Many of our users like to leave their e-mail addresses with their reviews message. That way others can e-mail them if they want to discuss the moving company or the specific move. You should realize that you are not obligated to attach your email address. To request removal of your personal information from a review, contact us at info@removalreviews.co.uk. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why. Alternatively, if you used a third party application to post such information, you can remove it, by either logging into the said application and removing the information or by contacting the appropriate third party application.

When you respond to a moving review (send a message to the reviewer), the information you enter is sent to the reviewer. We cannot guarantee how the reviewer will handle this information.

If you are a moving company (or you represent a moving company) and you apply for an account or update your moving company account information, the information you enter is stored behind a password and can be accessed by you and the administrators of this website. After logging into the website, you can control what information to display to the public.

California has passed legislation requiring certain specific disclosures be made available to California residents who use the Internet and provide information that may be used for marketing purposes. That legislation requires any business that discloses a customer's personal information (as defined by the act) to any third party for direct marketing purposes to provide the customer a method for obtaining the names, addresses and certain other specified details of anyone who might have received that personal information. If you are a California resident you may request this information from RemovalReviews or any of its affiliates by sending an e-mail to info@removalreviews.co.uk. RemovalReviews.com is not obligated to respond to more than two such request from you per calendar year.

California residents have the right to request that RemovalReviews, as a business that collects personal information about the consumer, to disclose to the consumer the following:

1. The categories of personal information it has collected about that consumer.
2. The categories of sources from which the personal information is collected.
3. The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal information.
4. The categories of third parties with whom the business shares personal information.
5. The specific pieces of personal information it has collected about that consumer.

California residents have the right, at any time, to direct RemovalReviews not to sell the consumer's personal information. This right may be referred to as the right to opt-out and can be executed from the following Do Not Sell My Personal Information page on the website.

RemovalReviews will not sell the personal information of consumers if the business has actual knowledge that the consumer is less than 16 years of age, unless the consumer, in the case of consumers between 13 and 16 years of age, or the consumer's parent or guardian, in the case of consumers who are less than 13 years of age, has affirmatively authorized the sale of the consumer's personal information.

Users Outside of the United States and Consent to Transfer: The Services are operated in the United States. If you are located in another jurisdiction, please be aware that information you provide to us will be transferred to, stored and processed in the United States. By using the Services or providing us with any information, you consent to this transfer, processing, and storage of your information in the United States, a jurisdiction in which the privacy laws are not as comprehensive as those in the country where you reside or are a citizen such as the European Union. You understand that the U.S. government can obtain access to the Personal Data you submit if necessary for investigative purposes (e.g., terrorism investigation). We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We use appropriate and suitable safeguards for transferring your Personal Data to the U.S. (e.g., standard contractual clauses issued by the European Commission.

EU Data Subject Rights: If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the right to:

(a) request access to your Personal Data and rectification of inaccurate Personal Data;

(b) request erasure of your Personal Data;

(c) request restrictions on the processing of your Personal Data;

(d) object to processing your Personal Data; and/or

(e) the right to data portability ("collectively, "Requests").

We can only process Requests from a user whose identity has been verified. To verify your identity, please provide your email address or [URL] when you make a request.

Children's Privacy: The Services are intended for a general audience and are not intended for and should not be used by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13 and we do not target the Services to children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with information without their consent, he or she should contact us using the details in the Contact Us section below. We will delete such information from our files as soon as reasonably practicable.

3. How will I know if you change your privacy policy?

This privacy policy may be revised over time as new features are added to the Web site. We will post those changes prominently so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and whether we will disclose it to anyone. If we are going to use your personal information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify you via e-mail prior to the change becoming effective. You will have a choice as to whether or not we use your information in this different manner. In addition, if we make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect user information already stored in our database, we will post a prominent notice on our web site notifying users prior to the change becoming effective. In some cases where we post the notice we will also e-mail users, who have opted to receive communications from us, notifying them of the changes in our privacy practices.

4. What kind of security measures do you take?

Any information you provide, other than information you chose to provide and make publicly available in your posts or filled in the quick moving quote, is maintained and accessible only by us, and only by those of our employees with a need to have access to such information in the performance of their work. This site has instituted commercially reasonable security measures to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control or in our possession. Unfortunately, data transmission over the Internet cannot be guaranteed to be totally secure. Additionally, we also use outside companies to display ads on our site. These ads may contain cookies. While we use cookies in other parts of our Web site, cookies received with banner ads are collected by our ad company, and we do not have access to this information. Therefore, although we take measures, such as those described in this Privacy Policy, to protect your personal information, we cannot warrant the security of information that you provide. Accordingly, you agree that you are providing such information at your own risk. If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can contact us at info@removalreviews.co.uk.

5. What are the limits of your Privacy Policy?

The RemovalReviews web site contains hyperlinks and advertisements that, if activated in the manner provided by your browser, will cause your browser to access and display the contents of other Web sites. RemovalReviews does not control or have any knowledge concerning the provisions of the privacy policies, if any, of those sites. Accordingly, RemovalReviews is not responsible for the privacy practices or any of the content of those web sites and RemovalReviews's Privacy Policy does not apply to those other sites. If you choose to activate a hyperlink to another web site and if you submit personal information to any of those sites, you do so at your own risk as your information is governed by their privacy policies and you may wish to review that site's privacy policy.

6. How can I change or delete my personal information?

Upon request World Media Group, LLC will provide you with information about whether we hold any of your personal information. If your personal information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may correct, update, amend, delete/remove, ask to have it removed from a public forum, directory or testimonial on our site or deactivate it by making the change on our member information page, by emailing our Customer Support at info@removalreviews.co.uk or by contacting us by postal mail at the contact information listed below. We will respond to your request to access within a reasonable timeframe. The information entered in the free moving quote form or the free moving calculator form or the cost calculator form cannot be modified because it is already submitted to the moving companies that prepare the moving quotes, moving estimates and the approximate moving cost calculations. The personal information entered in the free moving quote form or the free moving calculator form or the cost calculator form is used by the moving companies to contact you with the results of the moving estimate. We will retain your information for as long as needed to provide you services. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. If you wish to subscribe to our newsletter(s), we will use your name and email address to send the newsletter to you. Out of respect for your privacy, you may choose to stop receiving our newsletter or marketing emails by following the unsubscribe instructions included in these emails, accessing the email preferences in your account settings page or you can contact us at info@removalreviews.co.uk.

7. Behavioral Advertising

We partner with a third party to either display advertising on our Web site or to manage our advertising on other sites. Our third party partner may use technologies such as cookies to gather information about your activities on this site and other sites in order to provide you advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests. If you wish to not have this information used for the purpose of serving you interest-based ads, you may opt-out by changing the settings of your browser. Please note this does not opt you out of being served ads. You will continue to receive generic ads. For more information about cookies and how we use them, please visit our Cookie Policy page.

8. Social Media Widgets

Our web site includes social media features, such as the Facebook Like button and widgets, such as the ShareThis button or interactive mini-programs that run on our site. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our web site. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.

9. What if I have more questions?

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, please send an email to info@removalreviews.co.uk, or contact us at this address: World Media Group, LLC, 8 The Green, Suite #6769, Dover, DE, 19901.

10. How can I be sure that you adhere to your Privacy Policy?

If, for any reason, you believe that RemovalReviews has not adhered to the principles contained in this Privacy Policy, please notify us at info@removalreviews.co.uk. We will do our best to address your concerns and to confirm and correct the problem promptly.

Acceptance of Terms.

By using this site you acknowledge and agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any term or condition in this Privacy Policy, you must not use our site. If you disagree with any term or condition in this Privacy Policy you must exit the website immediately and you must not fill any form on the website.