America’s Best Franchises: Privacy & Website Usage Policy
The privacy and security of your personal information is very important to us. We take this matter very seriously. This privacy policy sets out how we collect and manage your personal information and how you can remove your personal information from our databases. For any queries that you may have about your personal information at America’s Best Franchises, please email [email protected].
Who Is Collecting Your Personal Information?
This privacy policy applies to americasbestfranchises.com which is owned and operated by America’s Best Franchises, LLC located at 104 Cypress Pond Ct., Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082 (collectively: “we”, “us”, and “our”). This privacy policy describes how America’s Best Franchises collects and uses the personal information you provide on our website americasbestfranchises.com. It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information and how you can access and update this information.
How We Collect Personal Information
You can view all of the content on our site without providing your personal information. Here are the ways we do collect personal information on our site:
1. We collect personal information when you use the Request Information form.
- If you seek more information about a franchise business listed on our site, personal information will be requested by submitting a Request Information form.
- The personal information we ask for on the Request Information form is your name, email address, phone number, zip code, state, country, and available cash.
- The information you submit via our request form is shared only with the franchise businesses that you have in your Request Information form.
- These franchise businesses will contact you by means of email and/or telephone (phone call or SMS) only to the email address and phone number you provide.
- By submitting the Request Information form you are consenting to send your personal information to the franchises businesses listed on the form.
- By submitting the Request Information form you are consenting to subscribe to further email marketing from America’s Best Franchises if you have checked the sign-up box on the form.
2. We also collect personal information when you use the Our Newsletter form.
- You can sign up for America’s Best Franchises email newsletter by submitting this form.
- To complete the Our Newsletter form you must submit your email address.
What We Do with Your Personal Information
America’s Best Franchises does not share, sell, rent, or trade your personal information with third parties without your consent. We retain access to your personal information at all times on our secure electronic database servers. We will only share your personal information with the franchise businesses you consented to receive further information about that are listed in the Request Information form. If you provide your email address to Get Franchise News delivered to your inbox, your personal information will only be used by America’s Best Franchises for email marketing purposes. We will retain and use your personal information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Requesting and Updating Your Personal Information
To request a copy of your personal information or to make changes to it please send an email to [email protected] with the subject line ‘Request for Personal Information’ and we will endeavor to respond to your request in four working days. Before we can complete your request you will need to verify your identity to us by confirming your full name and email address.
Deleting Your Personal Information from America’s Best Franchises
To request that your personal information be deleted from America’s Best Franchises records please send an email to [email protected] with the subject line ‘Deletion of Personal Information’ and we will endeavor to respond to your request in four working days. Before we can complete your request you will need to verify your identity to us by confirming your full name and email address. If you wish to unsubscribe from email marketing you can click the ‘Unsubscribe’ link at the bottom of any email we send to you.
Where Does Consent to Providing Personal Information Take Place?
America’s Best Franchises connects prospective franchisees with franchisors. Visitors who request information about franchise businesses on our site consent to sending the details on this form to the franchises listed. Our reputation for integrity in the franchise industry has been established over 12 years. We NEVER sell or share your information with any other third parties.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Technologies such as cookies, beacons, tags and scripts are used by America’s Best Franchises and our partners e.g. marketing partners, affiliates, or analytics or service providers (e.g. customer experience optimization providers, etc.). These technologies are used in analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movements around the site and in gathering demographic information about our user base as a whole. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these companies on an individual as well as aggregated basis.
We use cookies for our Request Information form to store your information so you don’t have to enter it more than once if you so choose. Users can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. If you reject cookies you may still use our site, but your ability to use some features or areas of our site may be limited.
Analytics/Log Files
As is true of most websites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. We do not link this automatically-collected data to personal information.
Behavioral Targeting / Re-Targeting
We partner with third party ad networks to either display advertising on our website 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 with 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 emailing [email protected]. Please note this does not opt you out of being served ads. You will continue to receive generic ads. We do not link this automatically-collected data to personal information.
Email Marketing
You will be added to our email marketing list only if you complete the check box on the Request Information form or submit your email address to the Our Newsletter form. If you wish to unsubscribe from our email marketing, you may opt out by clicking on the ‘Unsubscribe’ link in any of the emails we send to you.
Children’s Privacy
America’s Best Franchises is intended to be used only by individuals aged 18 and older. We do not knowingly collect any information from individuals under the age of 18. If we are made aware of information collected from an individual under the age of 18, we will remove their information from our system as soon as possible.
Links to Other Sites
We may provide links to other companies and services from our site. Once you leave our site and enter another site, you are subject to their privacy policies. If you submit personal information to any of those sites, your information is governed by their privacy policies. You should carefully review the company’s privacy policy before using that site.
Legal Disclaimer
We reserve the right to disclose your personal information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our website. If America’s Best Franchises 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 website of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information.
Security Measures
We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. While no data transfer can be completely secure, we will make reasonable efforts to secure all data that is transferred, stored or processed. We recommend that you take every precaution to protect your personal information when you are on the internet. For example, use a secure browser, change your passwords often, and select a strong password by choosing a combination of numbers, letters and characters. The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow latest standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once it is received. If you have any questions about the security of your personal information, you can contact us at [email protected].
Social Media
Our website includes social media features, such as the Facebook Like button, and widgets, such as the Twitter button or interactive mini-programs that run on our site. These features may collect your IP address and 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 site. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
America’s Best Franchises reserves the right to make material changes to its privacy policy. These changes will be posted prominently on our privacy policy, the home page, and other places we deem appropriate. We will also notify you by email (sent to the email address specified in your account) prior to the change becoming effective so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
Request Form & Contact Form Usage Policy
Users are permitted to use the email contact forms and/or our lead submission forms only for the purpose to gain further information from the franchisor and/or business opportunity. The email contact forms and/or lead submission forms on our website are only to be used to send inquiries about buying a particular business for sale, franchise, or other related business opportunity. By submitting your information you expressly confirm that you have a genuine interest in each of the concepts for which you have requested information; that you wish for a representative from each of the concepts to contact you; and that the information that you have submitted is true and correct.
By submitting your information you expressly agree to receive a phone call, text message, or e-mail inquiry from the entity or franchisor representative from whom you requested information. Submitting contact information that is either false or is done without interest to the particular business for which you have submitted your information is called “spamming”. Spamming of any sort on our site is not permitted as it hurts the integrity, credibility, and value of our business. Moreover, it jeopardizes our ability to continue to provide our services to legitimate users. By using the website and submitting a contact form you agree with these conditions.
America’s Best Franchises: Terms and Conditions
All contents of America’s Best Franchises.com are Copyright © America’s Best Franchises (ABF). The use of this website and/or doing business with ABF signifies that you agree with and fully understand the terms of the above Request Form & Contact Form Usage Policy. If you do not agree with these terms then you are not permitted to use the ABF website or to do business with America’s Best Franchises.
ABF is a lead generation and advertising service for the Franchising Space. Business and franchise brokers, agents, business buyers, independent business sellers, franchise companies, attorneys, and any and all other listings found on the ABF website are simply advertising purchasers, listing service purchasers, or other advertising clients and are not employed by or otherwise affiliated in any way with ABF. Thus, ABF is in no way responsible for the actions, representations, or business dealings of any business that advertises and/or appears on the website.
America’s Best Franchises is designed to provide information on franchise and business opportunity companies to prospective business buyers. The representations, views, and opinions expressed or implied in any document or image included in, or linked to or from this site, do not necessarily state or reflect those of America’s Best Franchises. For any franchise, business, or investment opportunity listed on ABF, the prospective business buyer is responsible to thoroughly investigate any listing or company, obtain all appropriate disclosure documents, and seek expert consultation prior to making any investment decisions.
We do not collect any form of payment information on this site.
America’s Best Franchises does not provide professional advice or endorsements based on information provided. ABF assumes no responsibility or liability for any actions or representations of any listed company or subject matter contained at its sites, nor can we guarantee or assume liability for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information contained on this server or linked to from this server. In no event shall America’s Best Franchises, LLC or its officers be liable for any indirect, special or consequential damages in connection with use of any content included at AmericasBestFranchises.com. The use of this website or its services signifies that you accept all risks and that you expressly agree that ABF, America’s Best Franchises, LLC, its directors, management, owners, officers, or employees are not responsible for any loss, damages, legal consequence, or anything that may result from the use of the site or its services.
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Web site.
By using this website and submitting a contact form you agree with these conditions.
Feedback
You can contact us about this privacy statement by writing or email us at the address below:
America’s Best Franchises, LLC
104 Cypress Pond Ct.
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082
United States
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 602-677-3683
