Last Updated: July 3, 2026
OhioBiz.com, operated by ohiobiz LLC, respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, protect, and retain information when you visit or use OhioBiz.com, including our business directory, location pages, contact forms, listing submission features, account features, advertising or sponsorship features, and related online services.
By using OhioBiz.com, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use the website.
OhioBiz.com is an online Ohio business and community information directory. The website includes public business listings, Ohio city and county pages, community information, links to third-party websites, and other resources intended to help users discover Ohio businesses and local information.
For privacy-related questions, please contact us at:
Email: [email protected]
Mailing Address: 19885 Detroit Rd. #105, Rocky River, OH 44116-1815
We may collect the following types of information.
You may provide information to us when you:
Submit, claim, edit, or update a business listing;
Create or manage an account;
Contact us through a form, email, or other communication method;
Request support or customer service;
Subscribe to emails or newsletters;
Purchase or inquire about a paid listing, advertising, sponsorship, or related service;
Submit corrections, reviews, photos, descriptions, or other content.
This information may include your name, business name, job title, mailing address, email address, phone number, website URL, business description, social media links, listing category, payment-related information, and any other information you choose to provide.
OhioBiz.com publishes business-directory information that is intended to be publicly available. This may include business names, addresses, phone numbers, websites, descriptions, categories, service areas, social media links, hours, photos, and other business-related information.
Business listing information may come from business owners, authorized representatives, publicly available sources, third-party sources, user submissions, or our own research. Because directory listings are public, this information may be viewed, copied, indexed, quoted, archived, or displayed by search engines, AI-powered search tools, web crawlers, social media platforms, and other third-party services.
If you believe a listing is inaccurate, outdated, or should be updated or removed, please contact us.
When you visit OhioBiz.com, we may automatically collect certain technical and usage information, such as:
IP address;
Browser type and version;
Device type;
Operating system;
Referring website;
Pages viewed;
Searches performed on the website;
Links clicked;
Date and time of visit;
Approximate location based on IP address;
Cookie identifiers and similar tracking information.
We use this information to operate the website, improve performance, understand visitor activity, protect against fraud and abuse, troubleshoot technical problems, and improve our directory and location pages.
OhioBiz.com may use cookies, pixels, log files, web beacons, and similar technologies. These technologies may help us:
Keep the website functioning properly;
Remember user preferences;
Support account login features;
Analyze website traffic;
Measure page performance;
Improve search and directory usability;
Protect the website from spam, fraud, and abuse;
Support advertising, sponsorship, or analytics features if enabled.
You can usually adjust your browser settings to refuse or delete cookies. Some website features may not work correctly if cookies are disabled.
If OhioBiz.com offers paid listings, advertising, sponsorships, or other paid services, payment information may be collected and processed by third-party payment processors. We do not intend to store full credit card numbers on OhioBiz.com servers. Payment processors may collect and process payment details according to their own privacy policies and security practices.
OhioBiz.com may include links to third-party websites, social media pages, embedded content, maps, feeds, videos, widgets, or other third-party services. These third parties may collect information about you when you interact with their content or visit their websites.
Examples may include social media platforms, analytics providers, map providers, advertising networks, payment processors, hosting providers, security tools, email platforms, and other service providers.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites or services. You should review their privacy policies before providing information to them.
We may use information we collect to:
Operate, maintain, and improve OhioBiz.com;
Publish, manage, verify, update, and organize business listings;
Respond to inquiries, support requests, and listing corrections;
Create and manage user accounts;
Process listing claims, submissions, upgrades, payments, advertising, or sponsorship requests;
Communicate with business owners, advertisers, subscribers, and website users;
Send administrative, transactional, service-related, or marketing communications;
Improve website search, navigation, categories, and location pages;
Analyze website usage and performance;
Detect, prevent, and respond to spam, fraud, abuse, security incidents, and technical issues;
Comply with legal obligations;
Enforce our Terms of Use and other policies;
Protect the rights, safety, property, and integrity of OhioBiz.com, ohiobiz LLC, our users, and others.
OhioBiz.com may use artificial intelligence, machine learning, automation, or AI-assisted tools to support the operation and improvement of the website. These tools may be used to help:
Organize, categorize, and improve business listings;
Detect duplicate, incomplete, outdated, or potentially inaccurate listings;
Assist with spam, fraud, malware, or security detection;
Draft, review, summarize, or improve public business or community descriptions;
Improve search functionality and website usability;
Analyze website trends and performance;
Support customer service or internal administrative workflows.
We do not intend to use non-public personal information submitted through contact forms, account areas, payment workflows, or private communications to train general-purpose AI models unless we first provide clear notice and obtain consent where required.
We also do not intend to submit sensitive personal information, payment card data, passwords, or confidential account information to AI tools except where necessary for security, fraud prevention, legal compliance, or another legitimate business purpose with appropriate safeguards.
AI-assisted outputs may be inaccurate or incomplete. When we use AI-assisted tools for public-facing business or community content, we may review, edit, or verify the information before publication when appropriate.
OhioBiz.com does not use AI to make decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects about individual consumers, such as decisions about employment, credit, housing, insurance, health care, or access to essential services.
We may share information in the following situations.
Information submitted for publication in a business listing may be displayed publicly on OhioBiz.com. Public listing information may also be indexed by search engines, AI search tools, web crawlers, browser tools, and other third-party services.
We may share information with vendors and service providers that help us operate the website and provide services. These may include hosting providers, payment processors, email providers, analytics providers, security providers, technical support providers, marketing tools, spam-prevention tools, and business operations providers.
These service providers may access information only as needed to perform services for us and are expected to protect information appropriately.
If a user requests information about a business, submits a listing claim, requests a correction, or otherwise interacts with a listing, we may share relevant information with the business owner or authorized representative when needed to verify, respond to, or process the request.
We may disclose information if we believe it is reasonably necessary to:
Comply with a law, regulation, subpoena, court order, or legal process;
Respond to lawful requests from government or law enforcement authorities;
Enforce our Terms of Use or other policies;
Protect against fraud, spam, abuse, unauthorized access, or security threats;
Protect the rights, safety, property, or integrity of OhioBiz.com, ohiobiz LLC, our users, or others.
If ohiobiz LLC or OhioBiz.com is involved in a merger, acquisition, sale, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, or transfer of assets, information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
We may share aggregated, anonymized, or de-identified information that does not reasonably identify an individual, such as general website traffic trends, popular categories, or directory usage statistics.
OhioBiz.com may use analytics tools to understand how visitors use the website. If advertising, sponsorship, retargeting, or similar features are enabled, third parties may use cookies or similar technologies to collect information about your activity on OhioBiz.com and other websites.
Where required by applicable law, we will provide appropriate notice and choices regarding targeted advertising, sale, sharing, or similar uses of personal information.
At this time, OhioBiz.com does not intend to sell personal information in exchange for money. However, some privacy laws define “sale,” “sharing,” or “targeted advertising” broadly. If any current or future website features fall within those definitions, we will provide legally required disclosures and opt-out options.
If you subscribe to emails, submit a listing, create an account, contact us, or purchase a service, we may send you administrative, transactional, service-related, or marketing emails.
You may opt out of marketing emails by using the unsubscribe instructions in the email or by contacting us. Even if you opt out of marketing emails, we may still send non-promotional messages related to your account, listing, transaction, security, legal notices, or service requests.
Depending on where you live and how you interact with OhioBiz.com, you may have the right to request that we:
Confirm whether we process your personal information;
Provide access to certain personal information;
Correct inaccurate personal information;
Delete certain personal information;
Provide a copy of certain personal information;
Opt you out of certain marketing communications;
Opt you out of certain targeted advertising, sale, or sharing activities where applicable;
Limit the use of sensitive personal information where applicable.
To make a privacy request, contact us at [INSERT PRIVACY CONTACT EMAIL].
We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests. We may deny or limit requests where permitted by law, including when information must be retained for security, fraud prevention, legal compliance, recordkeeping, dispute resolution, backup integrity, or other legitimate business purposes.
Because OhioBiz.com publishes public business directory information, removal of a listing from OhioBiz.com may not remove copies from search engines, AI tools, archives, social platforms, cached pages, or third-party websites.
If you own or represent a business listed on OhioBiz.com and want to update, correct, claim, or request removal of a listing, please contact us.
We may ask for information to verify that you are the business owner, an authorized representative, or otherwise authorized to request the change.
We may decline removal or modification requests where the information is publicly available, lawfully obtained, newsworthy, relevant to the directory, required for fraud prevention, or otherwise permitted by law. However, we will make reasonable efforts to correct inaccurate, outdated, or misleading listing information when brought to our attention.
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to operate OhioBiz.com, maintain business listings, provide services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, collect fees, enforce agreements, prevent fraud or abuse, maintain security, and keep appropriate business records.
Public business listing information may remain available until it is updated, removed, replaced, or no longer needed for directory purposes. Backup copies may remain for a limited period after deletion or modification.
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These safeguards may include access controls, secure hosting practices, firewalls, software updates, monitoring, backups, and other security measures.
No website, database, server, email system, or online transmission is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.
If we discover a security incident involving personal information, we will evaluate the incident and provide notices as required by applicable law.
OhioBiz.com is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information to us, please contact us so we can take appropriate action.
OhioBiz.com is operated in the United States and is primarily intended for users in the United States. If you access the website from outside the United States, you understand that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States, where privacy laws may differ from those in your location.
Some browsers and devices offer “Do Not Track” or similar signals. Because there is not a single universally accepted standard for these signals, OhioBiz.com may not respond to all such signals.
Where required by applicable law, we will honor legally recognized browser-based opt-out preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control, for applicable activities.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, services, technology, legal requirements, AI-assisted tools, or business practices.
When we update this Privacy Policy, we will revise the “Last Updated” date above. If we make material changes, we may provide additional notice where appropriate, such as by posting a notice on the website or contacting users directly when required.
Your continued use of OhioBiz.com after an updated Privacy Policy is posted means you accept the updated policy.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to make a privacy request, or want to correct or remove business listing information, please contact us:
OhioBiz.com / ohiobiz LLC
Email: [email protected]
Mailing Address: 19885 Detroit Rd. #105, Rocky River, OH 44116-1815