Berks Connect

Last Updated: May 19, 2025

Welcome to Berks Connect ("we", "us", or "our"). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website https://berksconnect.com, including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto (collectively, the "Site"). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

Personal Data

Personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, and telephone number, and demographic information, such as your age, gender, hometown, and interests, that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Site or when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Site, such as submitting a business listing, posting reviews, or contacting us. You are under no obligation to provide us with personal information of any kind, however your refusal to do so may prevent you from using certain features of the Site.

Business Listing Data

If you submit a business listing, we collect information about the business, which may include company name, address, phone number, website, description, categories, subtypes, hours of operation, logo, images, and potentially owner contact information if provided separately for verification or management purposes. Some of this business information may be publicly displayed on the Site.

Derivative Data

Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.

Data From Third-Party Services

We use Supabase for authentication and database services. When you register or log in using Supabase Auth, we receive user identification information as provided by Supabase based on your authentication method. Please review Supabase's privacy policy. We do not control and are not responsible for Supabase's data processing practices.

Search Data

We may log the search terms (keywords and locations) you use on the Site to improve our services and understand user interests. This data is typically stored anonymously or aggregated, but may be linked to your user account if you are logged in.

2. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:

Create and manage your account.
Display business listings and related content.
Email you regarding your account or business listings.
Enable user-to-user communications (e.g., reviews, though direct messaging isn't currently implemented).
Fulfill and manage submissions, payments (if applicable), and other transactions related to the Site.
Improve the efficiency and operation of the Site.
Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Site.
Notify you of updates to the Site.
Respond to customer service requests.
Administer promotions, surveys, or other site features.
Compile anonymous statistical data and analysis for use internally or with third parties.
Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.
Comply with legal and regulatory requirements.

3. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.

Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including data storage (Supabase), analytics, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and potentially payment processing if implemented.

Business Listings

Information submitted as part of a public business listing (e.g., business name, address, phone, description, website) is intended for public display and will be accessible to users of the Site.

Business Transfers

We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

With Your Consent

We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

4. Tracking Technologies

Cookies and Web Beacons

We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Site to help customize the Site and improve your experience. When you access the Site, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the Site.

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5. Data Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures, including those provided by our hosting and database provider (Supabase), to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.

6. Policy for Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13 (or higher age threshold depending on jurisdiction). If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

7. Controls for Do-Not-Track Features

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. No uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Policy.

8. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include the right to:

Request access to and obtain a copy of your personal information.
Request correction or erasure of your personal information.
Restrict the processing of your personal information.
If applicable, data portability.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact details below. You may also review and change the information in your account settings or terminate your account at any time. Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms and Conditions and/or comply with legal requirements.

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9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Last Updated" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

BerksConnect.com
hello@berksconnect.com
4712 Penn Ave, Unit 7090 Sinking Spring, PA 19608
+1-484-650-3808