Site Policies.

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy describes how Backlink Marketplace ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit backlinkmarketplace.net or any of our affiliated niche-specific domains (collectively, the "Sites"). By using the Sites, you agree to the practices described in this policy.

If you do not agree with any part of this policy, please do not use the Sites.

2. Information we collect

Information you provide directly

When you submit a contact form on any of our Sites, you provide:

• Your name
• Work email address
• Company name (optional)
• Budget range (optional)
• A message describing your project or inquiry

We use this information solely to respond to your inquiry and, where applicable, to send follow-up communications about our services.

Information collected automatically

When you visit a Site, we automatically receive certain information from your browser and device:

• IP address (hashed before storage)
• Approximate geographic location (country only, derived from your IP at the network edge)
• Browser type, operating system, and device type
• Referring URL and UTM parameters
• Pages viewed and time spent on the Sites

Information from cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies to operate the Sites and to understand how visitors use them. For details, see our Cookie Policy.

6. International data transfers

Some of the providers listed above are located outside the European Economic Area. Where applicable, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) or equivalent transfer mechanisms to provide adequate protection for cross-border transfers of personal data. You may request a copy of the relevant safeguards by contacting us.

9. Cookies

For information about the specific cookies we use and how to manage them, please see our Cookie Policy.

10. Children's privacy

The Sites are intended for business audiences and are not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us and we will delete it.

3. How we use information

We use the information we collect to:

• Respond to your inquiries and provide the services you request
• Maintain, secure, and improve the Sites
• Understand how visitors interact with our content in aggregate
• Detect and prevent fraud, spam, and security incidents
• Comply with legal obligations

We do not sell your personal information. We do not use it for behavioral advertising or to build cross-site profiles.

7. Data retention

• Lead submissions — retained for 24 months from submission, then deleted, unless we are subject to a legal retention obligation or you have an ongoing relationship with us.
• Analytics data — retained for 14 months in Google Analytics 4 (default), then aggregated and anonymized.
• Server logs — retained for 30 days for security and operational purposes.
• Hashed IP addresses associated with form submissions — retained alongside the lead record for the same retention period.

8. Your rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you
• Correct inaccurate information
• Delete your personal information
• Restrict or object to certain processing
• Receive a copy of your data in a portable format
• Withdraw consent at any time, where processing is based on consent
• Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at the address in Section 12. We will respond within 30 days.

Additional rights for California residents

California residents have the right to know what categories of personal information we collect, the purposes for which it is used, and the categories of third parties with whom it is shared. We do not "sell" personal information as defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act.

4. Legal bases for processing (GDPR)

If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we process your personal information on the following legal bases:

• Consent — for analytics cookies and non-essential tracking, where applicable.
• Legitimate interest — to operate the Sites, respond to inquiries, and prevent fraud, balanced against your rights and freedoms.
• Contract — to deliver services you request.
• Legal obligation — to comply with applicable law.

5. How we share information

We share information only with the following categories of recipients, each acting as a processor on our behalf and bound by data-protection terms:

We do not share personal information with third parties for their own independent marketing purposes.

11. Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal information, including HTTPS transport encryption, hashed IP storage, access controls, periodic security reviews, and minimization of data collection. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, however, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

12. Contact & changes

For questions about this policy or to exercise your rights, contact:

Backlink Marketplace
Email: [email protected]

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be announced via a notice on the Sites at least 30 days before they take effect. The "Last updated" date at the top of this policy indicates when it was most recently revised.

13. What are cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the site operator. Similar technologies — including pixels, web beacons, and local storage — are used for related purposes and are covered by this Cookie Policy.

This Cookie Policy explains how Backlink Marketplace ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on backlinkmarketplace.net and any affiliated niche-specific domains (collectively, the "Sites"). It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.

14. How we use cookies

We use cookies to:

• Operate and secure the Sites
• Remember your preferences, such as theme selection
• Understand how visitors interact with the Sites in aggregate
• Detect and prevent fraud, spam, and abuse

We do not use cookies to build cross-site profiles for advertising, and we do not sell information collected via cookies.

15. Categories of cookies

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential for the Sites to function. They cannot be disabled in our systems. Examples include session cookies that maintain your interaction with the Sites and security cookies that protect against fraud and abuse.

Preference cookies

These cookies remember choices you make, such as your theme selection (light or dark) and any consent preferences you have given. They make your interactions with the Sites more personal and convenient.

Analytics cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the Sites in aggregate, including which pages are visited most often, how visitors arrive at the Sites, and where visitors encounter errors. The information is aggregated and does not identify individual visitors.

16. Third-party cookies

Some cookies on the Sites are set by third-party services we use to operate the Sites. These third parties act as our processors under written data-protection terms and are limited to using the information for the purposes we direct.

The exact set of third-party cookies in use may change as we update the Sites. The Privacy Policy lists the third-party services we use and the jurisdictions where they operate.

17. Your choices

You can control cookies through several mechanisms:

• Browser settings — most browsers let you block or delete cookies. Blocking all cookies may break some functionality of the Sites.
• Consent banner — where required by law, we display a consent banner that lets you accept or reject non-essential cookies.
• Opt-out tools — for Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Strictly necessary cookies cannot be rejected because the Sites cannot function without them.

18. Do Not Track signals

Some browsers send a "Do Not Track" (DNT) signal to websites. Because there is no industry-wide standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals, we do not currently change our cookie practices based on DNT signals. We will continue to monitor the development of standards in this area.

19. Changes & contact

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page indicates when the Cookie Policy was last revised. Material changes will be highlighted on the Sites or, where appropriate, communicated by email.

If you have questions about cookies or this Cookie Policy, contact us at [email protected].

20. Acceptance of terms

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the websites operated by Backlink Marketplace ("we," "us," or "our"), including backlinkmarketplace.net and any affiliated niche-specific domains (collectively, the "Sites"). By accessing or using the Sites, or by engaging us for services, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not access the Sites or engage our services.

21. Description of services

We provide professional consulting, implementation, and advisory services within the scope described on the relevant Site and confirmed in a written statement of work ("SOW") between you and us. Each engagement is governed by its own SOW, which together with these Terms forms the complete agreement for that engagement.

Where the SOW conflicts with these Terms, the SOW governs for that engagement only.

22. Engagement process

A typical engagement proceeds as follows:

• Discovery call to scope the work
• Written proposal and SOW
• Signed SOW and any required NDAs
• Engagement kickoff and delivery according to the SOW
• Final acceptance and handoff

No engagement is binding until both parties sign the SOW. Verbal discussions, email exchanges, and proposal drafts do not constitute a binding agreement on their own.

23. Fees and payment

Fees, payment schedules, and currencies are set out in each SOW. Unless the SOW provides otherwise:

• Invoices are payable within thirty (30) days of issue
• Late payments accrue interest at 1.5% per month or the maximum permitted by law, whichever is lower
• You are responsible for any taxes other than taxes on our income
• Pre-approved out-of-pocket expenses are billed at cost

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate services for accounts more than sixty (60) days past due, subject to the cure provisions in the SOW.

24. Intellectual property

Unless the SOW provides otherwise:

• Pre-existing intellectual property remains owned by the party that brought it to the engagement
• Deliverables specifically commissioned and paid for under the SOW transfer to you on payment in full
• We retain a perpetual, royalty-free license to use generic methods, frameworks, and know-how developed during the engagement for our other clients, provided no client-confidential material is used
• You grant us a limited license to use your name and logo as a reference in our marketing, subject to any restrictions in the SOW

25. Confidentiality

Each party may receive non-public information from the other during the engagement. The receiving party will:

• Use the information only for purposes of the engagement
• Protect the information with the same care it uses for its own confidential information, and no less than reasonable care
• Disclose the information only to its personnel and contractors who need it and are bound by similar confidentiality obligations
• Return or destroy the information on request after the engagement ends

These confidentiality obligations survive termination of the engagement for a period of three (3) years.

26. Warranties and disclaimers

We warrant that the services will be performed in a professional and workmanlike manner consistent with industry standards. We do not warrant any specific outcome, ranking improvement, revenue increase, or other business result, because such outcomes depend on factors outside our control.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Sites and all services are provided "as is" without other warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

27. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law:

• Neither party will be liable to the other for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including loss of profits, revenue, goodwill, or data
• Each party's aggregate liability for any claim arising from or related to an engagement is capped at the fees actually paid under the SOW giving rise to the claim in the twelve (12) months preceding the event giving rise to the claim

These limitations do not apply to liability arising from gross negligence, willful misconduct, or breach of confidentiality obligations.

28. Indemnification

Each party will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the other party and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any third-party claims, damages, and reasonable costs (including legal fees) arising from the indemnifying party's gross negligence, willful misconduct, or breach of these Terms.

The indemnified party must give prompt notice of any claim, give the indemnifying party control of the defense and settlement (subject to reasonable consent), and cooperate at the indemnifying party's expense.

29. Termination

Either party may terminate an engagement for material breach by the other party if the breach is not cured within thirty (30) days of written notice. Either party may terminate the engagement for convenience on the notice period set out in the SOW (typically thirty days).

On termination:

• You will pay for all services rendered and expenses incurred up to the termination date
• We will deliver work in progress in its then-current state
• Confidentiality obligations and any other provisions that by their nature should survive will survive

30. Governing law

These Terms and any engagement are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction set out in the SOW. If the SOW does not specify a jurisdiction, these Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles.

The parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Delaware for any disputes arising from or related to these Terms or any engagement.

31. Contact & changes

We may update these Terms from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page indicates when the Terms were last revised. We will notify you of material changes by posting a notice on the Sites or, where appropriate, by email.

If you have questions about these Terms, contact us at [email protected] or by mail at our business address. Your continued use of the Sites or our services after a change to these Terms constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms.