Privacy Policy

Last updated: 06 July 2026

New York Lists ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

Information We Collect

Personal Information You Provide: We collect information you voluntarily provide when you:

  • Register an account (name, email address, password)
  • Submit a business listing (business name, address, phone, email, category, photos)
  • Submit a review or rating
  • Send an enquiry to a business (your name, phone number, message)
  • Claim a business listing
  • Contact us via the contact form or email
  • Purchase a paid listing plan (payment is processed by PayPal; we do not store credit/debit card details)

Information Collected Automatically: When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information including your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring URLs, and pages viewed. This information helps us analyse trends and improve the site.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Operate, maintain, and improve the website
  • Process and display business listings, reviews, and enquiries
  • Verify business claims and manage owner dashboards
  • Process payments for paid listing plans
  • Respond to your comments, inquiries, and support requests
  • Send administrative information, such as account updates, password resets, and security alerts
  • Analyse usage patterns and improve user experience
  • Detect and prevent fraudulent or abusive activity
  • Comply with legal obligations

Cookies & Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

  • Session Cookies: Required for you to stay logged in and to maintain your session across pages. These are temporary and expire when you close your browser.
  • Security Cookies: Used for CSRF protection to prevent unauthorised form submissions.
  • Analytics Cookies: We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors interact with our website. This service may set cookies to track user behaviour anonymously.

You can control cookie preferences through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the website.

Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services that may collect, process, or store your information:

  • PayPal: Processes payments for paid listing plans. Your payment details are handled directly by PayPal and are subject to their privacy policy. We do not store your credit/debit card information.
  • Google Places API: Provides business data, photos, and reviews displayed on our site. Google's use of your information is governed by Google's Privacy Policy.
  • Google Analytics 4: Tracks website usage and trends. Google may use cookies to collect anonymised data.

Third-Party Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. We may share information when required by law, to enforce our Terms and Conditions, or to protect our rights, property, or safety.

Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with our services. We may retain certain information for legitimate business purposes or as required by law. You may request deletion of your account and associated data by contacting us.

Your Rights

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

  • Access the personal information we hold about you
  • Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
  • Request deletion of your personal data
  • Object to or restrict the processing of your data
  • Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@newyorklists.com.

Data Security

We implement reasonable technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal information, including HTTPS encryption, CSRF protection, session security, and input validation. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed to individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal data, we will take steps to delete such information.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be effective immediately upon posting on this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically for any updates.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at info@newyorklists.com.