Privacy Policy
Effective Date: October 2, 2025
At Proladex.com ("Proladex," "we," "us," or "our"), we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share your personal information when you use our Services. By using or accessing our Services in any manner, you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined below, and you hereby consent that we will collect, use and share your information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Remember that your use of Proladex's Services is at all times subject to our Terms of Use, which incorporates this Privacy Policy. Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the definitions given to them in the Terms of Use.
This Privacy Policy addresses how we treat Personal Data that we gather when you access or use our Services. "Personal Data" means any information that identifies or relates to a particular individual and includes information referred to as "personally identifiable information" ("PII") or "personal information" under applicable data privacy laws, rules or regulations. Through the use of our Services, you may be introduced to other Users and /or Vendors and their employees. This Privacy Policy does not cover the practices of companies we don't own or control or people we don't manage.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Profile or Contact Data
What We Collect:
We collect personal information that you provide to us, including:
- First and last name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Unique identifiers such as passwords
- Voluntary information provided when creating a profile, including employment-related documents
- Information about parties you authorize, access, or authenticate
Where We Collect It:
Account registration, customer service interactions, and voluntary profile submissions.
How We Use It:
- To conduct and improve our Services
- To correspond with you
- For customer service purposes
- For surveys and research
- To address fraud, security, or technical issues
- To meet legal requirements and enforce our Terms of Use
Payment Data
What We Collect:
We collect payment information necessary to process transactions:
- Payment card type
- Card or ACH information
- Billing address, phone number, and email
Where We Collect It:
At the point of sale/transaction.
How We Use It:
To process payments, prevent fraud, and comply with financial regulations.
Commercial Information
We maintain records of your business activities with us:
- Transaction history
- Information about parties you authorize, access, or authenticate
- Organization profile information for vendors
- Other business-related data
Where We Collect It:
Registration and in the course of your use of the Services.
How We Use It:
To provide services, maintain business records, and improve our offerings.
Device and IP Data
We automatically collect technical information:
- IP address
- Device ID
- Domain server information
- Device type, operating system, and browser information
Where We Collect It:
In the course of your use of the Services.
How We Use It:
To ensure service functionality, security, and technical support.
Web Analytics
We collect usage data to understand how our services are used:
- Statistics about interactions between your device/browser and our Services
- Browsing or search history on our platform
Where we Collect It:
In the course of your use of the Services.
How We Use It:
To analyze service performance, user experience, and make improvements.
Geolocation Data
We may collect location information:
- IP-address-based location information
- GPS data (with your permission)
Where We Collect It:
In the course of your use of the Services.
How We Use It:
To provide location-relevant services and comply with regional requirements.
Reference Check Information (Vendors)
For vendor partners, we may collect additional information required for background verification as part of our business requirements.
Where We Collect It:
Prior to entering into a commercial relationship with vendors.
How We Use It:
To establish that vendors meet minimum requirements for participation in the Services.
HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
We may share your information in the following circumstances:
Service Providers and Business Partners
- Vendors: As requested and authorized by you
- Analytics partners: To improve our services (anonymized data where possible)
- Advertising/Marketing partners: With your consent for promotional purposes
Legal and Safety Requirements
- Government Requests: To comply with court orders, laws, or legal processes, including government or regulatory requests
- Legal Claims: When we believe disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Proladex, our customers, or others
- Fraud Prevention: To address security threats, fraud, or technical issues
Business Operations
- Surveys and Research: To improve our services (typically anonymized)
- Meeting Legal Requirements: To enforce our Terms of Use and other agreements, including billing and collection
- Merger or Acquisition: Data may be transferred to a third party if we undergo a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or other transaction in which that third party assumes control of our business (in whole or in part). Should one of these events occur, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you before your information becomes subject to different privacy and security policies and practices.
HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION
Data Security And Retention
We seek to protect your Personal Data from unauthorized access, use and disclosure using appropriate physical, technical, organizational and administrative security measures based on the type of Personal Data and how we are processing that data. You should also help protect your data by appropriately selecting and protecting your password and/or other sign-on mechanism; limiting access to your computer or device and browser; and signing off after you have finished accessing your account. Although we work to protect the security of your account and other data that we hold in our records, please be aware that no method of transmitting data over the internet or storing data is completely secure.
We retain Personal Data about you for as long as you have an open account with us or as otherwise necessary to provide you with our Services. In some cases we retain Personal Data for longer, if doing so is necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes or collect fees owed, or is otherwise permitted or required by applicable law, rule or regulation. We may further retain information in an anonymous or aggregated form where that information would not identify you personally.
A Note on Protection of User Identity
We do not share user-identifying Personal Data with vendors or prospects. This includes but is not limited to:
- User names (first name, last name, or any other personal identifiers)
- Firm names or company names
- Firm logos or company branding
- Any other information that could identify specific users or their organizations
Data that is Not Personal Data
We may create aggregated, de-identified or anonymized data from the Personal Data we collect, including by removing information that makes the data personally identifiable to a particular user. We may use such aggregated, de-identified or anonymized data and share it with third parties for our lawful business purposes, including to analyze, build and improve the Services and promote our business, provided that we will not share such data in a manner that could identify you. When working with vendors or presenting information to prospects, we use only anonymized, aggregated data that cannot be traced back to individual users or specific firms. Your identity and your firm's identity remain confidential and are never disclosed as part of our business operations with third parties.
TRACKING TOOLS, ADVERTISING AND OPT-OUT
The Services use cookies and similar technologies such as pixel tags, web beacons, clear GIFs and JavaScript (collectively, "Cookies") to enable our servers to recognize your web browser, tell us how and when you visit and use our Services, analyze trends, learn about our user base and operate and improve our Services. Cookies are small pieces of data- usually text files - placed on your computer, tablet, phone or similar device when you use that device to access our Services. We may also supplement the information we collect from you with information received from third parties, including third parties that have placed their own Cookies on your device(s), such as [Google, HubSpot, etc.]. Please note that because of our use of Cookies, the Services do not support "Do Not Track" requests sent from a browser at this time.
COOKIES
We use the following types of Cookies:
- Essential Cookies. Essential Cookies are required for providing you with features or services that you have requested. For example, certain Cookies enable you to log into secure areas of our Services. Disabling these Cookies may make certain features and services unavailable.
- Functional Cookies. Functional Cookies are used to record your choices and settings regarding our Services, maintain your preferences over time and recognize you when you return to our Services. These Cookies help us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
- Performance/Analytical Cookies. Performance/Analytical Cookies allow us to understand how visitors use our Services. They do this by collecting information about the number of visitors to the Services, what pages visitors view on our Services and how long visitors are viewing pages on the Services. Performance/Analytical Cookies also help us measure the performance of our advertising campaigns in order to help us improve our campaigns and the Services' content for those who engage with our advertising. For example, Google uses cookies in connection with its Google Analytics services. Google's ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to the Services is subject to the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You have the option to opt-out of Google's use of Cookies by visiting the Google advertising opt-out page at www.google.com/privacy_ads.html or the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/
You can decide whether or not to accept Cookies through your internet browser's settings. Most browsers have an option for turning off the Cookie feature, which will prevent your browser from accepting new Cookies, as well as (depending on the sophistication of your browser software) allow you to decide on acceptance of each new Cookie in a variety of ways. You can also delete all Cookies that are already on your device. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit our website and some of the Services and functionalities may not work.
To explore what Cookie settings are available to you, look in the "preferences" or "options" section of your browser's menu. To find out more information about Cookies, including information about how to manage and delete Cookies, please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES
You have certain rights regarding your personal information, which may include:
- Accessing your personal information
- Correcting inaccurate information
- Requesting deletion of your information
- Opting out of certain communications
- Requesting data portability
To exercise these rights, please contact us at [contact information].
STATE LAW PRIVACY RIGHTS
California Resident Rights
Under California Civil Code Sections 1798.83-1798.84, California residents are entitled to contact us to prevent disclosure of Personal Data to third parties for such third parties' direct marketing purposes; in order to submit such a request, please contact us as set forth below.
Nevada Resident Rights
If you are a resident of Nevada, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of certain Personal Data to third parties who intend to license or sell that Personal Data. You can exercise this right by contacting us as set forth below with the subject line "Nevada Do Not Sell Request" and providing us with your name and the email address associated with your account.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new policy on our website with an updated effective date.
CONTACT US
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Proladex, LLC
PO Box 431
600 Franklin Avenue
Garden City, New York, 11530
(516) 729-0258