--- title: "Privacy policy" description: "Read how Liners handles personal data and service information." canonical_url: "https://liners.com/privacy" markdown_url: "https://liners.com/privacy.md" type: "static" language: "en" --- # Privacy policy Read how Liners handles personal data and service information. ## Summary This page explains the personal data Liners collects, why it is used, and the choices available to visitors. ## Policy Last Updated: September 13, 2026 ## 1. Introduction Liners ("we", "us", or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect your personal information when you use our website and services (the "Platform"). By using the Platform, you consent to the data practices described in this policy. If you do not agree with our practices, please do not use the Platform. ## 2. Information We Collect ### 2.1 Account Information When you create an account, we collect: - **Name** and **email address** (provided directly or via Google sign-in). - **Profile picture** (if you sign in with Google). - **Approximate country** (ISO country code) inferred from your IP address when you complete sign-in (for example when you open your magic link or finish Google sign-in) and stored on your account profile for product and analytics purposes. ### 2.2 Product Submissions When you submit a product for listing, we collect: - Product name and website URL. - Any optional notes you provide with your submission. - Your name and email address as the submitter. ### 2.3 Reviews and Reports When you post a review or submit a report, we collect: - Review content, rating, and any proof images you upload. - Report type, message, and your email address. ### 2.4 Platform Communications When you create an account, we collect your email address. As a registered member, you may receive platform updates and product newsletters. You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time using the link provided in each email. See [how following and notifications work](/trust/following-and-notifications) for the public notification choices. ### 2.5 Sign-In Continuation Drafts If you begin an action while signed out, such as writing a review, submitting a product or event, comparing products, following a product, suggesting an edit, or starting an advertisement checkout, we may temporarily store the draft details needed to continue that action after you open your magic link. These drafts are short-lived, used only to restore your sign-in flow, and are removed or expire automatically. ### 2.6 Third-Party Business Data To provide useful product information, we collect and store business data about companies listed on the Platform from third-party business intelligence providers. This data is sourced using the company's publicly available website domain and may include: - **Company profiles:** Headquarters location, phone number, website, social media links, estimated employee count, estimated revenue, and technologies used. - **Funding information:** Funding rounds, amounts raised, dates, and investor names. - **Key personnel:** Names, professional titles, LinkedIn profile URLs, and professional email addresses of senior employees (founders, executives, and vice-presidents). - **News articles:** Publicly available news articles referencing the company. - **Job postings:** Active job listings published by the company. This data relates to companies and their employees, not to Platform users. It is collected under our legitimate interest in providing useful product information to our users. Professional email addresses obtained through enrichment are stored internally and are **not** used for marketing or displayed publicly on the Platform. Individuals whose personal data appears on the Platform through business enrichment may request correction or removal at any time (see Section 8). ### 2.7 Payment Information If you purchase advertising, a third-party payment processor handles the payment. We do not store your full card number on our servers. We receive transaction details such as the amount, status, and associated product or ad booking. ### 2.8 Automatically Collected Information When you use the Platform, we may automatically collect: - **Session # IP address and browser user agent, stored temporarily as part of your authentication session. - **Analytics # We use privacy-focused analytics tools for product analytics, session recordings, and error tracking. These tools may collect anonymised usage data and, for authenticated users, link events to your account to improve the user experience. - **Attribution # When you first arrive, we record the landing page, the referring website, the derived search engine, any campaign parameters in the link, and an approximate country from your IP address. We attach this to key actions such as sign-up, leaving a review, submitting a product, or visiting a product website, so we can understand which pages and searches help people find useful products. ## 3. How We Use Your Information We use the information we collect to: - Provide, maintain, and improve the Platform. - Process product submissions and manage listings. - Facilitate account creation and authentication. - Process payments for advertising. - Send transactional emails (submission confirmations, publication notices, verification codes). - Send platform updates and product newsletters to registered members. - Moderate content and enforce our Terms & Conditions. - Prevent abuse through rate limiting. - Generate and improve AI-assisted content for listings. - Respond to your enquiries and support requests. ## 4. How We Share Your Information We do not sell your personal information. We share your data only with the following third-party service providers, strictly for the purposes described below: ### 4.1 Service Providers We use trusted third-party service providers for the following purposes: | Purpose | Data Shared | | --- | --- | | Payment processing | Payment and transaction details | | Email delivery | Email address, name | | File storage | Uploaded media (screenshots, images) | | Authentication (if you use social sign-in) | Email, name, profile picture | | Hosting and infrastructure | Standard web request data | | Product analytics and error tracking | Anonymised usage data, session replays, error reports | | Rate limiting and caching | IP-based rate limit counters | | Business data enrichment | Company website domain (returns company profile, personnel, funding, news, jobs) | | AI-assisted content and moderation | Public website content, submitted text, proof images, and limited account or behaviour signals needed for the task | ### 4.2 AI-assisted content and moderation We use AI services to help research, draft, classify, summarise, and moderate content. Depending on the task, these services may receive: - Public product URLs and website content. - Product descriptions, comparisons, suggestions, and other submitted text. - Review text and proof images for moderation. - Limited account or behaviour signals needed to check possible misuse. We limit the data sent to what the task needs. Liners does not publish the private signals used to check misuse. Read [how reviews are moderated](/trust/how-reviews-work) and [how Liners handles reports](/trust/moderation-and-enforcement). ### 4.3 Legal Requirements We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to comply with legal obligations, protect our rights or safety, or investigate potential violations of these terms. ### 4.4 Third-Party Business Data The Platform displays business information about listed companies, including company profiles, funding data, key personnel, news, and job postings. This data is sourced from third-party business intelligence providers and publicly available sources. We display this data to help users make informed decisions about software products. We do not sell, rent, or share business enrichment data with third parties for their own marketing purposes. Individuals whose personal data appears on the Platform through business enrichment (such as company executives listed on a product page) may contact us to request correction or removal of their data (see Section 8). ## 5. Access to Certain Data Some data on the Platform is available to all visitors, while certain information requires you to create an account and sign in. Data that may require sign-in includes full team member listings, complete news archives, and complete job posting lists for listed products. Creating an account to access this data is subject to our standard data collection practices described in Section 2.1. ## 6. Cookies We use **first-party cookies only**. Authentication cookies keep you signed in. We also set a short-lived, signed cookie during sign-up that records which page and search source led you there, so we can attribute the sign-up. It expires within minutes and is never used for anything other than analytics. We do not use any third-party tracking cookies. Our analytics provider may use local storage and first-party cookies to maintain session continuity for analytics and session recordings. ## 7. Data Retention We retain your information as follows: - **Account # Retained for as long as your account is active. You may request deletion at any time. - **Published contributions:** Reviews and suggestions may remain after account deletion under the name "Deleted user" so public pages and decisions keep their context. - **Email preferences:** Retained as part of your account until you unsubscribe or delete your account. - **Session # Automatically deleted when your session expires. - **Payment records:** Retained as required by applicable tax and financial regulations. - **Claimed products:** Deleting an account releases its product claims. Liners may keep the public product listing. - **Personnel # Names, titles, and professional profiles of company personnel obtained through business enrichment are retained while the associated product listing is active. Individuals may request deletion of their data at any time. Read [how Liners sources company data](/trust/how-we-find-product-data) for correction and removal routes. ## 8. Your Rights ### 8.1 Platform Users Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights regarding your personal # - **Access:** Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you. - **Correction:** Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data. - **Deletion:** Request deletion of your account and associated personal data. - **Opt-out:** Unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time using the link in each email. - **Data portability:** Request your data in a portable format where technically feasible. ### 8.2 Individuals Featured in Business Data If your personal information (such as your name, job title, or professional profile) appears on the Platform as part of a company's business data, you have the right to: - **Request removal:** Ask us to remove your personal data from the Platform. - **Request correction:** Ask us to correct inaccurate information about you. We will process such requests promptly and ensure your data is removed or corrected in subsequent data refreshes. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [hello@liners.com](mailto:hello@liners.com). ## 9. Data Security We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information, including: - Encrypted data transmission (HTTPS). - Secure authentication with session management. - Rate limiting to prevent abuse. - Access controls to restrict data access to authorised personnel and systems. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. ## 10. Children's Privacy The Platform is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us and we will promptly delete it. ## 11. International Data Transfers Liners is operated from the United Arab Emirates. Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your country of residence, including countries where our service providers operate. By using the Platform, you consent to such transfers. We ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data in accordance with this policy. ## 12. Changes to This Policy We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Your continued use of the Platform after any changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy. ## 13. Contact Us If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at [hello@liners.com](mailto:hello@liners.com). The [Terms of Service](/terms) and [Trust Center](/trust) explain the related platform rules. ## Related pages - [Terms of service](/terms): Read the terms for using Liners. ## Access and citation - [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/privacy) - [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md) - [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)