Personal Data processed for the following purposes and using the following services:

• • Advertising

    • Adobe Advertising Cloud, Simpli.fi, Publicis Media, Nielsen Marketing Cloud, Audience Network, Centro, Dynamic Tracking, Meta Lookalike Audience, Google Ad Manager, Google Ads Similar audiences, Google AdSense and Google DV360

      Personal Data: Tracker; Usage Data

    • Direct Advertising

      Personal Data: device information; Tracker; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Universally unique identifier (UUID); Usage Data

    • Direct marketing via SMS

      Personal Data: first name; last name; phone number

    • Direct Email Marketing (DEM)

      Personal Data: email address; first name; last name

    • Meta Audience Network and AdMob

      Personal Data: Tracker; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Usage Data

    • Google Campaign Manager 360

      Personal Data: geographic position; Tracker; Usage Data

    • Samsung Ads

      Personal Data: Trackers; Usage Data

  • Analytics

    • AWStats

      Personal Data: country; operating systems; Usage Data

    • Meta ads conversion tracking (Meta pixel), Google Analytics (Universal Analytics), Google Ads conversion tracking, Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) with anonymized IP, HubSpot Analytics, Nielsen Audience Measurement, Twitter Ads conversion tracking, Yahoo Advertising conversion tracking, WordPress Stats, Analytics collected directly, AdEspresso conversion tracking, Attribution and Business Contact

      Personal Data: Tracker; Usage Data

    • Facebook Analytics for Apps

      Personal Data: Trackers; Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    • Google Analytics Advertising Reporting Features

      Personal Data: Tracker; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    • Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports

      Personal Data: Tracker; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example)

    • LinkedIn conversion tracking (LinkedIn Insight Tag) and Pinterest Conversion Tag

      Personal Data: device information; Tracker; Usage Data

    • Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking

      Personal Data: Tracker; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Universally unique identifier (UUID); Usage Data

    • Nielsen Mobile Measurement

      Personal Data: device information; Tracker; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Usage Data

    • User ID extension for Google Analytics

      Personal Data: Tracker

    • YouTube Analytics and Reporting API

      Personal Data: Data communicated in order to use the Service; Data communicated while using the service; device information; Tracker; Usage Data; User ID

    • Adobe Analytics

      Personal Data: Trackers; Usage Data

    • Google Analytics 4

      Personal Data: browser information; city; device information; latitude (of city); longitude (of city); number of Users; session statistics; Trackers; Usage Data

    • TikTok conversion tracking

      Personal Data: device information; Trackers; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Usage Data

  • Collection of privacy-related preferences

    • iubenda Privacy Controls and Cookie Solution

      Personal Data: Trackers

  • Contacting the User

    • Contact form

      Personal Data: city; company name; country; county; date of birth; email address; fax number; field of activity; first name; gender; last name; number of employees; phone number; physical address; profession; state; User ID; various types of Data; website; ZIP/Postal code

    • Phone contact

      Personal Data: phone number

    • Mailing list or newsletter

      Personal Data: city; company name; country; county; date of birth; email address; first name; gender; last name; phone number; profession; state; Tracker; Usage Data; website; ZIP/Postal code

  • Content performance and features testing (A/B testing)

    • Google Optimize and Google Optimize 360

      Personal Data: Tracker; Usage Data

  • Displaying content from external platforms

    • Google Fonts and Font Awesome

      Personal Data: Trackers; Usage Data

    • Google Programmable Search Engine, Google Calendar widget, Google Maps widget, Google Programmable Search Engine with AdSense, Instagram widget, Mapbox widget, OpenStreetMap widget, Vimeo video, YouTube video widget and Issuu widget

      Personal Data: Tracker; Usage Data

    • Adobe Fonts and Adobe Edge Web Fonts

      Personal Data: Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    • Gravatar

      Personal Data: email address; Usage Data

    • YouTube IFrame Player and YouTube Data API

      Personal Data: Data communicated in order to use the Service; Data communicated while using the service; device information; Tracker; Usage Data; User ID

  • Handling payments

    • Google Pay, PayPal Payments Hub and PayPal

      Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    • PayPal Carrier Payments

      Personal Data: phone number; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    • Payments processed via the Google Play Store and Payments processed via the Apple App Store

      Personal Data: payment info

    • Payment by bank transfer

      Personal Data: company name; first name; last name; payment info; physical address

  • Handling productivity related activity

    • Gmail

      Personal Data: city; company name; country; Data communicated while using the service; email address; gender; geographic position; profession; Tracker; Usage Data

    • Google Workspace

      Personal Data: city; company name; country; Data communicated while using the service; device information; email address; gender; geographic position; phone number; profession; Tracker; Usage Data

    • Google Sheets

      Personal Data: city; company name; country; Data communicated while using the service; device information; email address; gender; geographic position; phone number; profession; Tracker; Usage Data; workplace; ZIP/Postal code

    • Google Docs

      Personal Data: city; company name; Data communicated while using the service; date of birth; device information; email address; gender; geographic position; phone number; profession; Tracker; Usage Data

  • Hosting and backend infrastructure

    • Google Cloud Storage

      Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

  • Interaction with data collection platforms and other third parties

    • Mailchimp widget

      Personal Data: email address; phone number; Tracker; Usage Data

  • Interaction with external social networks and platforms

    • Twitter Tweet button and social widgets, Facebook Like button and social widgets, LinkedIn button and social widgets and PayPal button and widgets

      Personal Data: Tracker; Usage Data

    • YouTube button and social widgets

      Personal Data: Usage Data

  • Interaction with live chat platforms

    • Facebook Messenger Customer Chat

      Personal Data: Data communicated while using the service; Tracker; Usage Data

  • Location-based interactions

    • Geolocation

      Personal Data: geographic position

  • Managing contacts and sending messages

    • HubSpot Email and Brevo email

      Personal Data: email address; Trackers; Usage Data

    • Constant Contact

      Personal Data: country; email address; gender; phone number; Tracker; Usage Data

    • Mailchimp

      Personal Data: company name; country; email address; gender; phone number; Tracker; Usage Data; various types of Data

  • Managing data collection and online surveys

    • Meta lead ads

      Personal Data: city; company name; country; Data communicated while using the service; email address; gender; phone number; profession; state; Tracker; Usage Data; ZIP/Postal code

    • Google Forms

      Personal Data: answers to questions; city; company name; contact info; country; Data communicated while using the service; date of birth; email address; first name; gender; language; phone number; profession; state; Trackers; Usage Data; ZIP/Postal code

  • Platform services and hosting

    • WordPress.com

      Personal Data: Data communicated while using the service; device information; email address; first name; phone number; Trackers; Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    • Webflow

      Personal Data: Trackers; Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

  • Registration and authentication provided directly by www.thevendorguide.com

    • Direct registration

      Personal Data: city; company name; country; county; date of birth; email address; field of activity; language; number of employees; phone number; state; Tracker; Usage Data; User ID; various types of Data; website; workplace; ZIP/Postal code

  • Remarketing and behavioral targeting

    • LinkedIn Website Retargeting, Twitter Remarketing, Remarketing with Google Analytics, Adobe Audience Manager, Facebook Remarketing, Google Ad Manager Audience Extension, Google Ads Remarketing, Google Signals, Perfect Audience and Quora Website Traffic Audience

      Personal Data: Tracker; Usage Data

    • Twitter Tailored Audiences and Meta Custom Audience

      Personal Data: email address; Tracker

    • AdRoll

      Personal Data: device information; purchase history; Tracker; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Usage Data; various types of Data

    • TikTok Remarketing

      Personal Data: device information; Trackers; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Usage Data

  • Social features

    • Public profile

      Personal Data: city; company name; country; county; date of birth; email address; first name; gender; geographic position; last name; phone number; picture; profession; state; username

  • SPAM protection

    • Google reCAPTCHA

      Personal Data: answers to questions; clicks; keypress events; motion sensor events; mouse movements; scroll position; touch events; Trackers; Usage Data

    • Akismet

      Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

  • Tag Management

    • Google Tag Manager and Adobe Launch

      Personal Data: Usage Data

    • Adobe DTM

      Personal Data: Trackers; Usage Data

  • Traffic optimization and distribution

    • Hummingbird

      Personal Data: device information; Tracker; Usage Data

    • Cloudflare

      Personal Data: Tracker; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    • Sucuri CloudProxy

      Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

  • User database management

    • HubSpot Lead Management

      Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    • HubSpot CRM

      Personal Data: email address; phone number; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    • Brevo marketing automation

      Personal Data: email address; Trackers; Usage Data

Information on opting out of interest-based advertising

In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services listed in this document, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section of the Cookie Policy.

Further information about the processing of Personal Data

• • Unique device identification

    Www.thevendorguide.com may track Users by storing a unique identifier of their device, for analytics purposes or for storing Users' preferences.

  • User identification via a universally unique identifier (UUID)

    Www.thevendorguide.com may track Users by storing a so-called universally unique identifier (or short UUID) for analytics purposes or for storing Users' preferences. This identifier is generated upon installation of this Application, it persists between Application launches and updates, but it is lost when the User deletes the Application. A reinstall generates a new UUID.

  • sessionStorage

    sessionStorage allows www.thevendorguide.com to store and access data right in the User's browser. Data in sessionStorage is deleted automatically when the session ends (in other words, when the browser tab is closed).

  • Push notifications for direct marketing

    Www.thevendorguide.com may send push notifications to the User for the purpose of direct marketing (to propose services and products provided by third parties or unrelated to the product or service provided by www.thevendorguide.com).

    Users may in most cases opt-out of receiving push notifications by visiting their device settings, such as the notification settings for mobile phones, and then changing those settings for www.thevendorguide.com or all of the apps on the particular device.

    Users must be aware that disabling push notifications may negatively affect the utility of www.thevendorguide.com.

    Besides applicable device settings, the User may also make use of the rights described under User rights in the relevant section of this privacy policy.

  • Push notifications based on the User's geographic location

    Www.thevendorguide.com may use the User's geographic location to send push notifications for the purposes outlined in this privacy policy.

    Users may in most cases opt-out of receiving push notifications by visiting their device settings, such as the notification settings for mobile phones, and then changing those settings for some or all of the apps on the particular device.

    Users must be aware that disabling push notifications may negatively affect the utility of www.thevendorguide.com.

  • Push notifications

    Www.thevendorguide.com may send push notifications to the User to achieve the purposes outlined in this privacy policy.

    Users may in most cases opt-out of receiving push notifications by visiting their device settings, such as the notification settings for mobile phones, and then change those settings for www.thevendorguide.com, some or all of the apps on the particular device.
    Users must be aware that disabling push notifications may negatively affect the utility of www.thevendorguide.com.

  • Preference Cookies

    Preference Cookies store the User preferences detected on www.thevendorguide.com in the local domain such as, for example, their timezone and region.

  • localStorage

    localStorage allows www.thevendorguide.com to store and access data right in the User's browser with no expiration date.

  • iubenda Cookie Solution (remote consent Cookie)

    Remote iubenda consent Cookie (_iub_cs-X) is set by the iubenda Cookie Solution and stores User preferences related to Trackers under the .iubenda.com domain.

  • iubenda CCPA Cookie (usprivacy)

    iubenda CCPA Cookie (usprivacy) is set by the iubenda Cookie Solution and stores California consumer opt-out choices in the local domain.

  • iubenda Consent Solution localStorage

    iubenda ConS JS library localStorage (IUB_DATA) temporarily stores pending data in a storage space internal to the User's browser (localStorage) until it's received by the API, then it is deleted.

  • We do not collect personal information about California consumers below the age of 16

    We do not knowingly collect personal information of consumers who are below the age of 16 nor do we sell or share it.

Contact information

• • Owner and Data Controller

    The Vendor Guide
    6500 N. Belt Line Rd.
    STE 100
    Irving, TX 75063

    Owner contact email: dnewman@vgvisuals.com