Privacy Policy
Who We Are and How to Contact Us
Muslim Myrtle Beach is a community directory connecting Muslim visitors and residents of the Myrtle Beach area with halal restaurants, mosques, Muslim-owned businesses, and family-friendly resources along the Grand Strand.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect the personal information of visitors and registered users of muslimmyrtlebeach.com (the “Site”).
Contact: [email protected]
What Information We Collect
We collect different types of information depending on how you use the Site:
- Information you give us directly, name, email address, and optional details when you create an account, submit a business listing, write a review, fill out a contact or advertiser inquiry form, or communicate with us.
- Business listing information, business name, address, phone number, website, photos, category, hours, and any other details you choose to include in a listing.
- Automatically collected information, IP address, browser type, pages visited, time spent, referral URLs, and similar usage data through server logs and analytics.
- Cookies and similar technologies, session tokens, preference settings, and security identifiers. See the Cookies section for details.
How We Collect Information
Information is collected through:
- Account registration and profile creation
- Business listing submission forms
- Review and rating submissions
- Contact, advertiser inquiry, and deal submission forms
- Automatic server-side logging of Site visits
- Cookies placed in your browser
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Operate and provide the Site, including displaying business listings, processing submitted reviews, managing user accounts, and responding to inquiries.
- Communicate with you, including sending transactional emails about your listing, account, or inquiries, and optional newsletters or announcements if you opt in.
- Moderate content, including verifying listings, reviewing user-submitted content for guideline compliance, and addressing reports of inappropriate content.
- Maintain security and integrity, including detecting and preventing spam, fraud, and misuse.
- Improve the Site, including analyzing usage patterns and testing new features.
- Comply with legal obligations, including recordkeeping for tax and accounting purposes.
Artificial Intelligence
Some of the writing on this Site was drafted with AI assistance and then reviewed and edited by a person before publishing. Where an image was generated by AI rather than photographed, it is labelled where it appears. A business listing should show the business, not an invention.
Your side is untouched. Nothing you submit is fed into an AI service. Not a listing, not a review, not a message, not an event entry. No automated system decides whether your listing is approved, how it is ranked, or what you are shown.
Paid Listings, and What Does Not Renew
Nothing on this Site charges you again automatically. A paid listing runs for the term you bought, a year or six months, and then it simply stops. We do not hold your card against a future charge and there is no subscription to cancel.
If we ever introduce listings that renew on their own, three things will be true from the first day it is offered: the price, the interval and the cancellation route will be shown at checkout before you pay, a reminder will arrive at least seven days before each renewal, and cancelling will be a link in your account rather than an email you have to write.
Public Content: Listings and Reviews
Muslim Myrtle Beach is a directory, its purpose is to publicly showcase businesses and community resources. Information submitted for a listing is intended for public display. Reviews, including display name, rating, and review text, are visible to all Site visitors.
We may edit or remove content that violates our guidelines and may retain a copy of removed content for legal, audit, or security purposes.
Data Retention
We retain personal information only as long as reasonably necessary to provide the services you requested, operate and improve the Site, meet legal obligations, and resolve disputes.
- User accounts and listings are retained while active. If you request deletion, we remove or anonymize your data except where required by law.
- Reviews remain visible while the listing is active, unless removed for policy reasons or by your approved request.
- Form submissions and communications are stored as long as needed to manage our relationship or meet legal requirements.
- Transaction records are kept for the period required by applicable tax and accounting law.
- Server logs are kept for a limited period to safeguard the Site and investigate incidents.
Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have the right to:
- Access the personal information we hold about you
- Correct inaccurate or incomplete information
- Request deletion of your personal information
- Object to or request restriction of certain processing
- Withdraw consent where we rely on it (such as for marketing emails)
- Unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time using the unsubscribe link or by contacting us
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected]. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling requests involving account changes or deletion.
Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or disclosure, including secure hosting, access controls, encryption in transit, and regular software maintenance.
No method of transmission or storage is completely secure. If we become aware of a data incident affecting your information, we will take appropriate steps consistent with applicable law.
Children’s Privacy
The Site is not directed to children under 16 (or the minimum age required by law in your region). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children without appropriate parental consent.
If you believe a child has provided us information without consent, contact us at [email protected] and we will take reasonable steps to delete such information.
International Data Transfers
The Site is operated from the United States. If you access the Site from outside the US, your information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States and other countries where our service providers operate.
We take steps to ensure such transfers comply with applicable laws and that your information remains protected as described in this Policy.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this Policy periodically.
Contact Us
Questions, concerns, or requests about this Privacy Policy or our use of your information:
Email: [email protected]
We are committed to handling your information responsibly and in a way that reflects both legal requirements and our ethical duty to this community.