Welcome to BusinessesForSale.com's privacy notice.
BusinessesForSale.com is published by Dynamis. We respect your privacy and we are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy notice will tell you about how we look after your personal data when you visit any Dynamis website, including FranchiseSales.com, BusinessesForSale.com, PropertySales.com and FranchiseAVendre.fr and any other websites owned and operated by Dynamis (hereinafter collectively "Websites") (regardless of where you visit it from). It will also tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
Please also use the Glossary to understand the meaning of some of the terms used in this privacy notice.
In this privacy notice, "Data Protection Legislation" means the laws which govern the handling of "Personal Data". In the UK, these are the Data Protection Act 2018, the UK General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and any other national legislation that relates to data protection and privacy.
This privacy notice aims to give you information on how Dynamis collects and processes your personal data through your use of the Websites, including any data you may provide through the Websites when you sign up to buy or sell a business, franchise or commercial property, receive information in respect of potential buyers or sellers, or receive any other services provided by Dynamis.
This Website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.
It is important that you read this privacy notice together with any other privacy notice or fair processing notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy notice supplements the other notices and is not intended to override them.
"Dynamis" includes Dynamis Limited. For more information about these companies please see our Terms and Conditions. This privacy notice is issued on behalf of Dynamis. Where you provide personal data to Dynamis, Dynamis is the Data Controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as "Dynamis", "we", "us" or "our" in this privacy notice).
In cases where we receive your and your clients’ personal and business data, we are the Data Processor.
In the cases where we share your personal data with business, franchise, commercial property and other advertisers (i.e. when you fill out a form on our website), we act as the joint Data Controller.
"Personal Data", "Data Controller" and "Data Processor" have the meanings as defined in the Data Protection Legislation. Please see the Glossary for more information.
We have appointed a data privacy manager who is responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this privacy notice. If you have any questions about this privacy notice, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact the data privacy manager using the details set out below.
For the purposes of any privacy related enquiries, regardless of your location, please contact our data privacy manager: [email protected]
You can also write to us at Dynamis Limited, Dynamis House, 6-8 Sycamore Street, London, EC1Y 0SW.
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office ("ICO"), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.
This version was last updated in February 2024 and historic versions can be obtained by contacting us. It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.
The Websites may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our Website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.
Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).
We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:
We also collect, use and share "Aggregated Data" such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific Website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy notice.
We do not collect any "Special Categories of Personal Data" about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.
If you fail to provide personal data
Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with goods or services). In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us, but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.
We use different methods to collect data from and about you through:
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data other than if you want to use your social media credentials to register with us and in relation to sending you marketing communications via email and SMS. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by unsubscribing from our emails, updating your preferences in your account area (if you have one) or by contacting our customer services team or your account manager (if you have one).
We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.
Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data.
| Purpose/Activity | Type of data | Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest |
|---|---|---|
| To carry out identity checks of potential buyers and share the results with sellers and brokers |
(a) Identity (b) Contact |
(a) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to prevent fraudulent activities) |
| To send your enquiry on to a business seller, business broker, franchise, commercial property agent or other intermediary using our Websites to advertise their services |
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Profile (d) Usage |
(a) Performance of a contract with you |
| To register you as a new customer |
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Login Credentials |
(a) Performance of a contract with you |
| To advertise your business, set of businesses that you have been authorised to represent, franchise or commercial property for sale on the Websites and make them available to potential buyers, sellers, and business partners |
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Profile |
(a) Performance of a contract with you |
| To notify you of business opportunities that may be of interest to you |
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Profile (d) Marketing and Communications |
(a) Performance of a contract with you (b) Via marketing communications when you have given us explicit consent to do so or you have signed up for our email alerts services |
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To process and deliver our services including:
(a) Manage payments, fees and charges (b) Collect and recover money owed to us |
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Financial (d) Transaction (e) Marketing and Communications |
(a) Performance of a contract with you (b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to recover debts due to us) |
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To manage our relationship with you which will include:
(a) Notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy policy (b) Asking you to leave a review or take a survey |
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Profile (d) Marketing and Communications |
(a) Performance of a contract with you (b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation (c) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to keep our records updated and to study how customers use our services) |
| To enable you to partake in a prize draw, competition or complete a survey |
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Profile (d) Usage (e) Marketing and Communications |
(a) Performance of a contract with you (b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our services, to develop them and grow our business) |
| To administer and protect our business and the Websites (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data) |
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Profile (d) Usage (e) Technical (f) Login Credentials |
(a) Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a business reorganisation or group restructuring exercise) (b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation |
| To deliver relevant content on the Websites and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the services we provide to you |
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Profile (d) Usage (e) Marketing and Communications (f) Technical |
(a) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy) |
| To use data analytics to improve our Websites, services, marketing, customer relationships and experiences |
(a) Technical (b) Usage |
(a) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to define types of customers for our services, to keep our Websites updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy) |
| To make suggestions and recommendations to you about services that may be of interest to you |
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Technical (d) Usage (e) Profile |
(a) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to develop our services and grow our business) |
| To market our advertising products and services to you to win your business |
(a) Identity (b) Contact |
(a) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to grow our business and help you grow yours) |
| To provide an accurate valuation of your business (applicable to sole traders only) |
(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Financial (d) Transaction (e) Technical |
(a) Performance of a contract with you |
We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose.
If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.
We strive to provide you with choices regarding certain personal data uses, particularly around marketing and advertising.
You will receive marketing communications from us if you have provided your express consent, requested information from us or purchased services from us and, in each case, you have not withdrawn your consent for receiving that marketing.
We may use your Identity, Contact, Technical, Usage and Profile Data to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which services and offers may be relevant for you.
We will not share your personal data with any company outside Dynamis unless you have given us your express opt-in consent. This is not something we currently do or plan to do in the future.
We do however offer third party marketing services, which means from time to time we may email you about products, services or investment opportunities we feel may be of interest to you. We only do this if you have given us your explicit opt-in consent and you can withdraw this consent at any time.
You can ask us to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by unsubscribing from any of our emails or SMS messages, changing your communication preferences in your account (if you have one) or by contacting our customer services team.
Where you opt out of receiving these marketing messages, this will not apply to personal data provided to us in relation to your use of our services or other transactions.
This will also not apply to emails about your account or directly related to your use of the Websites, for example billing comms and receipts, service updates and account notifications.
You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of the Websites may become inaccessible or not function properly. For more information about the cookies we use, please see our cookie policy.
If you make an enquiry on a business, franchise or commercial property listed on our Websites, or if you use a contact form on our site to contact another type of intermediary, we will share the personal details you have provided with the intended recipient. We will also share with them the results of any identity verification checks which we have carried out. We will not share it with anyone else unless you ask us to do so.
We may also have to share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes set out in the table in paragraph 4 above.
We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
We share your personal data within Dynamis and this will involve transferring your data outside the UK and European Economic Area ("EEA").
As part of the delivery of the services we may also make your data available to sellers and advertisers who are located outside of the EEA, where you have asked us to do so.
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have also put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see "Request erasure" below for further information.
In some circumstances we may anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
For more information about how long we retain your data, please contact as provided in the "Contact Details" section above.
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data.
You have the right to:
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us.
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.\
Legitimate interest means the interest of our business in conducting and managing our business to enable us to give you the best service/product and the best and most secure experience. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law). You can obtain further information about how we assess our legitimate interests against any potential impact on you in respect of specific activities contact us as set out above.
Performance of contract means processing your data where it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract.
Comply with a legal or regulatory obligation means processing your personal data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation that we are subject to.
Controller means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
Processor means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.