Privacy Policy

Website: CostaRicaBoard.com

Operator: Domin8 Commerce dba CostaRicaBoard (CRB)

Contact email: hello@costaricaboard.com

Mailing address: Domin8 Commerce LLC, 407 Lincoln Rd, Ste 6H, PMB 490, Miami Beach, FL 33139

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to exercise your privacy rights, contact us at hello@costaricaboard.com.

We collect information in the following categories:

A. Information you provide directly

We may collect information you submit to us, including: Name, Email address, Password or authentication credentials, Business name, Business contact details, WhatsApp number, Website URL, Phone number, Claim request information, Expat specialization or business profile text, Messages, inquiries, or support requests, and any other information you choose to provide through forms, account settings, or dashboard tools.

B. Account and business management information

If you create an account, claim a listing, upgrade a listing, or edit a business profile, we may collect and store information needed to: authenticate your account, link your account to a business listing, process your subscription or billing status, and display or update your public business profile.

C. Payment and billing information

If you purchase a paid product or subscription, payment processing is handled by our payment processor, Stripe. We do not store full payment card numbers on our servers. We may receive limited billing-related information such as: Stripe customer ID, Stripe subscription ID, payment status, plan or tier information, and billing event metadata needed to manage your subscription.

D. Information collected automatically (Log Files)

Like many other Web sites, CostaRicaBoard.com makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement around the site, and gather demographic information.

E. Business listing information

Our directory may contain business-related information such as business name, category, canton/location, public contact details, service details, and related listing data. Some of this information may be provided by business owners, our editorial team, public sources, or generated through platform workflows.

We use personal information for the following purposes: to operate, maintain, and improve the website and services; to create and manage user accounts; to process claim requests and link users to listings; to publish and manage business listing information; to process subscriptions, payments, and billing events; to provide customer support; to detect, prevent, and investigate fraud; and to analyze site performance.

CostaRicaBoard.com does use cookies to store information about visitors' preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user accesses or visits, and customize Web page content based on visitors' browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.

Google AdSense & DoubleClick DART Cookie:

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on CostaRicaBoard.com. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to CostaRicaBoard.com and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

We do not sell personal information. We may share information with Service Providers (hosting, authentication, database management), Payment Processors (Stripe), and in the event of Legal and business transfers (subpoenas, court orders, acquisitions). Please remember that business listing information intended for public display is not private and will be visible to search engines and visitors.

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the services and comply with legal obligations. We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information, though no method of transmission is completely secure.

Depending on where you live (such as California or the EU/EEA), you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict the processing of your data. To submit a privacy request, contact us at hello@costaricaboard.com.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date above.