Privacy Policy

1. Overview

This Privacy Policy explains how GEO Index — GEO Company Rankings (“we,” “us”) collects, uses, shares, and sells information when you use geocompanyrankings.com and related services (the “Site”).

We are a lead provider. We do sell information. When you submit contact or interest details through lead forms on the Site, we may sell, share, or transfer that information to companies and partners so they can contact you.

2. Information we collect

We may collect:

• Contact & lead details — name, email, phone, organization, what you are looking for, recipient preference, consent timestamp, marketing consent, and related notes you submit via “Compare GEO Companies,” claim forms, or similar flows
• Account information — email, display name, role (e.g. reviewer or vendor), and authentication-related data
• Reviews & claims — review text, ratings, websites you provide for verification, claim evidence, and ownership details you submit
• Usage & device data — pages viewed, referring URLs, approximate location from IP, browser type, and similar diagnostics or analytics
• Communications — messages you send us about support, claims, or disputes

3. How we use information

We use information to:

• Operate the directory, rankings, reviews, accounts, and moderation
• Generate, qualify, sell, and deliver leads to companies and partners
• Route or share inquiries so someone can follow up with you
• Send marketing or service messages when you consent or as otherwise allowed by law
• Improve the Site, prevent fraud/abuse, and comply with legal obligations

4. Selling and sharing leads

Lead information is a core part of our business. We may sell or otherwise disclose your name, email, phone, organization, interest, and related submission details to:

• The company whose listing you were viewing
• Other GEO or related service providers
• Partners, affiliates, or contractors who help us process or monetize leads

Recipient choice: “Contact this company only” limits the requested sharing to the listed company. “Compare up to three” permits us to sell or share the inquiry with no more than three matching GEO providers.

“Visit Company Website” is a direct external link to the listed company. It does not require or submit the comparison lead form.

5. Other sharing

We may also share information with:

• Service providers (hosting, email, analytics, security, payments if applicable)
• Moderators or staff operating accounts and queues
• Authorities when required by law or to protect rights and safety
• Successors in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale

Public reviews, rankings, and company profiles are visible to anyone on the internet and may be indexed or cited by search and AI systems.

6. Cookies and similar tech

We use cookies and similar technologies for sessions, preferences, security, and analytics. You can control cookies through your browser; some Site features may not work without them.

7. Retention

Pending evidence uploads are rejected after seven days and stale draft reviews are marked removed after 30 days by the current cleanup process. Other evidence records may carry a specific retention date. Lead, account, published review, dispute, audit, and operational records are retained while needed for the purposes above and applicable legal obligations.

8. Your choices

• Do not submit lead forms if you do not want your information sold or shared as described
• Use “Visit Company Website” when you only want to visit the listed company
• Decline optional marketing consent where offered
• Reply STOP to marketing texts where that mechanism is provided
• Contact us to request access, correction, or deletion where applicable law gives you those rights (we may need to verify your request and may retain some data as required)

Depending on your location (for example certain U.S. states), you may have rights to know, delete, correct, or opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information. To exercise those rights, contact us using the details below and include enough information for us to locate your records.

9. Children

The Site is not directed to children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

10. Security

We use reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect information, but no method of transmission or storage is fully secure.

11. International visitors

The Site is operated from the United States. If you access it from elsewhere, you understand information may be processed in the U.S. and other countries where our providers operate.

12. Changes

We may update this Policy by posting a new version here. Continued use of the Site after changes means you accept the updated Policy.

13. Contact

Submit access, correction, deletion, review, or profile requests through the applicable account and reporting tools linked from About. Related: Terms of Use.