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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: July 23, 2025

Welcome to Livonia Thrive! We're on a journey to connect communities and boost local business. We curate news articles to help you know what's going on in your local community, and to help you get to know your neighbors and neighbor businesses better. Additionally, we provide a listing of local news articles, events, and businesses so you can stay in the know about your community.

This Privacy Policy explains how Livonia Thrive ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, discloses, and protects your information when you visit and use our website, LivoniaThrive.com (the "Service"). By using our Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

1. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information to provide and improve our Service to you.

a. Information You Provide Directly

While engaging with our Service, you may provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. This may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address: For newsletters, updates, or contact purposes.
  • Name (First and Last): If you choose to provide it for personalization or communication.
  • Any other information you choose to provide: Such as when submitting inquiries, feedback, or community submissions.

b. Information Collected Automatically (Usage Data)

When you access or use our Service, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage patterns. This Usage Data may include:

  • Your computer's Internet Protocol (IP) address
  • Browser type and version
  • The pages of our Service that you visit
  • The time and date of your visit
  • The time spent on those pages
  • Unique device identifiers
  • Other diagnostic data

c. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

2. How We Use Your Information

Livonia Thrive uses the collected data for various purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service
  • To notify you about changes to our Service
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
  • To provide customer support
  • To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
  • To monitor the usage of our Service
  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues
  • To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information

3. Disclosure Of Your Information

We may share your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service, to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services, or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
  • For Business Transfers: If Livonia Thrive is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
  • For Legal Requirements: We may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
    • Comply with a legal obligation
    • Protect and defend the rights or property of Livonia Thrive
    • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
    • Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
    • Protect against legal liability
  • With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.

4. Your California Privacy Rights (CCPA / CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have the following rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA):

  • Right to Know. You may request a copy of the personal information we hold about you, including the categories of data collected, the purposes for which it is used, and the specific pieces of data we have collected about you.
  • Right to Delete. You may request that we delete your personal information. Certain data may be retained where required by law (for example, financial transaction records required for tax purposes are anonymized rather than deleted).
  • Right to Correct. You may request correction of inaccurate personal information. Most of your information can be updated directly in your account profile.
  • Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing. We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties for cross-context behavioral advertising.
  • Right to Non-Discrimination. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights.

To exercise your rights:

We will respond to verifiable requests within 45 days. If we need additional time (up to 90 days total), we will notify you in writing.

5. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide our services. Financial records (purchases, transaction history) are retained for 7 years as required by applicable tax law; upon account deletion these records are anonymized so they can no longer be linked back to you.

6. Security Of Your Information

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

7. Links To Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

8. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not intended for anyone under the age of 13 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children have provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from Children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

9. Changes To This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Effective Date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us: