1. Introduction
Welcome to MLMInfoPages.com ("Website," "we," "our," or "us"), operated from Calicut, Kerala, India. We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, store, and safeguard your information when you visit mlminfopages.com and use our services, including our MLM company directory, scam checker, community forum, blog, MLM software directory, and related features.
By accessing or using our Website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the Website immediately. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and forms part of our Terms and Conditions.
2. Information We Collect
2.1 Personal Information You Provide Directly
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you interact with our Website, including but not limited to:
- Account Registration: Full name, email address, and password
- Profile Information: Designation, profile picture, biography/description, social network links, company affiliation, and total income (for top earners)
- MLM Company Submissions: Company name, details, logos, and related business information
- Reviews and Ratings: Written reviews, star ratings, and associated metadata for MLM companies and software
- Forum Participation: Thread titles, post content, and discussion contributions
- Write For Us Submissions: Author name, email address, phone number, author bio, uploaded documents (PDF, DOCX), and featured images
- Contact Form: Name, email address, and message content
- Newsletter Subscription: Email address
2.2 Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our Website, we automatically collect certain technical and usage information through cookies, log files, and similar technologies:
- Device Information: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device type, and screen resolution
- Usage Data: Pages visited, time and date of visits, time spent on pages, click patterns, referring/exit URLs, and navigation paths
- Location Data: Approximate geographic location derived from your IP address
- Cookie Data: Session identifiers, authentication tokens, preference settings, and analytics identifiers
2.3 Information from Third-Party Sources
If you choose to register or log in using third-party social media accounts, we receive information from those platforms:
- Google: Name, email address, profile picture, and Google account ID
- Facebook: Name, email address, profile picture, and Facebook account ID
- LinkedIn: Name, email address, profile picture, and LinkedIn profile URL
The information we receive depends on your privacy settings with each social platform. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of Google, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
3. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)
For users in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, and other jurisdictions that require a legal basis for processing personal data, we rely on the following:
- Consent: Where you have given explicit consent for specific processing activities (e.g., newsletter subscription, cookie consent, social login)
- Contract Performance: Where processing is necessary to fulfill our obligations to you (e.g., account creation, providing platform services)
- Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as improving our services, ensuring security, preventing fraud, and analyzing usage patterns, provided these interests do not override your fundamental rights
- Legal Obligation: Where processing is required to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or legal proceedings
4. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- Account Management: To create and manage your user account, authenticate your identity, process registrations, and provide customer support
- Platform Services: To display MLM company listings, trust scores, scam level indicators, user reviews, forum discussions, blog content, MLM software comparisons, and network marketer profiles
- Communication: To send transactional emails (account verification, OTP codes, password resets), respond to inquiries, and deliver platform notifications
- Marketing Communications: To send newsletters, platform updates, and promotional content (with your consent, where required by law). You may opt out at any time
- Content Moderation: To review and approve user-submitted content including company listings, forum posts, reviews, software reviews, and guest articles to ensure compliance with our content guidelines
- Analytics and Improvement: To understand how users interact with our Website, identify trends, track company page views, measure content engagement, and improve our services
- Security and Fraud Prevention: To detect and prevent fraudulent activity, spam, abuse, and unauthorized access using tools including Google reCAPTCHA, rate limiting, and content filtering
- Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, and enforceable governmental requests
- Dispute Resolution: To resolve disputes, enforce our Terms and Conditions, and protect our legal rights
5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
5.1 Types of Cookies We Use
| Cookie Type |
Purpose |
Duration |
| Essential Cookies |
Session management, authentication (login), CSRF protection. These are strictly necessary for the Website to function. |
Session / 2 hours |
| Preference Cookies |
Remember your settings, language preferences, and display options. |
Up to 1 year |
| Analytics Cookies |
Google Analytics cookies (_ga, _gid, _gat) to analyze website traffic, user behavior, page views, and navigation patterns. |
Up to 2 years |
| Security Cookies |
Google reCAPTCHA cookies to distinguish human users from bots and prevent automated abuse. |
Up to 6 months |
5.2 Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics (Property ID: UA-222732219-1) to collect anonymized usage data. Google Analytics uses cookies to track and report on website traffic. The data collected is processed by Google in accordance with Google's Privacy Policy. You can learn more about how Google uses data at Google's Partner Sites page.
You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on.
5.3 Google reCAPTCHA
We use Google reCAPTCHA v3 to protect our forms (registration, contact, login, content submission) from spam and automated abuse. reCAPTCHA collects hardware and software information, such as device and application data, and sends it to Google for analysis. Your use of reCAPTCHA is subject to Google's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. MLMInfoPages.com acts as the data controller and Google acts as the data processor for reCAPTCHA data collected on this Website.
5.4 Managing Cookies
You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:
- View and delete existing cookies
- Block all cookies or only third-party cookies
- Set preferences for specific websites
Note: Disabling essential cookies may prevent you from logging in or using core Website features. Disabling analytics cookies will opt you out of anonymous usage tracking.
6. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.
We may share your information in the following limited circumstances:
- Publicly Visible Content: Information you choose to make public on the Website, including your profile name, designation, profile picture, description, reviews, forum posts, and company listings, is visible to all Website visitors. You should not share sensitive personal information in public areas.
- Service Providers: We share data with trusted third-party service providers who assist in operating our Website, including:
- Email delivery services (for transactional and notification emails)
- Google (Analytics, reCAPTCHA, social login)
- Hosting and infrastructure providers (AWS)
- Social login providers (Google, Facebook, LinkedIn)
These providers are contractually obligated to use your data only for the services they provide to us.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, subpoena, court order, or government request, or if we believe disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, bankruptcy, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your personal information may be transferred to the acquiring entity. We will notify you via email and/or a prominent notice on our Website of any change in ownership or use of your personal information.
- With Your Consent: We may share your information with third parties when you have given us explicit consent to do so.
7. Data Security
We implement commercially reasonable technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction, including:
- SSL/TLS encryption for all data transmitted between your browser and our servers
- Password hashing using industry-standard bcrypt algorithms (we never store plain-text passwords)
- CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) protection on all forms and state-changing requests
- Rate limiting on authentication endpoints (login, password reset, OTP verification) to prevent brute-force attacks
- Input sanitization using HTML Purifier to prevent XSS and injection attacks
- Abusive content filtering to detect and block harmful submissions
- Regular security updates and server patching
- Restricted administrative access with role-based permissions
Disclaimer: Despite our best efforts, no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of your data. In the event of a data breach that affects your personal information, we will notify affected users and relevant authorities as required by applicable law.
8. Data Retention
We retain your personal information based on the following criteria:
- Account Data: Retained for as long as your account is active. Upon account deletion request, we will delete or anonymize your personal data within 30 days, except where retention is required by law.
- User-Generated Content: Reviews, forum posts, and published articles may be retained and displayed in anonymized form even after account deletion, as they form part of the community knowledge base.
- Contact Form Submissions: Retained for up to 2 years for customer support and record-keeping purposes.
- Analytics Data: Google Analytics data is retained according to Google's data retention policies (default: 26 months).
- Log Files: Server access logs and security logs are retained for up to 12 months.
- Legal Requirements: We may retain certain data for longer periods where required by applicable law, regulation, or legal proceedings.
9. Your Privacy Rights
9.1 General Rights (All Users)
Regardless of your location, you have the following rights:
- Access: Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you
- Correction: Update or correct inaccurate personal information through your profile settings or by contacting us
- Deletion: Request deletion of your personal data, subject to legal retention obligations
- Opt-Out of Marketing: Unsubscribe from marketing and newsletter emails at any time using the unsubscribe link in emails or by contacting us
9.2 Rights for EEA/UK Users (GDPR)
If you are located in the European Economic Area or United Kingdom, you additionally have the right to:
- Data Portability: Request your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format (e.g., CSV or JSON)
- Restriction of Processing: Request that we limit the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances
- Object to Processing: Object to processing of your personal data based on our legitimate interests
- Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent, without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing
- Lodge a Complaint: File a complaint with your local Data Protection Authority if you believe your rights have been violated
9.3 Rights for California Residents (CCPA/CPRA)
If you are a California resident, you have the following rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA):
- Right to Know: Request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you
- Right to Delete: Request that we delete personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions
- Right to Correct: Request correction of inaccurate personal information
- Right to Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing: We do not sell or share your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. If this changes, we will provide a "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link
- Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights
9.4 Rights for Indian Residents (DPDP Act)
If you are a resident of India, you have rights under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act), including the right to access, correct, and erase your personal data, and the right to nominate a representative to exercise your rights.
9.5 Exercising Your Rights
To exercise any of your privacy rights, please contact us at . We will respond to verified requests within 30 days (or within the timeframe required by applicable law). We may ask you to verify your identity before processing your request.
10. Social Login and OAuth Data
When you use social login (Google, Facebook, or LinkedIn) to create an account or sign in:
- We receive only the information you authorize the social platform to share with us
- We store your social account ID to link your social profile to your MLMInfoPages account
- We do not post to your social media accounts or access your contacts without explicit permission
- You can revoke our access to your social media data at any time through the respective platform's settings:
11. Third-Party Links and Services
Our Website contains links to third-party websites, including MLM company websites, social media platforms, software vendor sites, and other external resources. These third-party sites have their own privacy policies, and we have no control over and assume no responsibility for their content, privacy practices, or data collection.
We strongly encourage you to review the privacy policy of every third-party site you visit. Clicking on a third-party link or interacting with third-party content is at your own risk. MLMInfoPages.com shall not be liable for any data collected by third parties through external links on our Website.
12. Children's Privacy
Our Website is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect, solicit, or maintain personal information from anyone under 18 years of age. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately at . If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under 18 without parental consent, we will take prompt steps to delete such information from our records.
13. International Data Transfers
Our Website is operated from servers located in India (AWS infrastructure). If you access our Website from outside India, please be aware that your personal information will be transferred to, stored, and processed in India.
Additionally, some of our third-party service providers (Google, social login platforms) may process data in the United States or other countries. By using our Website, you consent to the transfer of your information to countries that may have different data protection laws than your country of residence.
For users in the EEA/UK, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place for international data transfers, including reliance on standard contractual clauses or adequacy decisions where applicable.
14. Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers transmit "Do Not Track" (DNT) signals. Our Website does not currently respond to DNT signals as there is no industry-standard interpretation. However, you can manage tracking preferences through your browser's cookie settings and by using the Google Analytics opt-out tool referenced in Section 5.2.
15. Email Communications
We may send you the following types of emails:
- Transactional Emails: Account verification, password reset OTPs, email confirmation (you cannot opt out of these as they are essential to service delivery)
- Platform Notifications: Content approval notifications, review responses, and forum activity alerts
- Marketing Emails: Newsletter updates, platform announcements, and promotional content (you may opt out at any time)
To opt out of non-essential emails, use the "Unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any marketing email, or contact us directly.
16. Data Breach Notification
In the event of a personal data breach that is likely to result in a risk to your rights and freedoms, we will:
- Notify the relevant supervisory authority within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach (where required by GDPR or applicable law)
- Notify affected users without undue delay if the breach is likely to result in a high risk to their rights and freedoms
- Document the breach, its effects, and the remedial actions taken
- Take immediate steps to contain and mitigate the breach
17. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. For material changes that significantly affect your rights, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you via email or a prominent notice on our Website at least 15 days before the changes take effect.
Your continued use of the Website after any modifications to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated terms. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
18. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data handling practices, please contact us:
- Email:
- Address: Sahya Building, Govt Cyber Park Nellikode, 673016, Calicut, Kerala, India
We will respond to all legitimate inquiries within 30 days.