Effective Date: July 7, 2025
Welcome to encinitasdirectory.com (the “Website”), operated by Encinitas Directory (“we,” “us,” or “our”). This document combines our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, governing your access to and use of the Website, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through the Website.
By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by these policies and terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Website.
Privacy Policy
1. Information We Collect
We collect various types of information to provide and improve our services to you.
Information You Provide Directly: When you contact us via email (e.g., admin@encinitasdirectory.com) or through any feedback forms, we collect the information you provide, such as your name, email address, and the content of your message.
Information Collected Automatically: We automatically collect information about your interactions with our website, such as the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the links you click, and other usage statistics. We may also collect information about the device you use to access our website, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, and unique device identifiers. We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to track activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are small data files stored on your device. 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. Additionally, we obtain business listing information, including names, addresses, phone numbers, and other public details, from third-party sources like the Google Places API. This information is publicly available and used to populate our directory.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes. These include: to provide and maintain the directory, operating, maintaining, and improving the functionality of encinitasdirectory.com, including displaying business listings sourced from third-party APIs and community information. We also use it to personalize your experience, understanding how our users as a group use the services and resources provided on our site and to personalize the user experience. We use feedback you provide to improve our website, products, and services. For communication, we use it to respond to your inquiries, send you administrative notifications, and provide updates related to the directory. For analytics and research, we use tools like Google Analytics to collect, monitor, and analyze usage and trends to improve the directory’s content, features, and functionality. This data helps us understand user behavior and optimize our site. For AI-assisted content generation, as noted in our site disclaimer, some descriptions on Encinitas Directory are generated with the assistance of AI, drawing from publicly available reviews and information. This process uses collected public data to create helpful and relevant content for our users. For advertising (future consideration), we may, in the future, use services like Google AdSense to display advertisements. This may involve collecting data through cookies and other tracking technologies to serve personalized ads based on your interests and interactions with our site and other websites. Finally, to ensure security, we use information to detect, prevent, and address technical issues and protect against fraudulent or illegal activity.
3. How We Share Your Information
We may share your information in the following situations: with your consent, we may disclose your personal information for any purpose with your consent. For business listings (public information), information displayed for business listings (e.g., business name, address, phone number, website, description), which is primarily sourced from public third-party APIs, is intended for public display on the directory. With service providers, we may share your information with third-party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who perform services for us or on our behalf (e.g., website hosting, analytics providers like Google Analytics, and potentially advertising partners like Google AdSense in the future). These service providers are only granted access to the information necessary to perform their functions and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose. For legal requirements, we may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency). For business transfers, this may occur in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company. Lastly, for aggregated or de-identified information, we may share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you with third parties for various purposes, including analytics, research, and marketing.
4. Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, please be aware that no security system is impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.
5. Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not operated by us. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. This also applies to services like Google Places API, Google Analytics, and potentially Google AdSense, whose data practices are governed by their respective privacy policies.
6. Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for use by children under the age of 13. 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 child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
7. 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 and updating the “Effective Date” at the top. 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.
8. Contact Us (Privacy)
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at: admin@encinitasdirectory.com
Terms of Service
1. Acceptance of Terms
By using our Website, you affirm that you are of legal age to form a binding contract and that you agree to comply with these Terms and all applicable laws and regulations.
2. Changes to Terms
We reserve the right to modify or revise these Terms at any time, in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes.
3. Accessing the Website
We reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Website, and any service or material we provide on the Website, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
4. User Conduct
You agree to use the Website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You agree not to use the Website in any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation. You also agree not to engage in any conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm Encinitas Directory or users of the Website. Furthermore, you agree not to use the Website to transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material without our prior written consent, including any “junk mail,” “chain letter,” “spam,” or any other similar solicitation. You must not impersonate or attempt to impersonate Encinitas Directory, an Encinitas Directory employee, another user, or any other person or entity. Finally, you agree not to upload, post, transmit, or otherwise make available any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable.
5. User-Submitted Content
While the Website does not currently support user accounts or direct content submissions from general users for business listings, if we implement features allowing users to post, link, store, share, and otherwise make available certain information, text, graphics, videos, or other material (“User Content”), you are solely responsible for the User Content that you post on or through the Website. You represent and warrant that any User Content you submit is accurate, truthful, and not misleading. By submitting User Content, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such User Content throughout the world in any media. We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to monitor, edit, or remove any User Content at our sole discretion.
6. AI-Generated Content
Please note that some descriptions and content on Encinitas Directory are generated with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence (AI), drawing from publicly available reviews and information. While we strive for accuracy, AI-generated content may not always be perfect or fully up-to-date. We encourage users to verify critical information independently.
7. Third-Party Data and Services
Our Website utilizes data from third-party sources, such as the Google Places API, to populate business listings. We also use services like Google Analytics for website analytics and may integrate advertising services like Google AdSense in the future. Your use of the Website is also subject to the terms and privacy policies of these third-party services.
8. Intellectual Property Rights
The Website and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof) are owned by Encinitas Directory, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. These Terms permit you to use the Website for your personal, non-commercial use only.
9. Disclaimer of Warranties
The Website is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied. Neither Encinitas Directory nor any person associated with Encinitas Directory makes any warranty or representation with respect to the completeness, security, reliability, quality, accuracy, or availability of the Website. Without limiting the foregoing, neither Encinitas Directory nor anyone associated with Encinitas Directory represents or warrants that the Website, its content, or any services or items obtained through the Website will be accurate, reliable, error-free, or uninterrupted, that defects will be corrected, that our Website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components, or that the Website or any services or items obtained through the Website will otherwise meet your needs or expectations.
10. Limitation of Liability
In no event will Encinitas Directory, its affiliates, or their licensors, service providers, employees, agents, officers, or directors be liable for damages of any kind, under any legal theory, arising out of or in connection with your use, or inability to use, the Website, any websites linked to it, any content on the Website or such other websites, including any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to, personal injury, pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of revenue, loss of profits, loss of business or anticipated savings, loss of use, loss of goodwill, loss of data, and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract, or otherwise, even if foreseeable.
11. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Encinitas Directory, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms or your use of the Website, including, but not limited to, your User Content, any use of the Website’s content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms, or your use of any information obtained from the Website.
12. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
All matters relating to the Website and these Terms, and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule. Any legal suit, action, or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms or the Website shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of California, in each case located in the County of San Diego, although we retain the right to bring any suit, action, or proceeding against you for breach of these Terms in your country of residence or any other relevant country. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.
13. Entire Agreement
The Terms constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and Encinitas Directory regarding the Website and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, regarding the Website.
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15. Contact Information (Terms)
If you have any questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us by email at: admin@encinitasdirectory.com