Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.mochabizloudoun.com.
We are a group of African-American owned businesses. Our owners and/or our businesses are located in Loudoun County, Va.
Mocha Biz Loudoun is committed to protecting the privacy and personal information of our member businesses and other visitors to our web site. This statement applies with respect to the information that we collect from visitors to our web site (www.mochabizloudoun.com). This Data Protection and Privacy Policy statement applies to information we collect in order to process commercial transactions initiated by visitors on our web site. (including the purchasing or renewing of memberships online).
By your use of our web site, you signify your assent to this privacy policy. By your use of this web site following posted changes to this privacy policy, you signify your assent to those changes.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Visitor Information
Upon request, we provide site visitors with access to unique identifier information (e.g., membership number or username) that we maintain about them, transaction information (e.g., upcoming events that visitor is registered for), and contact information (e.g., name, address, phone number) that we maintain about them. This information is collected by Mocha Biz Loudoun when visitors submit business listings, register for our events, register to receive information from Mocha Biz Loudoun at our Web site or otherwise direct communications to us.
Visitors can access this information by sending us e-mail to info_at_mochabizloudoun.com.Visitors can also access some of this information through our Web site.
We do allow site visitors to either change or retrieve their lost passwords online.
Mocha Biz Loudoun is, in part, a networking organization that affords its members the opportunity to meet one another, build relationships, attend formal and informal networking and information-sharing opportunities, interact with potential clients and partners, and exchange technical, marketing and other information.
The staff of Mocha Biz Loudoun has access to all information collected from the directory members, including all information collected on this Web site. A visitor’s contact information, including e-mail, postal address, phone and fax numbers, will be used by Mocha Biz Loudoun to keep the membership and site visitors informed about events, activities, opportunities and news. This information might also be used by Mocha Biz Loudoun to contact visitors regarding their account status.
Information about the member businesses, including information collected on this Web site, is made available to the public in a limited number of ways. This includes presenting company names, company addresses, phone numbers, job titles, and other information about Mocha Biz Loudoun members in the online searchable membership directory. Publications may mention individual business members in a variety of contexts (e.g. list of new members, news, accomplishments, participation in Loudoun County activities).
Mocha Biz Loudoun does not sell, provide for free or otherwise distribute our members’ phone, fax or e-mail addresses in ways other than through the membership directory.
Contact information collected on this Web site from Mocha Biz Loudoun event registrants may be provided to event sponsors and speakers.
Visitor Tracking
For each visitor to our Web page, our Web server automatically recognizes that visitor’s domain name. We collect the domain names to collect information on the pages our visitors access. The information we collect is used exclusively for internal analysis and content improvement.
When a visitor to our Web site registers for an event, our server will collect and record that visitor’s IP address and domain name to validate, substantiate and authenticate that transaction. This information is then stored for archival purposes.
Data Accuracy
Mocha Biz Loudoun makes every effort to keep its business listing information current and accurate, however, please contact member businesses directly for the most current information.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
If you submit a contact form to register your business or to sign up for our mailing list, your information will be kept for a minimum of three years for customer service purposes.
Payments
We accept payments through PayPal. When processing payments, some of your data will be passed to PayPal, including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information.
Changes in our Data Protection and Privacy Policy
If the Privacy policies of Mocha Biz Loudoun or our business partners change at any time in the future, we will post the policy changes to our Web site. If you are concerned about how your information is used, please refer to our Web site periodically.