Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 28, 2026

NPR Business & Services respects your privacy.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, when information may be displayed or shared, how private messaging and reporting are handled, and the choices available to you.

Our website address is: https://npr.digitaldesigncreations.com/

For privacy questions or requests, contact:

support@npr.digitaldesigncreations.com

  1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The information we collect depends on how you use NPR Business & Services.

We may collect the following types of information.

ACCOUNT AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION

When you create an account, we may collect:

  • First and last name
  • Username
  • Email address
  • Account credentials
  • Profile information
  • Profile image or avatar
  • Age group
  • Neighborhood
  • Street name
  • Parent or guardian permission acknowledgment, when applicable
  • Neighborhood residency confirmation
  • Community safety and messaging acknowledgment
  • Acceptance of our Terms and Conditions and other applicable policies
  • Other information you voluntarily add to your account

We ask users to provide only their street name for neighborhood membership purposes and not their house number.

Neighborhood and street-name information collected during registration is intended to help confirm membership eligibility and reduce spam, fake accounts, inappropriate listings or events, and misuse of community messaging.

Registration neighborhood and street-name information is not intended for public display.

We do not require users to submit government identification or other formal proof of residence as part of ordinary registration.

Please do not provide sensitive personal information that is not necessary to use the website.

  1. AGE INFORMATION AND MINORS

NPR Business & Services is a general neighborhood community website that may be used by both adults and teenagers.

Users are asked to identify their age group during registration.

Users under 13 may not independently create or manage an account.

Users between the ages of 13 and 17 may register only with the knowledge and permission of a parent or legal guardian.

We do not currently require users to provide their full date of birth as part of ordinary registration.

If we learn that an account was independently created by a child under 13, we may disable or remove the account and take reasonable steps regarding information associated with that account as required by applicable law.

A parent or legal guardian who believes a child under 13 has provided personal information to NPR Business & Services should contact us at:

support@npr.digitaldesigncreations.com

Parents and guardians may also contact us with questions or concerns regarding a minor’s account or use of the website.

Parents and guardians should supervise minors who use listings, comments, private messaging, service arrangements, or other community features.

  1. NEIGHBORHOOD MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

Registered membership is currently intended for residents of the neighborhoods served by NPR Business & Services, including:

  • Nelliefield
  • Peninsula
  • River Reach Pointe
  • River Club Estates
  • St. Thomas Point
  • Wando Pointe

During registration, we may collect:

  • The neighborhood selected by the user
  • The user’s street name
  • A confirmation that the residency information supplied is accurate

We use this information to help:

  • Determine membership eligibility
  • Reduce fake accounts
  • Reduce spam
  • Limit misuse of community features
  • Support the neighborhood-focused nature of the website
  • Investigate account or safety concerns when reasonably necessary

We do not intend to publicly display the street name supplied specifically for membership confirmation.

Users should not enter their house number in the registration Street Name field.

  1. BUSINESS AND SERVICE LISTING INFORMATION

When a user creates, edits, manages, or claims a Business or service listing, we may collect information such as:

  • Business or service name
  • Description
  • Categories
  • Contact person’s information
  • Phone number
  • Email address
  • Website address
  • Social media links
  • Service area
  • Business location or address
  • ZIP code
  • Map coordinates
  • Business hours
  • Images
  • Logos
  • Special offers
  • Other information submitted with the listing

Information intentionally submitted as part of a public Business listing may be displayed publicly.

Listing owners should only submit contact, address, photograph, and other information they are comfortable making publicly available unless the website specifically indicates that a field will remain private.

Users are responsible for having permission to submit information, photographs, logos, and other content associated with a Business or service listing.

  1. EVENT LISTING INFORMATION

When a user creates or manages an Event listing, we may collect information such as:

  • Event name
  • Event description
  • Event category
  • Event date and time
  • Recurrence information
  • Event address
  • ZIP code
  • Map coordinates
  • Contact phone number
  • Contact email address
  • Event website or registration link
  • Social media link
  • Images and photographs
  • Other event details entered by the user

Certain Event information may be made available only to registered members depending on how the website is configured.

Event organizers should not publish unnecessary personal information about themselves, attendees, or minors.

Users are responsible for having permission to publish an event address, contact information, photographs, and other submitted event information.

  1. PUBLIC PROFILES AND USER ACTIVITY

Some account or profile information may be visible to other members or website visitors depending on website settings.

Information connected to public activity may include:

  • Display name
  • Profile image or avatar
  • Business listings
  • Event listings
  • Business reviews
  • Ratings
  • Event comments
  • Replies
  • Other publicly submitted content

Do not place information in a public profile, listing, review, comment, or image that you do not want other people to see.

Neighborhood and street-name information collected specifically for registration verification is not intended for public profile display.

  1. REVIEWS, RATINGS, AND EVENT COMMENTS

NPR Business & Services may provide:

  • Business reviews
  • Business star ratings
  • Event comments
  • Event updates
  • Replies to comments or reviews

When you submit a review, rating, comment, or reply, we may collect:

  • Your account information
  • Name or display name
  • Email address when applicable
  • Review or comment text
  • Rating information
  • Uploaded images when permitted
  • Date and time
  • IP address
  • Browser or technical information used for security or spam prevention

Approved reviews, comments, ratings, profile images, and display names may be publicly visible.

Information may be used to:

  • Display the review or comment
  • Allow replies
  • Notify users of activity
  • Moderate inappropriate content
  • Prevent spam
  • Investigate reports or abuse
  • Enforce website policies
  1. PRIVATE MESSAGING

NPR Business & Services may provide private messaging between registered members.

When members use messaging, we may collect and store information necessary to provide the service, including:

  • Sender and recipient information
  • Message content
  • Message date and time
  • Conversation information
  • Attachments when permitted
  • Message status information
  • Technical information necessary to deliver and operate messaging

Private messages are not displayed publicly.

However, private messages should not be considered legally privileged or guaranteed confidential from website administrators in all circumstances.

Authorized administrators or moderators may access messages when reasonably necessary to:

  • Investigate a message that has been reported
  • Review surrounding conversation context connected to a report
  • Investigate harassment, threats, fraud, exploitation, or other abuse
  • Protect members, including minors
  • Enforce our Terms and Conditions or Community Guidelines
  • Respond to security or technical problems
  • Comply with applicable law or valid legal requests

We do not use private message content for unrelated public advertising or publication merely because the message was sent through the website.

  1. MESSAGE REPORTS AND USER BLOCKING

Members may be able to report inappropriate private messages or block another user.

When a message is reported, we may collect or retain information such as:

  • The reported message
  • The conversation associated with the message
  • The person or account that submitted the report
  • The account associated with the reported message
  • Date and time of the report
  • Report status
  • Information concerning moderation or administrative action

Administrators may review surrounding conversation context when investigating a reported message.

The identity of the person making a report is not intended to be disclosed to the reported user through the ordinary reporting process.

Report information may be retained for safety, moderation, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, legal compliance, or administrative recordkeeping.

A report record may remain available for administrative or safety purposes even if the underlying message is later removed.

Blocking another user may restrict future direct communication between the users through supported website features.

  1. REPORTING BUSINESS LISTINGS, EVENTS, OR OTHER CONTENT

The website may allow users to report:

  • Business listings
  • Service listings
  • Event listings
  • Reviews
  • Comments
  • Other inappropriate or inaccurate content

A report may include:

  • The reporting user’s information
  • The listing or content being reported
  • The selected reason for the report
  • Additional explanation supplied by the reporter
  • Date and time
  • Technical or account information associated with the report

We use reports to investigate possible:

  • Inaccurate or misleading information
  • Spam
  • Fraud
  • Harassment
  • Threats
  • Inappropriate or explicit content
  • Impersonation
  • Safety concerns
  • Concerns involving minors
  • Violations of our Terms, Listing Guidelines, or other rules

Submitting a report does not guarantee that content or an account will be removed.

  1. CONTACT FORMS AND SUPPORT REQUESTS

When you contact NPR Business & Services, we may collect:

  • Your name
  • Email address
  • Account information
  • IP address
  • Message content
  • Information you voluntarily provide
  • Attachments when permitted

We use this information to:

  • Respond to your request
  • Provide account or website support
  • Investigate a complaint or safety concern
  • Correct a listing or event
  • Address technical issues
  • Maintain appropriate administrative records

Contact and support information is not used for unrelated marketing unless you separately consent to receive marketing communications.

  1. EMAIL AND ACCOUNT COMMUNICATIONS

We may use your email address to send communications necessary to operate the website and your account, including:

  • Email activation
  • Account verification
  • Password resets
  • Security notices
  • Listing-related notices
  • Event-related notices
  • Message notifications
  • Comment or review notifications
  • Moderation notices
  • Policy or service updates
  • Responses to support requests

Marketing or promotional email, if used, may be subject to separate consent or unsubscribe options.

  1. ADDRESSES, LOCATION INFORMATION, AND MAPS

Business and Event listings may use mapping services such as Google Maps.

Depending on the listing or event, information may include:

  • Street address
  • ZIP code
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Map marker location

When an embedded map is loaded or used, the mapping provider may receive information such as:

  • IP address
  • Device information
  • Browser information
  • Map interactions
  • Location-related information

Third-party mapping providers process information according to their own privacy policies and terms.

Business owners who operate from a private residence should use available privacy options and should not publicly submit a residential address unless they are comfortable with the way it will be displayed.

Event organizers should consider carefully whether publishing a private residential address is appropriate.

Registration street-name information used for neighborhood membership confirmation is separate from public Business or Event address information and is not intended for public display.

  1. UPLOADED IMAGES AND MEDIA

Users may upload photographs, logos, profile images, Event images, Business images, and other permitted media.

Uploaded public media may be accessible to website visitors or registered members depending on where it is used.

Uploaded files can sometimes contain embedded information such as:

  • GPS coordinates
  • Device information
  • Date and time
  • Other metadata

Users should remove private or unnecessary metadata before uploading images.

Users must have permission to upload and publish any image, logo, photograph, or other media submitted to the website.

Users should use particular caution before uploading photographs or identifying information involving minors.

  1. DONATIONS AND PAYMENT INFORMATION

NPR Business & Services may accept voluntary donations or contributions through a third-party payment provider.

When you make a payment or donation, the payment provider may collect information such as:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Billing information
  • Payment method information
  • Transaction details

Payment information is processed according to the payment provider’s own privacy and security practices.

NPR Business & Services may receive information necessary to identify or record the donation or transaction, but we do not need to receive or store complete payment-card information when the payment provider processes that information directly.

Donations are voluntary unless otherwise clearly stated.

  1. TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND LOGS

When you visit or use the website, we or services supporting the website may automatically collect technical information such as:

  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Device type
  • Operating system
  • Referring page
  • Date and time
  • Pages requested
  • Login activity
  • Error information
  • Security events
  • Spam or abuse indicators

We may use technical information to:

  • Operate the website
  • Troubleshoot problems
  • Prevent unauthorized access
  • Detect spam, fraud, or abuse
  • Protect accounts
  • Maintain security
  • Improve website performance
  1. HOW WE USE INFORMATION

We may use information collected through NPR Business & Services to:

  • Create and manage user accounts
  • Confirm neighborhood membership eligibility
  • Apply age-related registration requirements
  • Operate Business and service listings
  • Operate Event listings
  • Display public content
  • Provide search and map functionality
  • Provide private messaging
  • Process reviews, ratings, comments, and replies
  • Process reports
  • Allow users to block other members
  • Respond to support requests
  • Send service-related notifications
  • Prevent spam, fraud, harassment, and abuse
  • Protect minors and other members
  • Enforce our Terms and Conditions and other policies
  • Secure and maintain the website
  • Diagnose technical problems
  • Comply with legal obligations

We do not sell personal information.

  1. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

NPR Business & Services may use cookies and similar technologies to:

  • Determine whether your browser accepts cookies
  • Keep you signed in
  • Maintain account sessions
  • Remember preferences
  • Store cookie-consent choices
  • Protect accounts and forms
  • Support security features
  • Support website functionality
  • Prevent spam or abuse
  • Analyze website activity when analytics are enabled
  • Support third-party features when permitted

Cookies may include categories such as:

  • Necessary cookies
  • Functional cookies
  • Analytical cookies
  • Advertising or marketing cookies when such services are used

Necessary cookies may be required for the website to function.

Where required or supported, non-essential cookies may be controlled through the website’s cookie-preference tool.

You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings.

Disabling cookies may prevent account login, saved preferences, maps, messaging, or other features from working correctly.

  1. EMBEDDED CONTENT AND EXTERNAL LINKS

Pages may contain:

  • Maps
  • Images
  • Videos
  • Social media content
  • Registration links
  • Business websites
  • Event websites
  • Other third-party content or links

Embedded content may behave as though you visited the third-party website directly.

Those providers may collect information, use cookies, or track interactions according to their own privacy policies.

NPR Business & Services does not control and is not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites or services.

  1. WHO WE SHARE INFORMATION WITH

We may share information only when reasonably necessary to operate, secure, or administer the website.

Recipients may include:

  • Users or visitors receiving information you intentionally publish
  • Members participating in messages, comments, reviews, or other interactions
  • Businesses or Event organizers receiving communications intended for them
  • Website hosting providers
  • Email-delivery providers
  • Mapping providers
  • Security and spam-prevention services
  • Backup and technical-service providers
  • Payment processors
  • Other service providers necessary to operate website features
  • Government authorities or other parties when required by law
  • Parties reasonably necessary to protect users, minors, legal rights, or website security
  • A successor organization if the website or its operations are transferred, subject to applicable privacy requirements

We do not share private registration street-name information publicly merely because a user has created an account.

  1. INFORMATION THAT IS PUBLIC

Some information is public or visible to other members by design.

This may include:

  • Display name
  • Profile image
  • Business listing information
  • Event listing information
  • Business contact information intentionally published
  • Event contact information intentionally published
  • Photographs and logos
  • Reviews
  • Ratings
  • Event comments
  • Replies
  • Other content submitted to a public portion of the website

Users should carefully review information before submitting it publicly.

Information posted publicly may be copied, saved, photographed, or shared by other people outside NPR Business & Services, and we cannot control what others do with information after they obtain it lawfully from a public page.

  1. HOW LONG WE RETAIN INFORMATION

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to operate NPR Business & Services, administer accounts, provide requested services, address safety concerns, maintain records, prevent fraud or abuse, resolve disputes, and comply with legal requirements.

In general:

  • Account and profile information may remain while an account exists.
  • Registration and membership information may remain while the account is active and for a reasonable administrative period afterward.
  • Business listing information may remain while a listing is active or retained for administrative purposes.
  • Event information may remain while an Event is active and may remain afterward as archived or administrative information.
  • Reviews, ratings, comments, and associated metadata may be retained unless removed.
  • Private messages may remain as part of conversation history unless deleted or otherwise removed under available website controls or administrative processes.
  • Message reports and moderation records may be retained for safety, dispute-resolution, fraud-prevention, or administrative purposes.
  • Contact and support messages may be retained as needed to respond and maintain appropriate records.
  • Security and technical logs may be retained for a reasonable period for troubleshooting, security, and abuse prevention.
  • Donation or transaction records may be retained for accounting, administrative, or legal purposes.

Some information may remain in backups for a limited period after deletion from the active website.

We may retain certain information after an account, listing, Event, message, or other content is removed when reasonably necessary for safety, fraud prevention, legal compliance, dispute resolution, or administrative recordkeeping.

  1. YOUR CHOICES AND PRIVACY RIGHTS

Depending on applicable law and the type of information involved, you may request to:

  • Access personal information we hold about you
  • Correct inaccurate information
  • Update account information
  • Receive an exported copy of information you provided
  • Delete your account
  • Request deletion of certain personal information
  • Correct or remove a Business listing
  • Correct or remove an Event listing
  • Withdraw consent when processing is based on consent
  • Change cookie preferences
  • Object to certain uses of your information when applicable

These rights do not necessarily require us to delete information that must reasonably be retained for:

  • Legal requirements
  • Security
  • Fraud prevention
  • Abuse prevention
  • Safety investigations
  • Dispute resolution
  • Administrative records
  • Protection of other users

Privacy requests may be sent to:

support@npr.digitaldesigncreations.com

We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.

  1. ACCOUNT DELETION

Users may request deletion of their account by using available account tools or contacting us.

Deleting an account may not automatically remove all information previously submitted.

For example:

  • Public comments or reviews may need to be deleted separately.
  • Business or Event listings may be retained, reassigned, anonymized, or removed depending on the circumstances.
  • Messages may remain in another participant’s conversation history.
  • Moderation or report records may be retained when reasonably necessary.
  • Information may remain temporarily in backups.
  • Certain records may be retained when required for security, legal, accounting, or administrative reasons.

We will handle deletion requests in accordance with applicable law and reasonable operational requirements.

  1. PROTECTING YOUR INFORMATION

We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards intended to protect website and account information.

Measures may include:

  • Encrypted website connections
  • Access controls
  • Login protections
  • Security monitoring
  • Spam protection
  • Software updates
  • Backups
  • Account verification
  • Moderation tools

No website, database, device, or internet transmission can be guaranteed completely secure.

Users are responsible for keeping their own account passwords and devices secure.

  1. PRIVACY AND SAFETY OF MINORS

NPR Business & Services is not directed toward children under 13, and children under 13 are not permitted to independently create or manage an account.

Teenagers ages 13 through 17 may use the website with the knowledge and permission of a parent or legal guardian.

Because minors may participate in the community, users should exercise additional care when communicating with or about minors.

Minors should avoid publicly posting unnecessary personal information such as:

  • Full home addresses
  • School information
  • Detailed daily schedules
  • Private phone numbers
  • Personal email addresses
  • Other information that could unnecessarily identify or locate them

Parents and guardians should supervise minors’ use of:

  • Private messaging
  • Comments
  • Listings
  • Service arrangements
  • In-person meetings
  • Other community interactions

If we obtain actual knowledge that a child under 13 has independently provided personal information through an account, we may restrict or remove the account and take appropriate steps regarding the information as required by applicable law.

Parents and guardians may contact us at:

support@npr.digitaldesigncreations.com

  1. SAFETY REPORTS AND LEGAL REQUESTS

We may preserve, access, or disclose information when we reasonably believe it is necessary to:

  • Investigate a safety report
  • Protect a child or other person from harm
  • Investigate threats, harassment, fraud, scams, or exploitation
  • Protect the security of the website
  • Enforce our Terms and Conditions
  • Respond to valid legal process
  • Comply with applicable law
  • Establish, exercise, or defend legal rights

If there is an immediate threat to someone’s safety, users should contact emergency services or appropriate law enforcement rather than relying only on website reporting tools.

  1. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy as:

  • Website features change
  • New community tools are added
  • Data practices change
  • Service providers change
  • Legal requirements change

The current version will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date.

Where appropriate, we may provide additional notice of significant changes.

  1. RELATED POLICIES

Use of NPR Business & Services is also governed by our:

  • Terms and Conditions
  • Listing Guidelines
  • Other safety, community, or website rules that may be posted from time to time

Users should review these policies before creating an account or submitting content.

  1. CONTACT US

For questions about this Privacy Policy, account information, privacy requests, corrections, account deletion, concerns involving a minor, or other privacy matters, contact:

support@npr.digitaldesigncreations.com

Powered by
Scroll to Top