How SellerInquiry collects, uses and shares information.

1. Scope and geographic focus

This Privacy Policy describes the practices of SellerInquiry.com, operating SellerInquiry.com (“SellerInquiry”).

SellerInquiry is intended for people in the United States who are acting in a business or professional capacity regarding a business principally located in Virginia or North Carolina. The business owner, officer or other authorized contact may live in another U.S. state. Privacy rights may depend on the individual's state of residence, not the location of the business.

We use one U.S.-wide privacy request process so an individual can ask for access, correction, deletion, marketing opt-out or limits on certain sharing without first having to determine whether a particular state statute applies.

2. Our role

SellerInquiry operates as a marketing, lead-generation, referral and opportunity-introduction service in the business sale and franchise ecosystem. We may analyze an inquiry and introduce an owner or prospect to independent business brokers, franchise professionals, buyers, lenders, advisors, service providers or other transaction participants when that is reasonably related to the requested opportunity.

SellerInquiry is not itself the final party to every transaction. Independent partners may have their own privacy notices, legal duties and record-retention requirements.

3. Information we collect

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:

• Contact information such as name, business email, telephone number and business affiliation.
• Business information such as company name, industry, location, approximate revenue range, transition timing and information you choose to include in an inquiry.
• Professional or commercial information obtained from public business records, company websites, professional directories, referrals or other lawful public sources used for business outreach.
• Communications with SellerInquiry and records of requested introductions, analysis or follow-up.
• Accessibility reports, including the page or feature, task, issue details and any optional contact or assistive-technology information you provide.
• Technical information ordinarily created by the website or hosting provider, such as IP address, user agent, request path, timestamps, security logs and session data.
• Privacy choices and suppression records needed to honor do-not-contact, deletion or sharing-limit requests.

Do not submit Social Security numbers, tax returns, bank or card credentials, customer lists, employee records, health information, government identification numbers or other highly sensitive personal information through the website.

4. Why we use information

We use information to respond to inquiries, evaluate whether an opportunity merits further discussion, perform business and franchise-related analysis, make requested introductions, investigate accessibility issues, maintain business relationships, conduct lawful business-to-business outreach, prevent misuse, maintain records, honor privacy choices and comply with legal obligations.

5. How we share information

We may disclose information to:

• Transaction and industry partners such as business brokers, franchise professionals, prospective buyers, lenders, consultants, accountants, attorneys or other specialists when an introduction or analysis is reasonably related to the opportunity.
• Lead notification services that route a concise summary of a newly accepted inquiry to the owner email configured for SellerInquiry. The full inquiry remains in authenticated administration and is not included in that email by default.
• Service providers that host the site, deliver privacy-request email, maintain systems or otherwise process information on our behalf.
• Professional advisors and authorities when reasonably necessary for legal, accounting, security, fraud-prevention or compliance purposes.
• Business successors in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization or transfer of all or part of the business, subject to applicable law.

We do not present personal information as a standalone consumer-data product. SellerInquiry may, however, receive referral, marketing or transaction-based compensation from business or franchise partners. Because some U.S. privacy laws define a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information broadly, you may use our privacy request process to opt out of future nonessential compensated sharing.

When you specifically ask us to evaluate an opportunity or make an introduction, information reasonably necessary to provide that requested service may still be shared for that purpose.

6. Marketing and outreach

SellerInquiry may contact business owners or business representatives using business contact information obtained directly, from referrals, or from lawful public sources. Commercial email is subject to federal marketing rules, including opt-out requirements. A marketing opt-out applies to future promotional outreach from SellerInquiry; it does not prevent a response to a new inquiry you initiate or communications reasonably necessary for an active requested transaction.

Stop SellerInquiry marketing contact.

7. U.S. privacy choices and state rights

U.S. privacy laws differ by state and some laws exclude information used in a business-to-business or commercial context. Other laws may cover business contacts when statutory thresholds are met. We therefore accept the following requests from U.S. individuals as a baseline, subject to verification, legal exceptions and the limits described below:

• Confirm whether we maintain personal information about you and request access to it.
• Correct inaccurate personal information.
• Request deletion of personal information under our control.
• Opt out of future marketing contact.
• Opt out of future nonessential compensated sharing of personal information.
• Appeal a privacy-request decision where applicable law provides an appeal right.

Marketing opt-outs submitted through the website are recorded immediately in the site suppression system after storage is verified. A deletion or sharing request is saved even if an individual suppression record cannot be confirmed; it remains open until an administrator can verify that record. Where applicable, we also treat a recognized Global Privacy Control signal as an opt-out of nonessential compensated sharing and marketing. The simple site does not use cross-context behavioral advertising trackers. A browser opt-out signal does not prevent information sharing that is reasonably necessary to provide an introduction or analysis you specifically requested.

We aim to acknowledge and substantively respond to other authenticated privacy requests within 45 days, or sooner when applicable law requires it. We do not charge for ordinary privacy requests.

Submit a request through Privacy Choices & Requests or contact the privacy request form.

8. Deletion, suppression and retention

When a valid deletion request applies, we delete personal information in SellerInquiry-controlled active systems unless retention is reasonably necessary for a legal obligation, security, fraud prevention, dispute, contract, transaction record, accounting requirement or other lawful exception. After required follow-up is complete, an authorized administrator can permanently delete the entire stored SellerInquiry lead record, including its contact and business details, inquiry, attribution, notes and submission metadata.

We may retain the minimum information necessary to keep a person suppressed from future marketing or nonessential compensated sharing. The simple website stores that suppression record as a keyed hash rather than retaining the email address in the suppression file.

Information already disclosed to an independent transaction or franchise partner may remain in that partner's systems. Where we have a legal or contractual obligation to relay a request to a processor, we will do so. Independent partners control their own records and may retain information when their legal, contractual, regulatory, fraud-prevention or active-transaction duties require it.

An opt-out or deletion request does not cancel, rescind or alter an existing contract, negotiation, due-diligence process or transaction involving independent parties. It also does not require deletion of records that applicable law permits or requires to be retained.

9. Website storage and hosting records

Submitted seller inquiries are screened automatically for misuse and stored in the SellerInquiry lead database. Some submissions may be held for administrator review; automated screening is not perfect and does not verify that every accepted contact owns a business. For an accepted inquiry, the owner email configured for SellerInquiry receives a concise contact and business summary with a secure administration link. The full inquiry message is not included by default. Accessibility issue reports are emailed to the address configured for privacy requests so the owner can investigate; they are not stored in the seller lead database or privacy-request queue. The database configuration, notification state, privacy-request records and hashed suppression records are kept in the private server area outside the public web root. The website does not send inquiries to a CRM, outside lead buyer or referral partner by email. The hosting provider may retain ordinary server, security and backup logs according to its own retention practices.

10. Security

We use reasonable administrative and technical measures appropriate for the information handled by this site, including keeping application configuration and privacy records outside the public web root. No website, email system or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

11. Children

SellerInquiry is a business service intended for adults. It is not directed to children under 13, and the inquiry service is intended for people age 18 or older who are authorized to discuss the relevant business.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when our practices, partners, technology or legal obligations change. The effective date at the top of this page identifies the current version.

13. Contact

For privacy questions, use Privacy Choices & Requests or contact the privacy request form.