Privacy Policy
1. Information we collect
BodyShopRate.com may collect information that you voluntarily submit through forms on the website, including shop name, shop address, city, state, ZIP code, phone number, email address, labor rate information, effective date, and related submission details.
We may also collect basic technical information automatically through normal server logs, such as IP address, browser type, device information, referring pages, pages visited, and timestamps. This information is used for security, troubleshooting, abuse prevention, and site improvement.
2. How we use submitted information
Submitted shop information is used to review, verify, and evaluate market labor rate submissions. Approved submissions may be included in aggregated market averages, confidence indicators, freshness indicators, and related market intelligence displayed on BodyShopRate.com.
Public search results are intended to show aggregated market-level information. Individual shop contact details and shop-specific rate submissions are not displayed in public search results at this time.
3. Aggregated market data
BodyShopRate.com may use approved submissions to calculate ZIP code, nearby market, regional, statewide, and national benchmark averages. These calculations may include confidence labels, submission counts, and last-updated information.
4. Cookies and similar technologies
BodyShopRate.com may use cookies, server logs, analytics tools, advertising technologies, or similar technologies to operate the site, improve performance, understand site usage, prevent abuse, and support advertising if advertising is added in the future.
5. Google advertising and third-party vendors
If BodyShopRate.com displays Google AdSense or other third-party advertising, third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on visits to BodyShopRate.com and/or other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Users may also opt out of certain third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
6. Third-party services
We may use third-party service providers for hosting, security, analytics, advertising, email, or data processing. These providers may process information as needed to provide services to BodyShopRate.com.
7. Data sharing
We do not sell shop submission details as individual shop-specific public rate listings. We may use submitted information internally for verification, quality control, research, analytics, and aggregated market reporting.
We may disclose information if required by law, legal process, security needs, fraud prevention, protection of rights, or to operate and protect the website.
8. Data retention
We may retain submitted information for as long as reasonably necessary to operate BodyShopRate.com, preserve historical market intelligence, review submissions, prevent abuse, satisfy legal obligations, or improve data quality.
Older rate submissions may be excluded from current market averages while still being retained for historical or audit purposes.
9. Data accuracy
Users submitting information are responsible for providing accurate, current, and authorized information. BodyShopRate.com may review, approve, reject, flag, modify, or remove submissions at its discretion.
10. Your choices
If you submitted information and would like to request a correction, update, or removal, contact us through the contact page. We may need to verify your identity or authority to act on behalf of a shop before making changes.
11. Children’s privacy
BodyShopRate.com is intended for business and industry use and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
12. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.
13. Contact
Questions about this Privacy Policy may be sent through the Contact page.