Privacy Policy
Effective Date: April 26, 2024
SBA Communications Corporation, including its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, "SBA," "we," or "us") is
committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online
experience. This Privacy Policy (the "Privacy Policy") explains how SBA collects and uses information about you. It
applies to the collection of data through the SBA Website and any other website that links to this Privacy Policy
(the “Website” or “Site”), as well as to offline data collection.
Please note that if you are visually impaired, you may access this notice through your browser’s audio reader.
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1. Applicability
This Privacy Policy is a statement of how information about you is collected, used and potentially shared by SBA.
Specifically, this Privacy Policy will tell you:
- what Personal Information we collect;
- what are your choices as to your Personal Information;
- how we use your Personal Information and with whom we share it;
- your consent with respect to the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information;
- how you may access your personal information for review and update;
- how we retain and dispose of your personal information; and
- how we protect your Personal Information.
Personal Information is any information that directly and indirectly identifies an individual user or that could be
reasonably linked to a particular person, computer, or device (“Personal Information”). This information includes,
but is not limited to: (i) your name; (ii) mailing address; (iii) telephone number; (iv) financial account
information; (v) social security number; (vi) email address; and (vii) other, similar information.
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2. Changes
SBA reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time in its sole discretion. If we do, we will update the
“effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy and make sure to notify you about any material changes either by
displaying a prominent notice on top of the SBA Website or emailing you directly. Changes, revisions or deletions
with regard to this Privacy Policy shall be effective immediately upon their inclusion in, or deletion from, this
Privacy Policy and the posting of the same in this Privacy Policy on the Website.
You are encouraged to revisit this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to review any changes that have been
made. Your continued access and use of the Website following the posting of any such changes shall
indicate your acceptance of the same.
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3. Purposes and Uses of Your Personal Information
We generally use your Personal Information for the following purposes:
- as required by law;
- as necessary for the performance of a contract with you, and our business partners in order to run our Website;
- to handle contact and user support requests submitted via forms on our Website or email;
- to improve our services and the Website;
- to conduct marketing campaigns;
- to ensure security or our Website; and
- with your explicit and informed consent.
We will only use your Personal Information for the purposes for which it was originally collected. If we need to use
your Personal Information for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which
allows us to do so. Please note that, where permitted by law, we may process your Personal Information without your
knowledge or consent if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to comply with applicable laws.
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4. Types of Personal Information Collected & Purposes of Collection
We will only collect Personal Information about you that is adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary.
SBA Customer Account Setup. When you sign up for an account with us, we ask for and collect Personal
Information such as your name, valid email address, physical address, phone number and online identifiers. We also
collect payment details to facilitate our customer billing process. In some cases, and in some jurisdictions, we may
also collect your government identification number (e.g., social security number, driver’s license number, passport
number or similar government identifier), utility provider details, and information about tenancy or other
agreements regarding real estate or property to which you may be a party. We use this information to provide you
with account related functionalities. Accounts can be used to manage your SBA services. Providing this information
is required to create an account and use our services. We may not be able to create your account or provide you with
our services if you do not provide this information.
Website Forms. If you express an interest in receiving information about our services by using any
of the forms on our Website, we collect the information that you enter on the forms. We collect this information to
respond to and communicate with you about your requests. Providing this information is voluntary.
Support Request Information. We keep your Personal Information associated with customer support
requests and inquiries to keep track who has handled your issue and whether and how it was resolved.
Automated Information. We automatically receive and record information from your browser about
devices you use to access our Website. This includes things like IP addresses, the type of browser and device you
use, your language settings, the webpage you visited before coming to our sites, and identifiers associated with
your devices. We use “cookies” and various other tracking technologies (e.g., cookies and beacons) to collect and
store information about your use of our Website, your interactions with content on our Website, and your
interactions with our online advertising efforts. We use these tools to ensure that you receive a personalized
experience, and to keep your account safe. Please refer to the Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies section of
this Privacy Policy for more information.
Employment Information.If you apply for a job posting, or become an employee, we collect information
necessary to process your application or to retain you as an employee. Depending on the jurisdiction in which you
and/or the position you are applying for are located, this may include your contact information, nationality,
government identification number (such as your Social Security Number or equivalent government identifier),
demographic information, information about your education, medical, financial, criminal history, employment history,
training records and other information that may be required to facilitate our evaluation of your application for
employment. Providing this information is generally required for processing your application. We use information
about applicants and current employees to perform our contract of employment, or the anticipation of a contract of
employment with you. In some contexts, we are also required by law to collect information about our employees. We
also use your information for the purpose of efficient staffing and work force operations.
Business Contact Information.If you or your employer correspond with us regarding a business
opportunity or enter into a business relationship with us, we collect information necessary to facilitate that
correspondence and/or relationship, such as your name, contact information and job title. We also may collect
payment information, credit card or corporate credit card number, billing address, invoicing information, and other
payment details. We use this information to negotiate or perform service agreements or other contracts.
In addition to the information that we collect from you directly, we may also receive information about you from
other sources, including third parties, business partners, our affiliates, or publicly available sources.
Vendor Onboarding. When we engage vendors to provide services and sign up for an account with us, we
ask for and collect Personal Information such as your contact names, valid email address, physical address, phone
number and online identifiers to conduct the onboarding process. We also collect tax and banking information to
facilitate the payment process. In some cases, and in some jurisdictions, we may also collect government
identification numbers (e.g., tax-identification number, social security number, driver's license number, passport
number or similar government identifier). We use this information to manage our contractual relationships with our
vendors.
In addition to the information that we collect from you directly, we may also receive information about you from
other sources, including third parties, business partners, our affiliates, or publicly available sources.
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5. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
We use common tracking technologies, such as email tracking, log files, web beacons, and cookies to automatically
collect information about you, which may contain Personal Information. This information is used to analyze how our
Website is used, to guarantee security of our Website and to improve our services.
Log Files. Either directly, or through our hosting service provider, we may automatically
receive and record information from your Internet browser, including your IP address (the Internet address of your
PC), your computer’s name, the type and version of your web browser, referrer addresses, where the computer is
routing from and other generally-accepted log information. We may also record page views (hit counts) and other
general statistical and tracking information that will be aggregated with information about other users in order to
understand how our Website is being used, and for security and monitoring purposes.
Email Tracking. We may send emails that use a “click-through URL” linked to content on our
Website. When you click one of these URLs, you pass through our web server before arriving at a destination webpage.
We track this click-through information to help determine interest in particular topics and measure the
effectiveness of our communications. If you prefer not to be tracked simply do not click text or graphic links in
the email, or notify us in as set forth below (Changing or Removing Information; Opting Out).
Web beacons. We may track your navigation of our websites through beaconing as a means to track your
web traffic patterns. We may also track this activity in connection with third party traffic monitoring and
services, which may also be used in connection with cookies to gain understanding of web activity and
behaviors.
Cookies. As mentioned above, SBA utilizes “cookies” to track and store information
about Website users. “Cookies” are alphanumeric
identifiers in the form of text files that are inserted and stored on your hard drive. Cookies track your personal
preferences and activities. If you do not want cookies to be inserted into your hard drive, you can disable its
ability to accept and receive cookies through your web browser. However, keep in mind that if you disable your hard
drive’s ability to accept and receive cookies, you may not be able to fully utilize all of the convenience and
additional features of the Website. SBA uses cookies
on its Website for the following purposes: to serve
you better by remembering your user preferences; to improve our Website; to make our Website function properly;
and to provide a secure browsing experience during your use of our Website.
We use the following types of cookies on our Website:
Strictly Necessary Cookies. These cookies are essential because they enable you to move around our
Website and access its secure areas. Without these cookies, some functionalities on the Website will not work
properly. These cookies do not gather information about you for marketing purposes. This category of cookies is
essential for our Website to work and they cannot be disabled.
Functional Cookies. We use functional cookies to remember your choices so we can tailor our Website
to provide you with enhanced features and personalized content. For example, these cookies can be used to remember
your name or preferences on our Website. We do not use functional cookies to target you with online marketing. While
these cookies can be disabled, this may result in less functionality during your use of our Website.
Performance or Analytic Cookies. These cookies collect anonymous passive information about how you
use our Website, including webpages you visit, and links you click. We use the information collected by such cookies
to improve and optimize our Website. We do not use these cookies to target you with online marketing. You can
disable these cookies.
Third-Party Cookies. We participate in behavior-based advertising, this means that a third party
uses cookies to collect information about your use of our website so that they can provide advertising about
products and services tailored to your interests on our website, or on other websites.
Your Choices
Your browser may provide you with the option to refuse some or all browser cookies. You may also be able to remove
cookies from your browser. You can exercise your preferences in relation to cookies served on our Site by taking the
steps outlined below.
First-Party Cookies. You can use the browser with which you are viewing this Site to enable, disable
or delete cookies. To do this, follow the instructions provided by your browser (usually located within the “Help”,
“Tools” or “Edit” settings). Please note, if you set your browser to disable cookies, you may not be able to access
secure areas of the Site. Also, if you disable cookies other parts of the Services may not work properly. You can
find more information about how to change your browser cookie settings at http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
Third-Party Cookies. To opt-out of third-party advertising networks and similar entities that
use advertising cookies go to http://www.aboutads.info/choices. Once you click
the link you may choose to opt-out of such advertising from all participating advertising companies or only
advertising provided by specific advertising entities. For more information about third-party advertising networks
and similar entities that use these technologies, please see http://www.aboutads.info/consumers.
We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However,
these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way.
In addition, most web browsers provide help pages relating to setting cookie preferences. More information may be
found for the following browsers here:
Do Not Track. Some Internet browsers, such as Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari,
include the ability to transmit “Do Not Track” or “DNT” signals (ex. Chrome Incognito). Since uniform standards for
“DNT" signals have not been adopted, our Site does not currently process or respond to “DNT” signals.
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6. Sharing Personal Information with Third Parties
If we have collected Personal Information from you, we will not disclose your Personal Information to third parties
without your consent, except in the following circumstances:
Business Partners. We employ other companies to perform functions on our behalf, such as maintaining
the Website, collecting information, sending and responding to electronic mail and other functions necessary to
support SBA, the Website and the products and services that we offer. We will provide our business partners with
only that Personal Information necessary to perform their functions and instruct them not to use your information
for any purpose inconsistent with this Privacy Policy. We require the companies we work with agree contractually to
comply with privacy laws and to maintain protections for Personal Information consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Questions of Harm. We may disclose your Personal Information on a case-by-case basis to attorneys,
private investigation organizations, or law enforcement agencies if we believe that you are: (i) in risk of harm
from another; (ii) harming or interfering (or will harm or interfere) with others; or (iii) violating (either
intentionally or unintentionally) our Terms of Use or other legal obligations.
Within Our Corporate Organization. We may share your personal information with our subsidiaries and
affiliates in order to provide you with the Site or services and take actions based on your request, as well as for
the purpose of management and analysis. For example, we may share your information with our subsidiaries and
affiliated companies to administer our loyalty programs, process orders and requests, and expand and promote our
Site and services.
Legal. We will reveal Personal Information about you to the extent we reasonably believe we are
required to do so by law. If we receive legal process calling for the disclosure of your Personal Information, we
may attempt to notify you via the contact information you provided (if any) within a reasonable time before we
respond to the request, unless such notification is not permitted. In addition, we may share your Personal
Information with third parties as otherwise permitted by law in order, for example, to protect against fraud, the
confidentiality or security of our business records or to comply with applicable legal requirements.
Transfer of Ownership. We shall be entitled to transfer Personal Information to a third party in
connection with a sale or merger of a Website or a business unit. If we transfer your Personal Information, we will
do so under this Privacy Policy, provided the acquiring third party has agreed to safeguard your Personal
Information with protections that in all material respects are the same as or more protective than those set out in
this Privacy Policy.
Consent. We may disclose your personal information for any purpose with your consent.
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7. Your Choices and Rights Regarding Personal Information
We give our users appropriate control over their Personal Information. You can contact us to change or update
discretionary information that you have previously submitted. See Contact Us section below for our contact
information.
If we send you bulletins, updates, surveys or other communications that are marketing-related materials, we will
provide you with the ability to decline – or “opt-out of” – receiving such communications. Instructions for
opting-out will be provided if and when we determine to send you such a communication. Please understand that you
will not be allowed to “opt-out of” formal notices concerning operation of this Website, and legal and other related
notices concerning your relationship to the Site.
Additional Rights for Individuals Located in Certain Jurisdictions
In some circumstances and jurisdictions, we may be subject to data protection laws that give you additional data
protection rights, depending on where you are located. To the extent required by these applicable laws, we will
grant you the rights listed below, provided we can adequately verify your identity:
- Access to Your Personal Information. You may request confirmation of and access to the
personal information that we hold about. If permitted and required by law, we will confirm if we hold or
process your personal information and grant you reasonable access to the data that we hold about you.
- Retention and Deletion of Your Personal Information. Typically, we retain your personal
information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a
longer retention period is required or permitted by law. You may, however, request information about how
long we keep a specific type of data, or request that we delete your personal information by contacting us
at the address described below. If permitted to do so and to the extent required by law we will grant a
request to delete personal information, but you should note that in many situations we must keep your
personal information to comply with our legal obligations, in pursuit of a legal action, to detect or
monitor fraud, to resolve disputes, or to enforce our agreements with you. In addition, please understand
that, if you request deletion of your information, you will be unable to utilize associated features of the
Website and any associated services. You may not remove de-identified, anonymous, or aggregate data from our
databases.
- Objection to Certain Processing. You may have the right to object to our use of your
personal information. You may have the right to object to direct marketing and, in some circumstances, the
right to object to certain automated processing operations.
- Right to Restrict Processing. You may have the right to object to the processing of your
information in certain circumstances, for example where: (i) you dispute the accuracy of your information;
(ii) your personal information is being or was processed unlawfully; (iii) we no longer need to process your
information but you require your information in connection with a legal claim, or (iv) you object to the
processing pending verification as to whether an overriding legitimate ground for such processing exists.
- Right to Rectification. You may have the right to request the rectification or correction
of inaccurate or incomplete personal data concerning you.
- Right to Data Portability. You may have the right to request to receive your information in
a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format in certain circumstances.
- Revocation of Consent. You may revoke any prior consent for the processing of your personal
information if we process your data based on consent. If you revoke your consent, then we may no longer be
able to process your personal information or provide that part of the service that relies upon such consent.
In some cases, we may limit or deny your request to revoke consent if the law permits or requires us to do
so.
For more information about your privacy rights, see Information for Specific Jurisdictions below.
To exercise any of the rights above that may apply to you, please submit your request to us using the information in
the Contact Us section below. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may have a right to lodge a complaint
with your local supervisory authority or government privacy regulator.
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8. International Transfers
Your Personal Information may be stored and processed in any country where we have offices or servers or in which we
engage service providers. Your Personal Information may be transferred to countries outside your country of
residence, including the United States, which may have different data protection and data processing laws than those
in your country. Any such transfer shall take place only in accordance with and as permitted by the law of your
jurisdiction, but please be aware that the laws and practices relating to the protection of Personal Information are
likely to be different and in some cases may be weaker than those within your home jurisdiction. Regardless, in all
events, we shall apply the provisions of this Privacy Policy to your Personal Information wherever it is located. If
you have questions about international transfers, please contact us using the information in the Contact Us section
below.
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9. Security of Your Personal Information
SBA utilizes commercially reasonable physical, administrative and technical safeguards to protect the security of any
Personal Information submitted by you though our Website. One of such safeguards is the HTTPS protocol that we use
to ensure that your Personal Information is kept confidential.
Our security systems are structured to deter unauthorized access to Personal Information you provide to us. Please
understand, though, that information processing activities can never be 100% secure. Due to the nature of Internet
communications and evolving technologies, we cannot provide, and disclaim, assurance that the information you
provide us will remain free from loss, misuse, or alteration by third parties who, despite our efforts, obtain
unauthorized access.
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10. Retention
We will process and retain your Personal Information for as long as your account is active, or for the length of time
needed to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or
permitted by law. After retention periods expire, we delete your Personal Information or prevent any future use of
it.
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11. Links to Third Party Sites
SBA Website may contain links to other websites. This Privacy Policy applies solely to our Website, and SBA makes no representations or warranties
about, nor is it responsible for, the privacy practices of other websites. When you enter a linked website, SBA
encourages you to read the privacy policy of that linked website, as its privacy policy may differ substantially
from that of the Website.
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12. Children’s Personal Information
We do not knowingly or intentionally collect Personal Information from minors. If you are under 18, you may use our
Website only with your parent or guardian’s consent. Please contact us if you believe we have collected Personal
Information about a child without consent so we can take appropriate measures and delete it.
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13. Contact Us
We encourage you to provide us with feedback regarding this Privacy Policy. If you have questions, comments or
concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, you can email us at privacy@sbasite.com. If you are located in any of the
jurisdictions listed in the section below, you may also contact us using contact information found on the specific
jurisdiction page.
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14. Information for Specific Jurisdictions
If you are located in any of the countries or jurisdictions listed below, please click on the links for more
information about your privacy rights and how to contact us: