This privacy policy applies to SutherlandShire.online and the domain sutherlandshire.online.
Overview. SutherlandShire.online publishes local business discovery content, directory pages, AI-assisted summaries, structured data, feeds, and contact options designed to help visitors explore listings more easily.
Information you provide. If you contact us through the website, we may receive the name, email address, and message you submit. We use that information only to respond to your enquiry, follow up on a legitimate request, or keep basic records of correspondence.
AI-assisted content. Some public-facing pages, summaries, category answers, feeds, and structured outputs may be generated, expanded, translated, or reformatted with the help of AI systems. While we aim to keep information useful and accurate, AI-generated material may contain mistakes, omissions, or outdated details, so important decisions should always be checked directly with the relevant business, venue, or provider.
Cookies and basic technical data. The site may use basic cookies or similar browser storage for essential functions such as language preferences, sessions, or admin login state. Standard server logs may also record technical details such as IP address, browser type, referrer, and request times for security, analytics, debugging, and abuse prevention.
Spam prevention. Contact submissions may be screened using quiet anti-spam measures such as hidden fields, timing checks, and rate limiting. These checks are used to reduce automated abuse and protect the contact channel.
How we use information. We may use collected information to operate the website, improve directory content, respond to genuine enquiries, maintain security, prevent spam, troubleshoot technical issues, and monitor site performance.
Third-party services. The site may rely on third-party services for hosting, email delivery, analytics, AI processing, embedded assistants, or related functionality. Those services may process technical or submitted information as needed to perform their role.
Retention. We keep submitted and technical information only for as long as reasonably necessary for communication, operations, record keeping, legal compliance, or security purposes.
Your choices. You can choose not to use the contact form. If you have a privacy-related request regarding information submitted through this site, please contact us using the details on the contact page.
Updates. This policy may be updated from time to time to reflect site changes, legal requirements, or operational improvements. The latest version published on this page will apply.