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Privacy Policy

Gateway Market Intelligence www.gatewaymarketintelligence.com

Last updated: March 2026

1. Who We Are

Gateway Market Intelligence is a market research and publishing business operated by SmallBizLift LLC. We produce and sell professional market intelligence reports for hospitality investors and short-term rental operators. Our website address is https://www.gatewaymarketintelligence.com.

For privacy-related questions, contact us at: davidb@gatewaymarketintelligence.com

2. What Data We Collect and Why

Purchase and account data When you purchase a report, we collect your name, email address, billing address, and payment details. Your payment is processed securely by Stripe. We do not store your full card number or payment credentials on our servers. We retain order records including your name, email, and purchase history for accounting and legal compliance purposes.

Download access data Easy Digital Downloads, the platform we use to deliver digital products, logs purchase records, download activity, and licence keys where applicable. This data is used solely to manage your access to purchased reports.

Email communicationsWhen you purchase a report or download a free sample, your email address is collected and may be used to send you order confirmations, download links, and occasional updates about new reports or market releases. You can opt out of marketing emails at any time using the unsubscribe link in any email we send. Order confirmation and download emails are transactional and cannot be opted out of.

Website analytics We use analytics tools to understand how visitors use our website — including which pages are visited, how long visitors stay, and where traffic comes from. This data is aggregated and anonymised and is not used to identify individual visitors.

Cookies Our website uses cookies for the following purposes:

• Shopping cart functionality — Easy Digital Downloads sets cookies to maintain your cart session during a purchase. These are strictly necessary for the checkout process.
• Analytics — Analytics tools set cookies to track site usage on an anonymised basis.
• Preferences — If you interact with certain site features, a cookie may be set to remember your preferences for your next visit.

You can control cookie settings through your browser. Note that disabling certain cookies may affect checkout functionality.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use the data we collect to:

• Process and fulfil your purchase and deliver your downloaded report
• Send you order confirmations and download access links
• Maintain accurate financial and order records
• Improve our website and reports based on aggregated usage data
• Send you relevant updates about new reports (with your consent, and with the ability to unsubscribe at any time)

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.

4. Third Parties We Work With

In order to operate our business, we share limited data with the following categories of service providers:

• Payment processors — to securely handle your transaction
• Email delivery services — to send you order confirmations and updates
• Website hosting and infrastructure providers — to operate and maintain our website
• Analytics providers — to understand website usage on an anonymised basis

Each of these providers is contractually obligated to handle your data securely and only for the purposes we specify.

5. How Long We Retain Your Data

Purchase and order records are retained for a minimum of 7 years for accounting and legal compliance purposes. Email addresses collected for marketing communications are retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion. Analytics data is retained in anonymised, aggregated form indefinitely.

6. Your Rights

Depending on where you are located, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Correction — request that we correct inaccurate data
• Deletion — request that we delete your personal data, subject to legal retention requirements
• Objection — object to our processing of your data for marketing purposes
• Portability — request your data in a portable format

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at davidb@gatewaymarketintelligence.com. We will respond within 30 days.

If you are located in the United Kingdom or European Union, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your relevant data protection authority.

7. Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, or misuse. All payment data is handled by PCI-compliant payment processors. Our website uses HTTPS encryption for all data transmitted between your browser and our servers.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page indicates when it was last revised. Continued use of our website after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

9. Contact

For any privacy-related questions or requests:

Gateway Market Intelligence / SmallBizLift LLC

Email: davidb@gatewaymarketintelligemce.com