Privacy Policy
How Global TradePedia collects, uses, protects, and handles your personal information across our global classifieds platform.
At Global TradePedia, we believe merchants and individual sellers should not be subjected to mass spam, aggressive automated scrapers, or phishing attacks simply for listing an advertisement. Our platform operates a server-mediated inquiry relay: buyer inquiries are delivered safely without exposing seller direct email addresses in open, public website code.
1Information We Collect
We collect information to deliver a secure, functional marketplace experience:
When you register, we collect your name, email address, password hash (salted using bcrypt), country, city, and optional phone number.
Ad titles, descriptions, categories, pricing, uploaded photographs, and general locality coordinates provided by the seller.
Sender name, sender email, optional sender phone, and inquiry messages transmitted between buyers and sellers.
IP addresses, browser type, device identifiers, and timestamps gathered strictly for cybersecurity and rate-limiting.
2Cookie Policy & Attribution
Global TradePedia employs strictly necessary and functional first-party cookies. We do not use third-party behavioral advertising cookies.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| gtp_session | Maintains authenticated user session state securely. | Session / 30 days | Strictly Necessary |
| gtp_locale | Remembers chosen language among 11 supported locales. | 1 year | Functional |
| gtp_ref | First-touch affiliate referral attribution tracking. | 30 days | Functional |
3How We Use and Share Information
Your data is utilized exclusively to operate and protect the marketplace:
- Facilitating communications between buyers and sellers via secure message relay.
- Preventing fraudulent advertisements, spam bots, and counterfeit goods.
- Calculating and attributing affiliate marketing referral rewards.
- Enforcing our Terms of Service and responding to legitimate legal requests.
4Your Privacy Rights
Regardless of your geographic location, Global TradePedia respects your fundamental data rights:
- Right to Access: You may request a copy of all personal information stored in your account.
- Right to Rectification: You may edit your profile and listings at any time through your seller dashboard.
- Right to Erasure (“Right to Be Forgotten”): You may request account deactivation and deletion of personal identifiers. Historical completed transaction references are retained in an anonymized state for financial ledger integrity.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You may revoke contact disclosure consent at any time.
5Security Practices & Privacy Contact
We implement industry-standard administrative, technical, and physical safeguards including TLS/SSL encryption in transit, salted password hashing, CSRF origin validation, and rate-limited API access points.
To exercise your privacy rights or submit questions regarding our privacy practices, contact our Data Protection Officer at:
GLOBAL TRADEPEDIA Privacy & Security Team
Email: support@globaltradepedia.com
Target Domain: https://globaltradepedia.com