Privacy Policy

Acquirebiz is operated by Skillup Labs. In this Privacy Policy, Acquirebiz, we, us and our refer to Skillup Labs and the Acquirebiz platform.

Acquirebiz helps users discover, list, enquire about and manage opportunities relating to businesses for sale, franchise opportunities and business brokers.

We may collect personal information including name, email address, phone number, account details, business, franchise, broker or consultant profile information, enquiry messages, replies, notes, follow-up activity, listing information, billing and transaction-related information, uploaded files, images, documents and supporting materials.

We may also collect saved searches, saved listings, platform activity and technical information such as IP address, device, browser, cookies and usage analytics. If you ask us to import listing, franchise or broker details from another website or public source, we may collect information from that source.

We collect personal information when you create an account, update your profile, submit a business, franchise or broker listing, send or respond to an enquiry, upload materials, use saved searches or alerts, manage billing, contact support or use the website.

We may also collect information through cookies, analytics and security technologies that help us operate and improve the platform.

We use personal information to operate and improve Acquirebiz, create and display listings and profiles, connect buyers, sellers, brokers and franchisors, manage enquiries, messages, document requests and follow-up workflows, provide account and billing services, send service notifications and support messages, detect fraud or misuse, and comply with legal obligations.

Where we use AI-assisted tools, we may process submitted listing or profile information to help generate summaries, improve descriptions, classify content or support marketplace workflows.

We may disclose personal information to buyers, sellers, brokers, franchisors or consultants where needed to support enquiries or marketplace interactions. We may also disclose information to service providers who help us operate hosting, analytics, payments, email, storage, security, customer support and workflow tools.

We may disclose information to professional advisers, insurers, auditors, legal representatives, regulators, law enforcement, government authorities or a purchaser or prospective purchaser of our business or assets. We do not sell personal information.

Some information you submit may be displayed publicly, including business listing details, franchise opportunity details, broker profiles, consultant profiles, images, descriptions, locations, categories and other marketplace content.

You should not include private, confidential or sensitive information in public listing fields unless you are comfortable with that information being published.

Acquirebiz may allow sellers, brokers or franchisors to upload supporting documents for buyer review. Access to documents may be controlled through request, approval or dashboard workflows, but you remain responsible for ensuring that documents are appropriate to upload and share.

We may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, improve performance, measure usage and support security. You can control cookies through your browser settings, although some features may not work properly if cookies are disabled.

Some of our service providers may store or process information outside Australia. Where personal information is disclosed overseas, we take reasonable steps to ensure it is handled consistently with applicable privacy obligations.

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. However, no online service can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Users are responsible for keeping account credentials confidential and notifying us promptly of any suspected unauthorised access.

You may request access to personal information we hold about you or ask us to correct information that is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date. Some information can be updated directly from your account dashboard.

We keep personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide Acquirebiz, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, maintain business records and enforce agreements. We may retain de-identified or aggregated information for analytics and platform improvement.

If you have a privacy concern or complaint, please contact us first so we can try to resolve it. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The latest version will be published on Acquirebiz with the updated date.