Privacy Policy

Last updated November 1, 2026

Official OH (officialoh.com) is a free local business board for Ohio. It’s operated by Global Media Inc, 2700 S Gilbert Rd, Ste 5 #199, Chandler, AZ 85286 (“we” or “us”). Questions about this policy go to gen@officialoh.com.

The short version

• We only collect what we need to review and show listings and to run member accounts.
• Your email address is never shown on the site.
• We don’t sell your information.
• We share it with our sister brands (Toutify, SearchMonster, and MonsterList) only if you tick the Toutify box asking us to.
• We use only the cookies needed to keep you signed in. No ads, no analytics, no tracking.
• Email gen@officialoh.com to have your listing or account deleted. We handle it within 30 days.

What the listing form collects

Information	Why we collect it	Shown publicly?
Business name	To show your listing	Yes
Type of business and city	To show your listing and let people filter by them	Yes
Description	To show your listing	Yes
Website or social link (optional)	For the “Visit website” button on your listing	Yes
Logo (optional)	To show on your listing. We re-save every logo, which removes hidden details such as camera or location data, and a person reviews it before it appears.	Yes, once approved
Google Maps link (optional)	For the “See reviews on Google” button on your listing. We only link to Google; we don’t copy or show your Google ratings or reviews.	Yes, if you enter one
Phone number (optional)	For the “Call” button on your listing	Yes, if you enter one
Your name	So we know who sent the listing	No
Email address	To tell you when your listing is reviewed and live, and to reach you about it	No
“I own or manage this business” confirmation, and the date and time you agreed to our Terms and this policy	To keep listings genuine and keep a record of your agreement	No
Your optional choice to tick the Toutify box (list free on SearchMonster.org and MonsterList.org, and get tips), with the date and time you ticked it and the wording you agreed to. For listings sent before November 1, 2026: the separate SearchMonster, tips, and MonsterList boxes you may have ticked then.	So we only do these things if you asked, and can show that you did	No
A one-way coded version of your IP address (not the address itself)	To limit spam and repeated submissions	No

What member sign-up collects

Information	Why we collect it	Shown publicly?
Your name	To greet you in your account	No
Email address	To sign you in, send password reset links, and contact you about your account	No
Password	To sign you in. We store only a scrambled (hashed) version, so nobody, including us, can read it.	No
The date you joined, your last sign-in, and when you agreed to our Terms and this policy	To run your account and keep a record of your agreement	No
Password reset codes	To let you choose a new password. They stop working after 1 hour.	No
A one-way coded version of your IP address	To limit repeated sign-in attempts and fake sign-ups	No

Listings you send while signed in are linked to your account so you can see them in one place.

Toutify, SearchMonster, and MonsterList

Official OH is part of Toutify (opens in a new tab), our small business marketing platform. Toutify, SearchMonster.org, and MonsterList.org are our sister brands, all operated by the same family business, Global Media Inc.

The listing form has one optional box: “Yes, also list me free on SearchMonster + MonsterList and send me tips to get more customers (via Toutify)”. It starts unticked. If you tick it, we may share your listing information with Toutify, SearchMonster, and MonsterList to:

• create your free listings on SearchMonster.org and MonsterList.org, using your listing details (business name, contact name, email, phone, city, category, website, description, and, for MonsterList, your logo, Google Maps link, and any deal, event, or job); and
• send you tips and offers to help you get more customers.

You can unsubscribe at any time: use the unsubscribe link in any tips email, untick the box in your account’s email preferences, or email gen@officialoh.com. If you leave the box unticked, your information stays with Official OH.

Listings sent before November 1, 2026 may have used separate boxes for SearchMonster, tips and offers, and MonsterList. We still honor those choices, and you can turn them off the same ways.

Emails

• We email you about your listing or account, such as when your listing goes live or when you ask to reset your password.
• We may also email you offers. Every offer email includes an unsubscribe link, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Cookies

We use only the cookies needed to keep people signed in:

• oaz_member: keeps members signed in. It’s removed when you sign out or close your browser, and expires after 8 hours without activity.
• oaz_admin: used only by our own staff to sign in to the site’s review area.

We don’t use advertising cookies, analytics, tracking pixels, or third-party scripts. Our fonts are hosted on our own site, so loading a page doesn’t contact other companies. If you click a business’s website or social link, that site has its own privacy practices.

Who else handles your information

We don’t sell, rent, or trade your information. Apart from our sister brands Toutify, SearchMonster, and MonsterList (only if you tick the Toutify box, as described above), it’s stored by our web hosting provider, which also delivers our emails, only so the site can run. We may also share information if the law requires it, or to protect the site and its visitors from fraud or abuse.

How long we keep it

We keep your listing and account information while your listing or account is active, or until you ask us to delete it. Spam-prevention records are cleared out regularly. Password reset codes stop working after 1 hour.

Deleting your information

To remove your listing, delete your account, or have us delete your information, email gen@officialoh.com from the email address you used with us, and tell us which listing or account it is. We’ll handle your request within 30 days and confirm by email. You can also ask us to correct your information, or to stop sending offers, the same way.

Children

Official OH is for businesses run by adults. It isn’t meant for children, and we don’t knowingly collect information from anyone under 18.

Keeping it safe

We store passwords only in scrambled form, limit repeated sign-in attempts, and keep our database and settings out of public reach. No website is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your information.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we’ll update the date at the top of this page. If a change matters for how we use information you’ve already given us, we’ll email you first.

Contact us

See also our Terms.