Privacy Policy

Introduction

Marketing Bee (“Marketing Bee,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, disclose, and protect personal information when you visit https://marketingbeebd.com/, contact us, request a quotation, engage our services, or otherwise interact with our business.

Marketing Bee provides digital marketing, search engine optimisation (SEO), branding, website and application development, AI-powered business automation, market research, creative production, event management, and related business services.

By using our website or providing information to us, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy. Where applicable law requires consent for a particular activity, we will obtain that consent separately.

Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect the following categories of information.

2.1 Information You Provide

When you complete a contact form, request a quotation, communicate with our team, or engage our services, you may provide:

Full name and job title.
Business or organisation name.
Email address and telephone number.
Project title, requirements, budget, and business objectives.
Messages, enquiries, feedback, and other information you choose to share.
Billing, invoicing, and transaction-related information when required to provide our services.
Information supplied during meetings, consultations, surveys, or project collaboration.

Please do not submit passwords, payment card security codes, sensitive personal information, or confidential third-party information through general enquiry forms.

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:

IP address and approximate location derived from it.
Browser type, operating system, device type, and language settings.
Pages visited, referring websites, links clicked, and time spent on pages.
Website performance, error reports, and other diagnostic information.
Cookie identifiers and similar online tracking information, where enabled.

The information collected depends on the website technologies and settings active during your visit.

2.3 Information from Other Sources

We may receive business contact information or other relevant information from publicly available sources, professional networks, business partners, advertising platforms, and service providers where permitted by applicable law.We may also receive campaign performance or website analytics information from third-party platforms when we manage digital marketing campaigns or analytics for clients.

03. How We Use Your Information

We may use personal information for the following purposes:

Responding to enquiries: To answer questions, arrange consultations, and prepare proposals or quotations.
Delivering services: To plan, develop, implement, maintain, and improve projects agreed with clients.
Client communication: To provide project updates, request approvals, coordinate deliverables, and respond to support requests.
Business administration: To manage contracts, invoices, payments, accounting, and business records.
Website operation: To maintain website functionality, troubleshoot errors, and improve usability and performance.
Marketing and analytics: To understand audience engagement, evaluate campaigns, measure advertising effectiveness, and improve our services.
Security and fraud prevention: To detect suspicious activity, protect our systems, and prevent misuse.
Legal compliance: To meet applicable legal obligations and establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
Business development: To communicate relevant service information or updates where permitted by law and, where required, with your consent.

We will not use personal information for purposes materially incompatible with the purposes described above without an appropriate legal basis.

Legal Basis for Processing

Where applicable data protection laws require a legal basis, we may process personal information on one or more of the following grounds:

Consent: Where you have agreed to a particular use, such as certain marketing communications or non-essential tracking.
Contract: Where processing is necessary to prepare for or fulfil a contract with you.
Legitimate interests: For reasonable business activities such as responding to business enquiries, improving services, and securing our website, provided applicable legal requirements are met.
Legal obligations: Where processing is required by law or a lawful request from a competent authority.

The applicable legal basis will depend on the information and the purpose for which it is processed.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies, pixels, tags, analytics tools, and similar technologies to support website functionality, understand visitor behaviour, and measure marketing performance.These technologies may include:

Essential cookies: Required for basic website functionality, security, or user-requested features.
Analytics cookies: Used to understand traffic, page performance, and visitor interactions.
Advertising and measurement technologies: Used, where enabled, to measure campaigns, understand conversions, or support relevant advertising.

Third-party technologies may be provided by services such as Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta, or other platforms, depending on the tools actually configured on our website.Where required by law, we will request consent before placing or using non-essential cookies and similar technologies. You may also be able to manage cookies through your browser settings or an available website consent tool.Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality. Blocking cookies through your browser does not necessarily remove information already collected by third-party providers.

Sharing and Disclosure of Information

We do not sell personal information as a standalone commercial data product. We may share information where reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy.Recipients may include:

Service providers: Website hosting companies, cloud storage providers, email services, analytics providers, CRM platforms, and IT support providers.
Advertising and technology platforms: Platforms used to manage campaigns, measure advertising results, or integrate digital services.
Professional advisers: Lawyers, accountants, auditors, and other advisers who support our business.
Business partners and subcontractors: Individuals or organisations involved in delivering a project, where sharing is necessary and appropriately authorised.
Public authorities: Regulators, courts, law enforcement agencies, or other authorities where disclosure is legally required or permitted.
Business successors: A purchaser, successor, or restructuring entity where information may lawfully be transferred as part of a business transaction.

We take reasonable steps to ensure that information shared with service providers is handled appropriately and, where required, protected by contractual safeguards.

Client Projects and Third-Party Data

Marketing Bee may process information on behalf of clients while providing marketing, analytics, website development, automation, research, or related services.

In these circumstances, the client may determine the purposes and means of processing, while Marketing Bee processes the information according to the agreed scope of work and applicable instructions.

Clients are responsible for ensuring they have the necessary rights, permissions, notices, and legal grounds to provide personal information to us for their projects.

We will not knowingly use client data for unrelated purposes. Project-specific data handling requirements may be documented in a separate contract, data processing agreement, or confidentiality agreement.

Artificial Intelligence and Automated Tools

Marketing Bee may use AI-powered software, automation platforms, and other digital tools to support research, content development, data analysis, software development, workflow automation, and service delivery.

Where such tools process personal or client information, we aim to use them in accordance with applicable law, relevant client instructions, and the terms of the relevant provider.

We seek to avoid submitting unnecessary personal, confidential, or sensitive information to AI tools. However, the privacy and retention practices of third-party AI providers may differ.

Clients should not provide sensitive or confidential information for AI-assisted processing unless the intended use has been appropriately assessed and authorised. Additional safeguards or written client approval may be required for certain projects.

International Data Transfers

Some of our technology providers, hosting services, analytics platforms, or business partners may process information outside Bangladesh or the country in which you are located.

Where personal information is transferred internationally, we will take steps required by applicable law to ensure the transfer is lawful and that appropriate safeguards are applied where necessary.

The level of protection and available legal rights may differ between jurisdictions.

10. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including:

Responding to enquiries and maintaining business correspondence.
Delivering services and managing ongoing projects.
Maintaining accounting, tax, contractual, and other business records.
Resolving disputes and enforcing agreements.
Meeting legal or regulatory obligations.
Maintaining security and preventing fraud.

Retention periods vary according to the type of information, the nature of the relationship, and applicable legal requirements.When information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to delete it, anonymise it, or securely dispose of it, subject to legal obligations and legitimate recordkeeping needs.

11. Data Security

We use reasonable technical, organisational, and administrative measures intended to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.Depending on the circumstances, these measures may include access controls, restricted permissions, secure communications, backups, and appropriate provider security arrangements.No website, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We therefore cannot guarantee absolute security, but we aim to respond appropriately to identified risks and security incidents.

12. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location and the applicable law, you may have rights to:

Request access to personal information we hold about you.
Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
Request deletion of information where legally applicable.
Object to or request restrictions on certain processing.
Withdraw consent where processing relies on consent.
Request a copy of information in a portable format where applicable.
Opt out of direct marketing communications.
Lodge a complaint with a competent data protection authority, where available.

These rights are subject to applicable legal conditions, exceptions, and verification requirements.To exercise a right, contact us using the details in Section 16. We may request reasonable information to verify your identity before acting on a request.

13. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, social media platforms, embedded content, or external services.Those third parties operate under their own privacy policies and terms. We do not control their independent privacy practices and encourage you to review their policies before providing information to them.A link to a third-party website does not, by itself, mean that Marketing Bee endorses or assumes responsibility for that website’s privacy practices.

14. Children’s Privacy

Our website and professional services are primarily intended for businesses, professionals, and other individuals acting in a professional or commercial capacity.We do not knowingly collect personal information from children in circumstances where doing so would violate applicable law. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us inappropriately, please contact us so that we can assess the situation and take appropriate action.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our services, website technologies, business operations, or legal requirements.The revised version will be published on this page with an updated revision date. Where required by applicable law, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent for material changes.