INTRODUCTION
we” respects the privacy of our users . This Privacy Policy explains how
we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our
website [name of website.com] [and our mobile application], including any other
media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or
connected thereto . Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this
privacy policy, please do not access the site.
We reserve
the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any
reason. We will alert you about any
changes by updating the “Last
Updated” date of this Privacy Policy.
Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting
the updated Privacy Policy on the Site, and you waive the right to receive
specific notice of each such change or modification.
You are
encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of
updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and
will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Privacy Policy by
your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Privacy Policy is
posted.
This privacy
policy was generated using Termly’s Privacy Policy Generator.
COLLECTION OF YOUR INFORMATION
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The
information we may collect on the Site includes:
Personal Data
Personally
identifiable information, such as your name, shipping address, email address,
and telephone number, and demographic information, such as your age, gender,
hometown, and interests, that you voluntarily give to us [when you register
with the Site [or our mobile application,] or] when you choose to participate
in various activities related to the Site [and our mobile application], such as
online chat and message boards. You are under no obligation to provide us with
personal information of any kind, however your refusal to do so may prevent you
from using certain features of the Site [and our mobile application].
Derivative Data
Information
our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP
address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the
pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site. [If you are
using our mobile application, this information may also include your device
name and type, your operating system, your phone number, your country, your
likes and replies to a post, and other interactions with the application and
other users via server log files, as well as any other information you choose
to provide.]
Financial Data
Financial
information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g. valid credit
card number, card brand, expiration date) that we may collect when you
purchase, order, return, exchange, or request information about our services
from the Site [or our mobile application]. [We store only very limited, if any,
financial information that we collect. Otherwise, all financial information is
stored by our payment processor, [Amazon Payments,] [Authornize.Net,] [Braintree Payments,] [Chargify,] [Dwolla,] [Google
Checkout,] [Paypal,] [SafeCharge,] [Stripe,] [WePay,] [2Checkout,]
[other], and you are encouraged to review their privacy policy and contact them
directly for responses to your questions.]
Facebook Permissions
The Site
[and our mobile application] may by default access your Facebook basic
account information, including your name, email, gender, birthday, current
city, and profile picture URL, as well as other information that you choose to
make public. We may also request access to other permissions related to your
account, such as friends, checkins, and likes, and you may choose to grant or
deny us access to each individual permission. For more information regarding
Facebook permissions, refer to the Facebook
Permissions Reference page.
Data From Social Networks
User
information from social networking sites, such as [Apple’s Game Center, Facebook,
Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter], including your name, your social
network username, location, gender, birth date, email address, profile picture,
and public data for contacts, if you connect your account to such social
networks. [If you are using our mobile application, this information may also
include the contact information of anyone you invite to use and/or join our
mobile application.]
Mobile Device Data
Device
information, such as your mobile device ID, model, and manufacturer, and
information about the location of your device, if you access the Site from a
mobile device.
Third-Party Data
Information
from third parties, such as personal information or network friends, if you
connect your account to the third party and
grant the Site permission to access this information.
Data From Contests, Giveaways, and Surveys
Personal
and other information you may provide when entering contests or giveaways
and/or responding to surveys.
Mobile Application Information
If you
connect using our mobile application:
● Geo-Location Information. We may request access or permission to and track location-based
information from your mobile device, either continuously or while you are using
our mobile application, to provide location-based services. If you wish to
change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device’s settings.
● Mobile Device Access. We may
request access or permission to certain features from your mobile device,
including your mobile device’s
[bluetooth, calendar, camera, contacts, microphone, reminders, sensors, SMS
messages, social media accounts, storage,] and other features. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you
may do so in your device’s settings.
● Mobile Device Data. We may collect device information (such as your mobile device
ID, model and manufacturer), operating system, version information and IP
address.
● Push Notifications. We may request to send you
push notifications regarding your account or the Application. If you wish to
opt-out from receiving these types of communications, you may turn them off in
your device’s
settings.
Having
accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth,
efficient, and customized experience.
Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site
[or our mobile application] to:
● Administer sweepstakes, promotions, and contests.
● Assist law enforcement and respond to subpoena.
● Compile anonymous statistical data and analysis for use
internally or with third parties.
● Create and manage your account.
● Deliver targeted advertising, coupons, newsletters, and other
information regarding promotions and the Site [and our mobile application] to
you.
● Email you regarding your account or order.
● Enable user-to-user communications.
● Fulfill and manage purchases, orders, payments, and other
transactions related to the Site [and our mobile application].
● Generate a personal profile about you to make future visits
to the Site [and our mobile application] more personalized.
● Increase the efficiency and operation of the Site [and our
mobile application].
● Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your
experience with the Site [and our mobile application].
● Notify you of updates to the Site [and our mobile
application]s.
● Offer new products, services, [mobile applications,] and/or
recommendations to you.
● Perform other business activities as needed.
● Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and
protect against criminal activity.
● Process payments and refunds.
● Request feedback and contact you about your use of the Site
[and our mobile application] .
● Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems.
● Respond to product and customer service requests.
● Send you a newsletter.
● Solicit support for the Site
[and our mobile application].
● [Other]
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We may
share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your
information may be disclosed as follows:
By Law or to Protect Rights
If we
believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal
process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to
protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your
information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or
regulation. This includes exchanging
information with other entities for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Third-Party Service Providers
We may
share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on
our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting
services, customer service, and marketing assistance.
Marketing Communications
With your
consent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share your
information with third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.
Interactions with Other Users
If you
interact with other users of the Site [and our mobile application], those users
may see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity, including
sending invitations to other users, chatting with other users, liking posts,
following blogs.
Online Postings
When you
post comments, contributions or other content to the Site [or our mobile
applications], your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publicly
distributed outside the Site [and our mobile application] in perpetuity.
Third-Party Advertisers
We may
use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Site [or
our mobile application]. These companies may use information about your visits
to the Site [and our mobile application] and other websites that are contained
in web cookies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of
interest to you.
Affiliates
We may
share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those
affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company
and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control
or that are under common control with us.
Business Partners
We may
share your information with our business partners to offer you certain
products, services or promotions.
[Offer Wall
Our mobile application may display a third-party
hosted “offer wall.” Such an offer wall allows third-party
advertisers to offer virtual currency, gifts, or other items to users in return
for acceptance and completion of an advertisement offer. Such an offer wall may appear in our mobile
application and be displayed to you based on certain data, such as your
geographic area or demographic information.
When you click on an offer wall, you will leave our mobile
application. A unique identifier, such
as your user ID, will be shared with the offer wall provider in order to
prevent fraud and properly credit your account.]
[Social Media Contacts
If you
connect to the Site [or our mobile application] through a social network, your
contacts on the social network will see your name, profile photo, and
descriptions of your activity.]
Other Third Parties
We may
share your information with advertisers and investors for the purpose of
conducting general business analysis. We may also share your information with
such third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.
Sale or Bankruptcy
If we
reorganize or sell all or a portion of our assets, undergo a merger, or are
acquired by another entity, we may transfer your information to the successor
entity. If we go out of business or
enter bankruptcy, your information would be an asset transferred or acquired by
a third party. You acknowledge that such
transfers may occur and that the transferee may decline honor commitments we
made in this Privacy Policy.
We are
not responsible for the actions of third parties with whom you share personal
or sensitive data, and we have no authority to manage or control third-party
solicitations. If you no longer wish to
receive correspondence, emails or other communications from third parties, you
are responsible for contacting the third party directly.
Cookies and Web Beacons
[We may
use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on
the Site [and our mobile application] to help customize the Site [and our
mobile application] and improve your experience. When you access the Site [or
our mobile application], your personal information is not collected through the
use of tracking technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default.
You can remove or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect
the availability and functionality of the Site
[or our mobile application]. You may not decline web beacons. However,
they can be rendered ineffective by declining all cookies or by modifying your
web browser’s
settings to notify you each time a cookie is tendered, permitting you to accept
or decline cookies on an individual basis.]
[We may
use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on
the Site [and our mobile application] to help customize the Site [and our
mobile application] and improve your experience. For more information on how we
use cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy posted on the Site, which is
incorporated into this Privacy Policy. By using the Site, you agree to be bound
by our Cookie Policy.]
Internet-Based Advertising
Additionally,
we may use third-party software to serve ads on the Site [and our mobile
application], implement email marketing campaigns, and manage other interactive
marketing initiatives. This third-party
software may use cookies or similar tracking technology to help manage and
optimize your online experience with us.
For more information about opting-out of interest-based ads, visit the Network
Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool or Digital
Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.
Website Analytics
We may
also partner with selected third-party vendors[, such as [Adobe
Analytics,] [Clicktale,] [Clicky,] [Cloudfare,] [Crazy Egg,] [Flurry
Analytics,] [Google
Analytics,] [Heap Analytics,] [Inspectlet,] [Kissmetrics,] [Mixpanel,] [Piwik,] and
others], to allow tracking technologies and remarketing services on the Site
[and our mobile application] through the use of first party cookies and
third-party cookies, to, among other things, analyze and track users’ use of the Site [and our
mobile application] , determine the popularity of certain content and better
understand online activity. By accessing the Site[,our mobile application,],
you consent to the collection and use of your information by these third-party
vendors. You are encouraged to review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your questions. We do
not transfer personal information to these third-party vendors. However, if you do not want any information to be collected and
used by tracking technologies, you can visit the third-party vendor or the Network Advertising
Initiative Opt-Out Tool or Digital
Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.
You
should be aware that getting a new computer, installing a new browser,
upgrading an existing browser, or erasing or otherwise altering your browser’s cookies files may also
clear certain opt-out cookies, plug-ins, or settings.
The Site
[and our mobile application] may contain links to third-party websites and
applications of interest, including advertisements and external services, that
are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave the Site
[or our mobile application], any information you provide to these third parties
is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and
privacy of your information. Before visiting and providing any information to
any third-party websites, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies
and practices (if any) of the third party responsible for that website, and
should take those steps necessary to, in your discretion, protect the privacy
of your information. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and
security practices and policies of any third parties, including other sites,
services or applications that may be linked to or from the Site [or our mobile
application].
We use
administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your
personal information. While we have
taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us,
please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or
impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any
interception or other type of misuse.
Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and
misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete
security if you provide personal information.
We do not
knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13.
If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13,
please contact us using the contact information provided below.
CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
Most web
browsers and some mobile operating systems [and our mobile applications]
include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can
activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online
browsing activities monitored and collected.
No uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT
signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser
signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not
to be tracked online. If a standard for
online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform
you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Policy./Most web
browsers and some mobile operating systems [and our mobile applications]
include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can
activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online
browsing activities monitored and collected. If you set the DNT signal on your
browser, we will respond to such DNT browser signals.
OPTIONS REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION
[Account Information]
You may
at any time review or change the information in your account or terminate your
account by:
● Logging into your account settings and updating your account
● Contacting us using the contact information provided below
● [Other]
Upon your
request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account
and information from our active databases. However, some information may be
retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any
investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with legal
requirements.]
Emails and Communications
If you no
longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from us,
you may opt-out by:
● Noting your preferences at the time you register your account
with the Site [or our mobile application]
● Logging into your account settings and updating your
preferences.
● Contacting us using the contact information provided below
If you no
longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from
third parties, you are responsible for contacting the third party directly.
California
Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law,
permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us,
once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal
information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing
purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared
personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a
California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your
request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.
If you
are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account
with the Site [or our mobile application], you have the right to request
removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Site [or our mobile
application]. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the
contact information provided below, and include the email address associated
with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly
displayed on the Site [or our mobile application], but please be aware that the
data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from our systems.
If you
have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us
[
0 Comments
Post a Comment