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Last update: December 29, 2022

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

Businessfor the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), refers to the Company as the legal entity that collects Consumers’ personal information and determines the purposes and means of the processing of Consumers’ personal information, or on behalf of which such information is collected and that alone, or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of consumers’ personal information, that does business in the State of California (USA).

The Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to Ecostylia, France.

For the purpose of the GDPR, the Company is the Data Controller.

Consumer , for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), means a natural person who is a California resident. A resident, as defined in the law, includes (1) every individual who is in the USA for other than a temporary or transitory purpose, and (2) every individual who is domiciled in the USA who is outside the USA for a temporary or transitory purpose.

Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

Country refers to: France

The Data Controller, , for the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.

Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.

Do Not Track (DNT) is a concept that has been promoted by US regulatory authorities, in particular the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for the Internet industry to develop and implement a mechanism for allowing internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites.

Facebook Fan Page is a public profile named Ecostylia specially created by the Company on the Facebook social network, accessible from https://www.facebook.com/ecostylia Personal Data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable person.

For the purposes of GDPR, Personal Data means any information relating to You such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.

For the purposes of the CCPA, Personal Data means any information that identifies, relates to, describes or is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with You.

Sale, for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a Consumer’s personal information to another business or a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.

The Service refers to the Website.

Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used. For the purpose of the GDPR, Service Providers are considered Data Processors.

Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

Website refers to Ecostylia.com , accessible from https://www.ecostylia.com

You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Under GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), You can be referred to as the Data Subject or as the User as you are the individual using the Service.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email Address
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
  • Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
  • Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Service may use local stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and store information about Your preferences or Your activity on our Service. Flash Cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those used for Browser Cookies For more information on how You can delete Flash Cookies, please read “Where can I change the settings for disabling, or deleting local shared objects?” available at https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/disable-local-shared-objects-flash.html#main_Where_can_I_change_the_settings_for_disabling__or_deleting_local_shared_objects_
  • Web beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

Necessary / Essential Cookies

Type: Session Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

Functionality Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

Tracking and Performance Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Third-Parties

Purpose: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new pages, features or new functionality of the Website to see how our users react to them.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Your Cookie Settings for the Service

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service , including to monitor the usage of our Service.
  • To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
  • For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
  • To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
  • To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
  • To deliver targeted advertising to You : We may use Your information to develop and display content and advertising (and work with third-party vendors who do so) tailored to Your interests and/or location and to measure its effectiveness.
  • For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
  • For other purposes : We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers : We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to advertise on third party websites to You after You visited our Service, to contact You.
  • For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
  • With 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 other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
  • With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
  • With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
  • With Your consent : We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

The Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of Our Service. This data is shared with other Google Services. Google may use the data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

You may opt-out of having Your activity on the Service made available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.

For more information about Google’s privacy practices, please visit Google’s Privacy and Terms of Service webpage: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Email marketing

We may use Your Personal Data to contact You with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to You. You may opt out of receiving any or all of these communications from Us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email We send or by contacting Us.

We may use Email Marketing Providers to administer and send emails to You.

Sendinblue

Their privacy policy can be viewed at https://www.sendinblue.com/legal/privacypolicy/

Behavioral remarketing

The Company uses Remarketing Services to advertise to You after You have accessed or visited Our Service. We and Our third-party vendors use Cookies and non-Cookie technologies to help Us recognize Your device and understand how You use Our Service so that We can improve Our Service to reflect Your interests and provide You with advertisements that may be of interest to You. any further.

These third-party providers collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies and to enable Us to:

  • Measure and analyze traffic and browsing activity on Our Service
  • Show you advertisements for Our products and/or Services on third-party websites or apps
  • Measure and analyze the performance of Our advertising campaigns

Some of these third-party providers may use technologies other than Cookies which may not be affected by browser settings that block Cookies. Your browser may not allow You to block these technologies. You can use the following third-party tools to opt out of the collection and use of information for the purpose of serving interest-based advertising to You:

You may opt out of any personalized advertising by enabling privacy features on Your mobile device, such as Limit Ad Tracking (iOS) and opting out of Ad Personalization (Android). Consult Your mobile device’s Help for more information.

We may share information, such as hashed email addresses (if available) or other online identifiers collected on Our Service with these third-party providers. This allows Our third-party vendors to recognize and serve advertisements across devices and browsers. To learn more about the technologies used by these third-party providers and their cross-device capabilities, please refer to each provider’s privacy policy listed below.

The third party providers We use are:

Google Ads (AdWords)

The Google Ads (AdWords) remarketing service is provided by Google Inc.

You can opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google’s Affiliate Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page: http://www.google.com/settings/ads

Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on – https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout – for Your web browser. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on offers visitors the option to prevent the collection and use of their data by Google Analytics.

For more information about Google’s privacy practices, please visit Google’s Privacy and Terms of Service webpage: https://policies.google.com/privacy

pinterest

The Pinterest remarketing service is provided by Pinterest Inc.

You may opt out of interest-based advertising from Pinterest by activating Your web browser’s “Do Not Track” feature or by following Pinterest’s instructions: http://help.pinterest.com/en/articles/ personalization-and-data

You can learn more about Pinterest’s privacy practices and policies by visiting their Privacy Policy page: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy

GDPR Privacy

Legal basis for the processing of Personal Data under the GDPR

We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:

  • Consent: You have given Your consent for the processing of Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
  • Performance of a contract: The provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of a contract with You and/or any pre-contractual obligation thereof.
  • Legal obligations: The processing of Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject.
  • Vital interests : The processing of Personal Data is necessary to protect Your vital interests or those of another natural person.
  • Public interests: The processing of Personal Data is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Company.
  • Legitimate interests: The processing of Personal Data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company.

In any case, the Company will be happy to help clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a legal or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary for the conclusion of a transaction. ‘contract.

Your rights under the GDPR

The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee that You can exercise Your rights.

You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to:

  • Request access to Your Personal Data. The right to access, update or delete the information We hold about You. To the extent possible, You can access, update or request the deletion of Your Personal Data directly in the Settings section of Your Account. If You are unable to perform these actions Yourself, please contact Us for assistance. It also allows You to receive a copy of the Personal Data We hold about You.
  • Request correction of the Personal Data We hold about You. You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate information We hold about You corrected.
  • Oppose the processing of Your Personal Data. This right exists where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for Our processing and there is something about Your particular situation which causes You to object to Our processing of Your Personal Data on this ground. You also have the right to object when We process Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.
  • Request erasure of Your Personal Data. You have the right to ask Us to delete or delete Personal Data where there is no good reason for Us continuing to process it.
  • Request the transfer of Your Personal Data. We will provide You, or a third party You have chosen, Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information which You initially consented to Us using or where We used the information to perform a contract with You.
  • Withdraw Your Consent. You have the right to withdraw Your consent to the use of Your Personal Data. If You withdraw Your consent, We may not be able to provide You with access to certain specific features of the Service.

Exercising Your GDPR Data Protection Rights

You can exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by contacting Us. Please note that We may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests. If You make a request, We will do Our best to respond to You as soon as possible.

You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data. For more information, if You are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact Your local data protection authority in the EEA.

facebook fan page

Responsible for data processing for the Facebook Fan Page

The Company is the Data Controller of Your Personal Data collected during the use of the Service. As the operator of the Facebook Fan Page, the Company and the operator of the https://www.facebook.com/ecostylia social network are Joint Processors.

The Company has entered into agreements with Facebook which define the terms of use of the Facebook Fan Page, among other things. These terms are primarily based on the Facebook Terms of Service: https://www.facebook.com/terms.php

See Facebook’s privacy policy https://www.facebook.com/policy.php for more information on how Facebook manages Personal Data or contact Facebook online, or by mail: Facebook, Inc. ATTN, Privacy Operations, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.

Facebook Insights

We use the Facebook Insights function as part of the operation of the Facebook Fan Page and on the basis of the GDPR, in order to obtain anonymized statistical data about Our users.

For this purpose, Facebook places a Cookie on the device of the user visiting Our Facebook Fan Page. Each Cookie contains a unique identification code and remains active for a period of two years, unless deleted before the end of this period.

Facebook receives, saves and processes the information stored in the Cookie, in particular when the user visits Facebook services, services provided by other members of the Facebook Fan Page and services of other companies that use Facebook services.

For more information about Facebook’s privacy practices, please see Facebook’s Privacy Policy here: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation

CCPA Privacy

This Privacy Notice Section for California Residents supplements the information in Our Privacy Policy and applies only to all visitors, users and others residing in the State of California (United States of America) .

Categories of personal information collected

We collect information that identifies, relates, describes, refers to, is likely to be associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, to a particular Consumer or Device. The following is a list of categories of personal information that We may collect or may have collected from California residents in the past twelve (12) months.

Please note that the categories and examples provided in the list below are those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that all instances of that category of personal information were in fact collected by Us, but reflects Our good faith belief, to the best of Our knowledge, that some of such information in the applicable category can and could be collected. For example, certain categories of personal information would only be collected if You provided that personal information to Us directly.

Category A: Identifiers.

Examples: A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, IP address, email address, Account name, driver’s license number, passport number or other similar identifiers.

Collected: Yes.

Category B: Categories of personal information listed in the California Customer Records Act (Cal. Civil. Code § 1798.80(e)).

Examples: A name, signature, social security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state ID card number, an insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information . Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories.

Collected: Yes.

Class C: Classification characteristics protected under California or federal law.

Examples: age (40 or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or belief, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including family genetic information).

Collected: No.

Category D: Commercial information.

Examples: Records and history of products or Services purchased or considered.

Collected: No.

Category E: Biometric information.

Examples: Genetic, physiological, behavioral and biological characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a pattern or other identifying or identifying information, such as fingerprints, face and voice prints, body scans iris or retina, keystroke, gait or other physical patterns, as well as sleep, health or exercise data.

Collected: No.

Category F: Internet or other similar network activity.

Examples: Interaction with Our Service or advertising.

Collected: Yes.

Category G: Geolocation data.

Examples: Approximate physical location.

Collected: No.

Category H: Sensory data.

Examples: Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory or similar information.

Collected: No.

Category I: Professional or employment-related information.

Examples: Current or past employment history or performance reviews.

Collected: No.

Category J: Non-public education information (pursuant to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 USC Section 1232g, 34 CFR Part 99)).

Examples: Academic records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or a party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student timetables, student identification codes, students, student financial information or student disciplinary records.

Collected: No.

Category K: Inferences drawn from other personal information.

Examples: Profile reflecting a person’s preferences, characteristics, psychological tendencies, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities and aptitudes.

Collected: No.

Under the CCPA, personal information does not include:

  • Publicly available information from government records
  • De-identified or Aggregated Consumer Information
  • Information excluded from the scope of the CCPA, such as:
    • Medical or health information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) or clinical trial data
    • Personal information covered by certain industry privacy laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) or the California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and Driver’s Privacy Protection Act 1994

Sources of personal information

We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources:

  • Directly from You . For example, from forms You complete on Our Service, preferences You express or provide through Our Service.
  • Indirectly from You . For example, by observing Your activity on Our Service.
  • Automatically from You . For example, through Cookies that We or Our Service Providers set on Your device when You browse Our Service.
  • From Providers . For example, third party vendors to monitor and analyze the use of Our Service, third party vendors to provide You with targeted advertisements, or other third party vendors We use to provide the Service to You.

Use of Personal Information for Business or Commercial Purposes

We may use or disclose the personal information We collect for “Business Purposes” or “Commercial Purposes” (as defined in the CCPA), which may include the following examples:

  • To operate Our Service and provide Our Service to You.
  • To provide support to You and to respond to Your requests, including to investigate and respond to Your concerns and to monitor and improve Our Service.
  • To complete or respond to why You provided the information. For example, if You share Your contact information to ask a question about Our Service, We will use that personal information to respond to Your request.
  • To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or government regulations.
  • As described when collecting Your personal information or as otherwise set out in the CCPA.
  • For internal administration and auditing purposes.
  • To detect security incidents and protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, including, if necessary, to prosecute those responsible for such activity.

Please note that the examples provided above are illustrative and not intended to be exhaustive. For more details on how We use this information, please refer to the “Use of Your Personal Data” section.

If We decide to collect other categories of personal information or to use the personal information We have collected for materially different, unrelated or incompatible purposes, We will update this Privacy Policy.

Disclosure of personal information for business or commercial purposes

We may use or disclose and We may have used or disclosed in the past twelve (12) months the following categories of personal information for Business or commercial purposes:

  • Category A: Identifiers
  • Category B: Categories of personal information listed in the California Customer Records Act (Cal. Civil. Code § 1798.80(e))
  • Category F: Internet or other similar network activity

Please note that the categories listed above are those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that all instances of that category of personal information have been disclosed, but reflects Our good faith belief, to the best of Our knowledge, that some of such information of the applicable category can and has been disclosed.

When We disclose personal information for a Business or commercial purpose, We enter into a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except to perform the contract.

Sale of personal information

As defined in the CCPA, “Sell” and “Sale” mean the sale, rental, disclosure, broadcast, making available, transfer or other communication, oral, written or by electronic means or otherwise, the information personal property of a consumer by the business to a third party for valuable consideration. This means that We may have received some sort of benefit in exchange for sharing personal information, but not necessarily a monetary benefit.

Please note that the categories listed below are those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that all examples of this category of personal information have in fact been sold, but reflects Our good faith belief, to the best of Our knowledge, that some of this information of the applicable category may be and may have been shared for a return value.

We may sell and have sold in the past twelve (12) months the following categories of personal information:

  • Category A: Identifiers
  • Category B: Categories of personal information listed in the California Customer Records Act (Cal. Civil. Code § 1798.80(e))
  • Category F: Internet or other similar network activity

Sharing of personal information

We may share Your personal information identified in the above categories with the following categories of third parties:

  • Suppliers
  • Our affiliates
  • Our business partners
  • Third-party providers to whom You or Your agents authorize Us to disclose Your personal information in connection with the products or Services We provide to You

Sale of Personal Information of Minors Under 16

We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors under the age of 16 through Our Service, although some third-party websites to which We link may do so. These third-party websites have their own terms of use and privacy policies, and We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and instruct their children never to provide any information about themselves. other websites without their permission.

We do not sell the personal information of Consumers who We know are under the age of 16, unless We receive affirmative permission (the “opt-in”) from the Consumer who is between the ages of 13 and 16, or the parent or guardian of a Consumer under the age of 13. Consumers who register for the sale of personal information may opt out of future sales at any time. To exercise the right of withdrawal, You (or Your authorized representative) may submit a request to Us by contacting Us.

If You have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 (or 16) has provided Us with personal information, please contact Us with sufficient detail to allow Us to delete that information.

Your rights under the CCPA

The CCPA grants California residents specific rights regarding their personal information. If You reside in California, You have the following rights:

  • The right of notice. You have the right to be informed of the categories of Personal Data collected and the purposes for which the Personal Data is used.
  • The right to ask. Under the CCPA, You have the right to ask Us to disclose to You information about Our collection, use, sale, disclosure for commercial purposes, and sharing of Our personal information. Once We have received and confirmed Your request, We will disclose to You:
  • The categories of personal information We have collected about You
  • The categories of sources for the personal information We have collected about You
  • Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling this personal information
  • The categories of third parties with whom We share this personal information
  • The specific personal information We have collected about You
  • If We have sold Your personal information or disclosed Your personal information for a business purpose, We will disclose to You:
  • The categories of categories of personal information sold
  • The categories of personal information disclosed
  • The right to say no to the sale of Personal Data (opt-out). You have the right to ask Us not to sell Your personal information. To submit an opt-out request, please Contact Us.
  • The right to delete Personal Data. You have the right to request the deletion of Your Personal Data, subject to certain exceptions. Once We have received and confirmed Your request, We will delete (and instruct Our Service Providers to delete) Your personal information from Our records, unless an exception applies. We may refuse Your deletion request if the retention of the information is necessary for Us or Our Service Providers to:
  • Complete the transaction for which We collected the personal information, provide a good or Service You have requested, take action reasonably anticipated in connection with Our ongoing business relationship with You, or simply perform Our contract with You.
  • Detect security incidents, Protect You against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activity.
  • Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
  • Exercise free speech, secure another consumer’s right to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided by law.
  • Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Shield Act (California Penal Code § 1546 et seq.).
  • Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that complies with all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, where deletion of the information may probably make it impossible or seriously harm the performance of the research, if You have already given Your informed consent.
  • Allow only internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on Your relationship with Us.
  • To comply with a legal obligation.
  • Make other internal and lawful uses of this information that are compatible with the context in which You provided it.
  • The right not to be discriminated against. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of Your consumer rights, including by:
  • Refusing Goods or Services
  • Charging different prices or rates for goods or services, including using discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties
  • Providing you with a different level or quality of goods or services
  • Suggesting that You will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services

Exercising Your CCPA Data Protection Rights

To exercise any of Your rights under the CCPA, and if You reside in California, You may contact Us:

Only You, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State whom You authorize to act on Your behalf, may make a verifiable request related to Your personal information.

Your request to Us must:

  • Provide sufficient information that allows Us to reasonably verify that You are the person about whom We collected personal information or an authorized representative
  • Describe Your request in sufficient detail to enable Us to fully understand, assess and respond to it.

We cannot respond to Your request or provide You with the requested information if We cannot:

  • Verify Your identity or Your authority to make the request
  • And confirm that the personal information relates to You

We will disclose and deliver the required information free of charge within 45 days of receipt of Your verifiable request. The deadline for providing the required information may be extended once by an additional 45 days when reasonably necessary and with notice.

Any disclosure We provide will only cover the 12 month period prior to receipt of the verifiable request.

For data portability requests, We will select a format for providing Your personal information that is easily usable and should allow You to transmit information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.

Do not sell my personal information

You have the right to opt out of the sale of Your personal information. Once We have received and confirmed a verifiable request from You, We will stop selling Your personal information. To exercise Your right of withdrawal, please contact Us.

Providers with whom We partner (for example, Our analytics or advertising partners) may use technology on the Service that sells personal information as defined by CCPA. If You wish to opt out of the use of Your personal information for the purposes of interest-based advertising and such potential sales as defined by CCPA, You may do so by following the instructions below.

Please note that any opt-out is specific to the browser You are using. You may need to opt out on each browser You use.

Personal data

You can opt out of receiving personalized ads as served by Our Service Providers by following Our instructions on the Service:

The opt-out will place a Cookie on Your computer that is unique to the browser You are using to opt out. If You change browsers or delete the Cookies saved by Your browser, You will have to unsubscribe again.

Mobile devices

Your mobile device may provide You with the ability to opt out of the use of information about the applications You use to provide You with interest-based advertising:

  • “Opt out of interest-based ads” or “Opt out of ad personalization” on Android devices
  • “Limit Ad Tracking” on iOS devices

You can also stop the collection of location information from Your mobile device by changing the preferences on Your mobile device.

“Do Not Track” policy as required by the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)

Our Service does not respond to Do Not Track signals.

However, some third-party websites keep track of Your browsing activities. If You visit such websites, You can set Your preferences in Your web browser to inform websites that You do not wish to be tracked. You can enable or disable DNT by visiting the preferences or settings page of Your web browser.

Protection of children's privacy

Our Service is not directed to persons under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You know that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We learn that We have collected Personal Data from persons under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires parental consent, We may require Your parental consent before We collect and use that information.

Your California Privacy Rights (California Shine the Light Law)

Under California Civil Code Section 1798 (California Shine the Light law), California residents with an established business relationship with Us may request information once a year about the sharing of their Personal Data with third parties for third-party direct marketing.

If You wish to request more information under California Shine the Light law, and You are a California resident, You may contact Us using the contact information provided below.

California Privacy Rights for Minor Users (California Business and Professions Code Section 22581)

California Business and Professions Code Section 22581 permits California residents under the age of 18 who are registered users of online sites, services, or applications to request and obtain removal of content or information ‘they published publicly.

To request deletion of this data, and if You reside in California, You may contact Us using the contact information provided below and include the email address associated with Your account.

Please be aware that Your request does not guarantee full or complete removal of content or information posted online and that the law may not permit or require removal in certain circumstances.

Links to other websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the privacy policy of each site You visit.

We have no control and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any Third Party Site or Service.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will notify You via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

We advise You to regularly review this privacy policy for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If You have any questions regarding this privacy policy, You can contact Us: