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WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY TEMPLATE
Last updated April 2022
INTRODUCTION
Adelsen (“we” or “us” or “our”) respectsthe privacy of our users (“user” or “you”). ThisPrivacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard yourinformation when you visit our website [name of website.com] [and our mobileapplication], including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, ormobile application related or connected thereto (collectively, the “Site”). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of thisprivacy policy, please do not access the site.
We reservethe right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for anyreason. We will alert you about anychanges by updating the “LastUpdated” date of this Privacy Policy. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon postingthe updated Privacy Policy on the Site, and you waive the right to receivespecific notice of each such change or modification.
You areencouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed ofupdates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, andwill be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Privacy Policy byyour continued use of the Site after the date such revised Privacy Policy isposted.
COLLECTION OF YOUR INFORMATION
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. Theinformation we may collect on the Site includes:
Personallyidentifiable 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 registerwith the Site [or our mobile application,] or] when you choose to participatein various activities related to the Site [and our mobile application], such asonline chat and message boards. You are under no obligation to provide us withpersonal information of any kind, however your refusal to do so may prevent youfrom using certain features of the Site [and our mobile application].
Informationour servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IPaddress, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and thepages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site. [If you areusing our mobile application, this information may also include your devicename and type, your operating system, your phone number, your country, yourlikes and replies to a post, and other interactions with the application andother users via server log files, as well as any other information you chooseto provide.]
The Site[and our mobile application] may by default access your Facebook basicaccount information, including your name, email, gender, birthday, currentcity, and profile picture URL, as well as other information that you choose tomake public. We may also request access to other permissions related to youraccount, such as friends, checkins, and likes, and you may choose to grant ordeny us access to each individual permission. For more information regardingFacebook permissions, refer to the Facebook Permissions Reference page.
Userinformation from social networking sites, such as [Apple’s Game Center, Facebook,Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter], including your name, your socialnetwork username, location, gender, birth date, email address, profile picture,and public data for contacts, if you connect your account to such socialnetworks. [If you are using our mobile application, this information may alsoinclude the contact information of anyone you invite to use and/or join ourmobile application.]
Deviceinformation, such as your mobile device ID, model, and manufacturer, andinformation about the location of your device, if you access the Site from amobile device.
Informationfrom third parties, such as personal information or network friends, if youconnect your account to the third party and grant the Site permission to access this information.
Personaland other information you may provide when entering contests or giveawaysand/or responding to surveys.
USE OF YOURINFORMATION
Havingaccurate 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:
● Administersweepstakes, promotions, and contests.
● Assistlaw enforcement and respond to subpoena.
● Compileanonymous statistical data and analysis for use internally or with thirdparties.
● Createand manage your account.
● Delivertargeted advertising, coupons, newsletters, and other information regardingpromotions and the Site [and our mobile application] to you.
● Emailyou regarding your account or order.
● Enableuser-to-user communications.
● Fulfilland manage purchases, orders, payments, and other transactions related to theSite [and our mobile application].
● Generatea personal profile about you to make future visits to the Site [and our mobileapplication] more personalized.
● Increasethe efficiency and operation of the Site [and our mobile application].
● Monitorand analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Site [and ourmobile application].
● Notifyyou of updates to the Site [and our mobile application]s.
● Offernew products, services, [mobile applications,] and/or recommendations to you.
● Performother business activities as needed.
● Preventfraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminalactivity.
● Processpayments and refunds.
● Requestfeedback and contact you about your use of the Site [and our mobileapplication] .
● Resolvedisputes and troubleshoot problems.
● Respondto product and customer service requests.
● Send youa newsletter.
● Solicitsupport for the Site [and our mobileapplication].
● [Other]
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We mayshare information we have collected about you in certain situations. Yourinformation may be disclosed as follows:
If webelieve the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legalprocess, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or toprotect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share yourinformation as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, orregulation. This includes exchanginginformation with other entities for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
We mayshare your information with third parties that perform services for us or onour behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hostingservices, customer service, and marketing assistance.
With yourconsent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share yourinformation with third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.
If youinteract with other users of the Site [and our mobile application], those usersmay see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity, includingsending invitations to other users, chatting with other users, liking posts,following blogs.
When youpost comments, contributions or other content to the Site [or our mobileapplications], your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publiclydistributed outside the Site [and our mobile application] in perpetuity.
We mayuse third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Site [orour mobile application]. These companies may use information about your visitsto the Site [and our mobile application] and other websites that are containedin web cookies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services ofinterest to you.
We mayshare your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require thoseaffiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent companyand any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we controlor that are under common control with us.
We mayshare your information with our business partners to offer you certainproducts, services or promotions.
Our mobile application may display a third-partyhosted “offer wall.” Such an offer wall allows third-partyadvertisers to offer virtual currency, gifts, or other items to users in returnfor acceptance and completion of an advertisement offer. Such an offer wall may appear in our mobileapplication and be displayed to you based on certain data, such as yourgeographic area or demographic information. When you click on an offer wall, you will leave our mobileapplication. A unique identifier, suchas your user ID, will be shared with the offer wall provider in order toprevent fraud and properly credit your account.]
If youconnect to the Site [or our mobile application] through a social network, yourcontacts on the social network will see your name, profile photo, anddescriptions of your activity.]
We mayshare your information with advertisers and investors for the purpose ofconducting general business analysis. We may also share your information withsuch third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.
If wereorganize or sell all or a portion of our assets, undergo a merger, or areacquired by another entity, we may transfer your information to the successorentity. If we go out of business orenter bankruptcy, your information would be an asset transferred or acquired bya third party. You acknowledge that suchtransfers may occur and that the transferee may decline honor commitments wemade in this Privacy Policy.
We arenot responsible for the actions of third parties with whom you share personalor sensitive data, and we have no authority to manage or control third-partysolicitations. If you no longer wish toreceive correspondence, emails or other communications from third parties, youare responsible for contacting the third party directly.
TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
[We mayuse cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies onthe Site [and our mobile application] to help customize the Site [and ourmobile application] and improve your experience. When you access the Site [orour mobile application], your personal information is not collected through theuse 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 affectthe 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 yourweb browser’ssettings to notify you each time a cookie is tendered, permitting you to acceptor decline cookies on an individual basis.]
[We mayuse cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies onthe Site [and our mobile application] to help customize the Site [and ourmobile application] and improve your experience. For more information on how weuse cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy posted on the Site, which isincorporated into this Privacy Policy. By using the Site, you agree to be boundby our Cookie Policy.]
Additionally,we may use third-party software to serve ads on the Site [and our mobileapplication], implement email marketing campaigns, and manage other interactivemarketing initiatives. This third-partysoftware may use cookies or similar tracking technology to help manage andoptimize your online experience with us. For more information about opting-out of interest-based ads, visit the NetworkAdvertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool or DigitalAdvertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.
We mayalso 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 allowtracking technologies and remarketing services on the Site [and our mobileapplication] 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 thepopularity of certain content and better understand online activity. Byaccessing the Site[,our mobile application,], you consent to the collection anduse of your information by these third-party vendors. You are encouraged toreview their privacy policy and contact them directlyfor responses to your questions. We do not transfer personalinformation to these third-party vendors. However, ifyou do not want any information to be collected and used by trackingtechnologies, you can visit the third-party vendor or the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-OutTool or Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.
Youshould 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 alsoclear certain opt-out cookies, plug-ins, or settings.
THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES
The Site[and our mobile application] may contain links to third-party websites and applicationsof interest, including advertisements and external services, that are notaffiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave the Site [or ourmobile application], any information you provide to these third parties is notcovered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacyof your information. Before visiting and providing any information to anythird-party websites, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies andpractices (if any) of the third party responsible for that website, and shouldtake those steps necessary to, in your discretion, protect the privacy of yourinformation. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and securitypractices and policies of any third parties, including other sites, services orapplications that may be linked to or from the Site [or our mobileapplication].
SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION
We useadministrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect yourpersonal information. While we have takenreasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, pleasebe aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect orimpenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against anyinterception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception andmisuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee completesecurity if you provide personal information.
POLICY FOR CHILDREN
We do notknowingly 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 webbrowsers and some mobile operating systems [and our mobile applications]include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or settingyou can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about youronline browsing activities monitored and collected. No uniform technology standard forrecognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do notcurrently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism thatautomatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adoptedthat we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in arevised version of this Privacy Policy./Most web browsers and some mobileoperating systems [and our mobile applications] include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”)feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not tohave data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. If youset the DNT signal on your browser, we will respond to such DNT browsersignals.
OPTIONS REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION
You mayat any time review or change the information in your account or terminate youraccount by:
● Logginginto your account settings and updating your account
● Contactingus using the contact information provided below
● [Other]
Upon yourrequest to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your accountand information from our active databases. However, some information may beretained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with anyinvestigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with legalrequirements.]
If you nolonger wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from us,you may opt-out by:
● Notingyour preferences at the time you register your account with the Site [or ourmobile application]
● Logginginto your account settings and updating your preferences.
● Contactingus using the contact information provided below
If you nolonger wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications fromthird parties, you are responsible for contacting the third party directly.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
CaliforniaCivil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine TheLight” law, permits our users who are California residents to request andobtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories ofpersonal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for directmarketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with whichwe shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. Ifyou are a California resident and would like to make such a request, pleasesubmit your request in writing to us using the contact information providedbelow.
If youare under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered accountwith the Site [or our mobile application], you have the right to requestremoval of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Site [or our mobileapplication]. To request removal of such data, please contact us using thecontact information provided below, and include the email address associatedwith your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publiclydisplayed on the Site [or our mobile application], but please be aware that thedata may not be completely or comprehensively removed from our systems.
CONTACT US
If youhave questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Adelsen
4257St-Catherine Ouest
Montreal,Quebec
hello@adelsen.com