Effective: February 24, 2014
This Privacy Policy explains how information is collected, used and disclosed by Vendop with respect to your access and use of our services through our websites and applications. This Privacy Policy doesn’t apply to any third-party websites, services or applications that can be accessed through our services.
Any information that is collected is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is collected. We may, however, modify and revise our Privacy Policy from time-to-time. If we make any material changes to this policy, we will notify you of such changes by posting them on our website, through our services or by sending you an email or other notification, and we will indicate when such changes will become effective. By continuing to access or use our services after those changes become effective, you are agreeing to be bound by the revised policy.
Information You Provide
We will collect the personal information (like your name and email address) you provide when you register for an account. If you create an account using your login from a supported social networking site (like LinkedIn), we will access and collect the personal information about you that the social networking site allows to be shared (which is based your privacy settings), in order to create your account for you.
Note regarding children : We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we learn that we have collected personal information of a child under 13, we will take steps to delete such information from our files as soon as possible.
Note regarding international users : Your information will be transferred to and maintained on computers located in the United States (or any other country where we operate) and processed there – by providing us with your information, you are accepting and agreeing to that transfer.
Information We Collect
We automatically collect certain information when you use our services, like the Internet Protocol (IP) address (if using a browser) or a device identifier (if using a mobile device), operating system, and the browser type. You can enable or disable location services when you use our services at anytime, through your browser or mobile device settings. We collect this information through our app or by using "cookies” (a small data file that your browser places on your computer that helps us better understand how you interact with and use our services). Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies and you can instruct your browser, by editing its options, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit.
Information Collected by Others
We may enable third-parties to collect usage analytics about our services. These third-parties may place their own cookies on your device to collect traffic and activity data in order to deliver us relevant metrics and information. We do not share any personal information of our users with these parties, but we may share anonymous or aggregated information about our users with them to help improve our services. The collection of this data by these third-parties is subject to their own privacy policy.
How We Use the Information We Collect
We use the information we collect to provide our services (or the information you request), to process and complete any transactions, to respond to your inquiries, to personalize and improve our services and your experiences when you use our services, to monitor and analyze usage and trends of our services, to send you messages about the operation and use of our services, and for the purpose for which the information was collected.
Information We Share With Others
We will share information about you when you instruct us to do so, such as when you communicate with other users (about inquiries or quote requests) or if we notify you that the information you provide will be shared in a particular manner and you provide such information.
We may share information about you in anonymous and/or aggregated form with third parties for industry analysis, demographic profiling, research, analysis and other similar purposes.
Your information may be accessed and used by our service providers who are working with us in connection with the operation of our services (these service providers may have access to your information but only to the extent necessary to perform services on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose that information or use it for any other purposes).
We may share information about you if we are (or if we believe we are) required by law or legal process (such as a subpoena, warrant or court order), if we have to respond to a lawful request from legal authorities to disclose such information, or if we need to enforce or apply this Privacy Policy, our Terms or our other policies.
We may transfer and/or provide information about our users in connection with an acquisition, sale of company assets, or other situation where user information would be transferred as one of our business assets.
How to Access Your Information
If you have an account, you can access and modify the information you provided us through your account or through the social networking account connected to your profile (LinkedIn). If you completely delete all such information, then your account will become deactivated and you will not be able to access our services through your account. If you would like us to delete personal information about you from our system, please email cto@vendop.com with a request that we delete your personal information from our database. We will use reasonable efforts to honor your request; however, we may retain an archived copy of your information as required by law or for other legitimate record keeping purposes.
Security Measures We Take To Protect Your Information
We employ administrative, physical and electronic measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access, however, despite these 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. In the event that your personal information is compromised as a result of a breach of security, we will promptly notify you if your personal information has been compromised, as required by applicable law.
Links to Other Services and Websites
Our services may contain links to other services and websites operated by third parties. Any information you provide to those services and websites is provided directly to the owner of that service or website and is subject to their own terms, data gathering practices and privacy policy. Our Privacy Policy does not apply to these services and websites and we are not responsible for the privacy and security practices of those services and websites.
Please email feedback@vendop.com if you have any questions about our Privacy Policy.
