TheGroup Buying Depot application and the associated Group Buying Depotwebsite available at www.groupbuyingdepot.com (collectively, "GroupBuying Depot") are owned and operated by Hungry Machines, Inc. d/b/aGroup Buying Depot ("us" "we" or "our"). At Group Buying Depot, you cankeep track of what you like, tell others about what you like, discovernew things to try, and find out what your friends enjoy, all in oneplace. This Group Buying Depot privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy") isintended to inform you of our policies and practices regarding thecollection, use and disclosure of any information you submit to usthrough Group Buying Depot. This includes "Personal Information," whichis information about you that is personally identifiable such as yourname, e-mail address, user ID number, and other non-public informationthat is associated with the foregoing, as well as "AnonymousInformation," which is information that is not associated with orlinked to your Personal Information and does not permit theidentification of individual persons. User Consent
Byaccessing or otherwise using Group Buying Depot, you agree to the termsand conditions of this Privacy Policy and the associated Terms ofService (set forth on http://groupbuyingdepot.com/page.php?id=19) youexpressly consent to the processing of your Personal Information andAnonymous Information according to this Privacy Policy.
YourPersonal Information may be processed by us in the country where it wascollected as well as other countries (including the United States)where laws regarding processing of Personal Information may be lessstringent than the laws in your country. Regarding Children
Childrenunder the age of 13 are not permitted to use Group Buying Depot and wedo not intentionally collect or maintain Personal Information fromthose who are under 13 years old. Protecting the privacy of children isvery important to us. Thus, if we obtain actual knowledge that a useris under 13, we will take steps to remove that user's PersonalInformation from our databases. We recommend that children between theages of 13 and 18 obtain their parent’s permission before submittinginformation over the internet. By using Group Buying Depot, you arerepresenting that you are at least 18 years old, or that you are atleast 13 years old and have your parents’ permission to use GroupBuying Depot. Collection and Use of Information Personal Information
Ingeneral, we collect Personal Information that you submit to usvoluntarily through Group Buying Depot. We also collect informationthat you submit in the process of creating or editing your account anduser profile on Group Buying Depot. For example, our registration andlogin process requires you to provide us with your name, valid emailaddress and password of your choice. When you personalize your profileand use the features of Group Buying Depot, we will collect anyinformation you voluntarily provide, and we may also request optionalinformation to support your use of Group Buying Depot, such as youryear of birth, gender and other demographic information. We collectinformation in the form of the content that you submit during your useof Group Buying Depot, such as photos, reviews, ratings and otherinformation you choose to submit. We may also collect information aboutyou and your friends who use Group Buying Depot, from any socialnetwork you may have connected from, in order to provide you with amore personalized experience. For instance, we may collect your user IDor profile information that you have permitted to be displayed throughGroup Buying Depot in order to display you as a friend or inassociation with your profile and collections. When you order ourproducts or services, you will need to submit your credit card or otherpayment information so that our service providers can process yourpayment for those products and services. When you sign up for, or win,any contests, sweepstakes, or other activities that we make availableon Group Buying Depot, we will collect the information designated alongwith such activity, which may include your contact information such asyour address and phone number. If you choose to sign up to receiveinformation about products or services that may be of interest to you,we will collect your email address and all related information.Additionally, we collect any information that you voluntarily enter,including Personal Information, into any postings, comments, or forumswithin the Group Buying Depot community. Personal Information from Other Sources
Wemay receive Personal Information about you from other sources withwhich you have registered, companies who we have partnered with(collectively, "Partners") or other third parties. We may associatethis information with the other Personal Information we have collectedabout you. E-mail and E-mail Addresses
Ifyou send an e-mail to us, or fill out our "Feedback" form through GroupBuying Depot, we will collect your e-mail address and the full contentof your e-mail, including attached files, and other information youprovide. We may use and display your full name and email address whenyou send an email notification to a friend through Group Buying Depotor the social network from which you have connected to Group BuyingDepot (such as in an invitation, or when sharing your content).Additionally, we use your email address to contact you on behalf ofyour friends (such as when someone sends you a personal message) ornotifications from a social network or other website with whom you haveregistered to receive such notifications. We may use this e-mailaddress to contact you, for things such as notifications of limitededition shop sales and other related information. You may indicate yourpreference to stop receiving further promotional communications asfurther detailed below. Information Collected Via Technology
Asyou use Group Buying Depot, certain information may also be passivelycollected and stored on our or our service providers’ server logs,including your Internet protocol address, browser type, and operatingsystem. We also use Cookies and navigational data like Uniform ResourceLocators (URL) to gather information regarding the date and time ofyour visit and the solutions and information for which you searched andviewed, or on which of the advertisements displayed on Group BuyingDepot you clicked. This type of information is collected to make GroupBuying Depot and solutions more useful to you and to tailor theexperience with Group Buying Depot to meet your special interests andneeds.
An "Internet protocol address" or "IP Address" is anumber that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use theInternet. In some cases your IP Address stays the same from browsersession to browser session; but if you use a consumer internet accessprovider, your IP Address probably varies from session to session. Forexample, we, or our service providers, may track your IP Address whenyou access Group Buying Depot to assist with ad targeting.
"Cookies"are small pieces of information that a website sends to your computer’shard drive while you are viewing a website. We may use both sessionCookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistentCookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them) to provideyou with a more personal and interactive experience with Group BuyingDepot. Persistent Cookies can be removed by following your Internetbrowser help file directions. In order to use our services offeredthrough Group Buying Depot, your web browser must accept Cookies. Ifyou choose to disable Cookies, some aspects of Group Buying Depot maynot work properly, and you will not be able to receive our services.
Wemay also enable advertisers and ad servers to promote third-partyproducts and/or services by placing advertisements on Group BuyingDepot. These advertisers and ad servers may use Cookies and/or "WebBeacons" (which are usually small, transparent graphic images) in orderto monitor information related to served advertisements. Clicking onsuch advertisements will direct you to the website of a third-party andthe advertiser. This Privacy Policy does not cover the privacypractices of any advertisers or ad servers. Use and Disclosure of Information
Exceptas otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not generally sell,trade, rent, or share the Personal Information that we collect withthird parties, unless you ask or authorize us to do so.
Ingeneral, Personal Information you submit to us is used by us to provideyou access to Group Buying Depot, to improve Group Buying Depot, tobetter tailor the features, performance, and support of Group BuyingDepot and to offer you additional information, opportunities,promotions and functionality from us, our partners or our advertisersat your request. Additionally, we do share your content preferences andother information with the social network from which you have connectedto Group Buying Depot, along with those companies and persons you haveasked us to share your information with.
We may provide yourPersonal Information to third-party service providers who work onbehalf of or with us to provide some of the services and features ofGroup Buying Depot and to help us communicate with you. Examples ofsuch services include sending email, analyzing data, providingmarketing assistance, processing payments (including credit cardpayments), and providing customer service. We require our third-partyservice providers to promise not to use such information except asnecessary to provide the relevant services to us. We may share some orall of your Personal Information with our third-party partners, thosewith whom we have a co-branding or promotional relationship, or otherthird-parties about whom you are otherwise notified and do not requestto opt out of such sharing. This Privacy Policy does not cover the useof your personally identifiable information by such third-parties. Wedo not maintain responsibility for the manner in which third parties,including, without limitation, social networks, other partners andadvertisers, use or further disclose Personal Information collectedfrom you in accordance with this Privacy Policy, after we havedisclosed such information to those third parties. If you do not wantus to use or disclose Personal Information collected about you in themanners identified in this Privacy Policy, you may not use Group BuyingDepot.
Additionally, we may create Anonymous Information recordsfrom Personal Information by excluding information (such as your name)that would otherwise make the Anonymous Information personallyidentifiable to you. Generally, we aggregate this information and useit in statistical analysis to help us analyze patterns in the use ofGroup Buying Depot. This Privacy Policy does not limit our use ordisclosure of any Anonymous Information in any way, and we reserve theright to use and disclose Anonymous Information to our partners,advertisers and other third parties in our discretion.
Althoughwe currently do not have a parent company, any subsidiaries, jointventures, or other companies under a common control, we may in thefuture, and we may share some or all of your Personal Information withthese companies, in which case we will require them to honor thisPrivacy Policy.
In the event we go through a business transitionsuch as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or aportion of its assets, your Personal Information may be among theassets transferred. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur andare permitted by this Privacy Policy, and that any acquirer of ours orthat acquirer’s assets may continue to process your PersonalInformation as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
We may discloseyour Personal Information if we believe in good faith that suchdisclosure is necessary to (a) comply with relevant laws or to respondto subpoenas or warrants served on us; or (b) to protect and defend ourrights or property, you, or third parties. You hereby consent to ussharing your Personal Information under the circumstances describedherein. The Ability of Others to View Your Information
Helpingyou to protect your information is a vital part of our mission. It isup to you to make sure you are comfortable with the information youchoose to provide us and the information you choose to publish. Youunderstand that when you use Group Buying Depot, certain informationyou post or provide through Group Buying Depot, such as your name,profile, comments, collections and reviews, may be shared with otherusers and posted on publicly available portions of Group Buying Depot,including without limitation, chatrooms, bulletin and message boards,along with other public forums. Please keep in mind that if you chooseto disclose Personal Information when posting comments or otherinformation or content through Group Buying Depot, this information maybecome publicly available and may be collected and used by others,including people outside the Group Buying Depot community. We will nothave any obligations with respect to any information that you post toparts of Group Buying Depot available to others, and recommend that youuse caution when giving out personal information to others in publicforums online or otherwise. We also share the information you publishwith other third parties. Third Party Sites and Advertising
GroupBuying Depot may contain links to other websites. Please be aware thatwe are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of suchother websites. We encourage our users to read the privacy statementsof each and every website they visit. This Privacy Policy appliessolely to information collected by us through Group Buying Depot anddoes not apply to these third-party websites. The ability to accessinformation of third-parties from Group Buying Depot, or links to otherwebsites or locations, is for your convenience and does not signify ourendorsement of such third-parties, their products, their services,other websites, locations or their content. Your Choices Regarding Your Personal Information
Weoffer you choices regarding the collection, use, and sharing of yourPersonal Information. When you receive promotional communications fromus, you may indicate a preference to stop receiving further promotionalcommunications from us and you will have the opportunity to "opt-out"by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the promotionale-mail you receive or by contacting us directly atdeals@groupbuyingdepot.com.
Despite your indicated emailpreferences, we may send you administrative emails regarding GroupBuying Depot, including, for example, administrative confirmations, andnotices of updates to our Privacy Policy if we choose to provide suchnotices to you in this manner.
You may change any of yourprofile information by editing it in the profile settings page. You mayrequest deletion of your Personal Information by contacting us atdeales@groupbuyingdepot.com, but please note that we may be required(by law or otherwise) to keep this information and not delete it (or tokeep this information for a certain time, in which case we will complywith your deletion request, only after we have fulfilled suchrequirements). When we delete Personal Information, it will be deletedfrom the active database, but may remain in our archives. Feedback
Ifyou provide feedback to us, we may use and disclose such feedback forany purpose, provided we do not associate such feedback with yourPersonal Information. We will collect any information contained in suchfeedback and will treat the Personal Information in it in accordancewith this Privacy Policy. You agree that any such comments and anyemail we receive becomes our property. We may use feedback formarketing purposes or to add to or modify our services without payingany royalties or other compensation to you.
Security
We arecommitted to protecting the security of your Personal Information. Weuse a variety of industry-standard security technologies and proceduresto help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access,use, or disclosure. Even though we have taken significant steps toprotect your Personal Information, no company, including us, can fullyeliminate security risks associated with Personal Information. Contact and Revisions
If you have questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at: deals@groupbuyingdepot.com
ThisPrivacy Policy is subject to occasional revision at our discretion, andif we make any substantial changes in the way we use your PersonalInformation, we will post an alert on this page or may otherwise postan alert on the Group Buying Depot blog available at (coming soon). Ifyou object to any such changes, you must cease using Group BuyingDepot. Continued use of Group Buying Depot following notice of any suchchanges shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes andagreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes. Last Update: June 29, 2010 |
