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Buyington Privacy Statement

Effective date: 2021-09-05


Welcome to Buyington

This Privacy Notice (“Privacy Notice”) explains how Buyington, Inc., its affiliates, and its subsidiaries (“Buyington,” “us,” “our,” and “we”) use your information and applies to all who use our websites and platforms – including mobile applications, touch technologies, electronic services, social networking sites, interactive features, online services or any of our described online activities we own or control (collectively, the “Service”). For terms that govern the use of the Service, please review the Service’s Terms of Use.


This Privacy Notice is organized as follows:


  • Types of Information We Collect
  • How Buyington Collects Information
  • How Buyington Uses Information
  • Retention of Data
  • Transfer of Data
  • Disclosure of Data
  • Security of Data
  • Your Data Protection Rights Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
  • Your Data Protection Rights under the California Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)
  • Business Transfers and Corporate Changes
  • Your Data Protection Rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
  • Service Providers
  • Analytics
  • CI/CD tools
  • Advertising
  • Behavioral Remarketing
  • Links to Other Sites
  • Children’s Privacy
  • Changes to This Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us

    • Types of infromation we collect from our users

    We may collect the following categories of personal information from and about you:

  • Identifiers: such as your name, postal addresses, email addresses, social networking website user account names, telephone numbers, or other addresses at which you are able to receive communications.
  • Demographic information: such as your age, birthdate, and gender.
  • Commercial information: such as information that enables us to determine lifestyle, interests, and activities, including purchasing tendencies and order history (such as the Buyington vouchers you purchase and redeem); areas of interest; information collected through your interactions with social networks; information about persons for whom you have purchased Buyington vouchers as gifts or who have bought Buyington vouchers as gifts for you; and information about friends who refer you or whom you have referred.
  • Location information: such as information related to your state/province, city, or neighborhood, and, if you agree, more specific location information that is provided through the GPS functionality on mobile devices used to access the Service.
  • Financial information: such as information collected from you as needed to process payments for Buyington vouchers or other products or services that you buy, or as provided by you to administer your participation in optional services and programs, such as your payment card number, expiration date, and card verification number.
  • Internet and network activity information: such as information about your browsing behavior, search history, and interactions with websites and advertisements, including data from cookies, pixel tags, and web beacons.
  • Inferences regarding preferences and other characteristics: such as our assessment of the types of products or services you may have an interest in.

    • How Buyington Collects Information

    We may collect your personal information from a variety of sources, including

  • From you: We collect information that you submit to us. For example, when you use the Service; make a purchase; register to receive information, products, or services available through the Service; or interact with us in other ways. We will collect any information you voluntarily provide, and we may also request optional information to support your use of the Service. We also collect any information that you voluntarily enter into any postings, comments, or forums within the Service. If you send an e-mail to us, we will collect your e-mail address and the full content of your e-mail, including attached files and other information you choose to provide to us.
  • From your device: When you use the Service, we may collect information about the devices you use to access the Service, including hardware model, operating system and version, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, and other unique device identifiers, mobile network information, and information about the device’s interaction with our Service. We also collect information about how you use our Service, including your access times, browser types, and language. This type of data enables us to understand how often individuals use parts of the Service so we can analyze and improve it. To collect this information, we use cookies and web beacons, and other similar technologies. To learn more about how we automatically receive and record information when you interact with the Service, please review our Cookies Policy. Note that this Privacy Notice covers only how we use information collected via cookies; it does not cover the use of such information by third parties.
  • Location information: We may collect different types of information about your location, including general information, such as the city, state, and/or zip code associated with your IP Address, and, if you agree, more specific location information that is provided through the GPS functionality on mobile devices used to access the Service. We may use such location information to customize the Service, including advertising that is presented to you. In order to do this, your location information may be passed along to our affiliates, agents, vendors or advertisers. You may be able to disallow our use of certain location data through your device or browser settings, for example, by disabling “Location” services for the Buyington application in iOS privacy settings.
  • Social media networks and other third parties: We may obtain information about you or your use of the Service from third party sources, such as our vendors, like web hosting providers, analytics providers, or advertisers. You may give us permission to access your information from services offered by third parties, including social media networks. The information we obtain from third party services depends on your account/privacy settings with those third parties and the third parties’ privacy policies, so be sure to check those policies and to adjust your settings to meet your preferences. When you access the Service through social media networks and other third party platforms, you are authorizing Buyington to collect, store, and use such information and content in accordance with this Privacy Notice. Please keep in mind that any information provided to us by a third party may also be subject to that third party’s privacy policy.

    • How Buyington Uses Information

    We may use information collected as described in this Privacy Notice to:

  • Operate, maintain, and improve the Service and other programs, features, and functionality related to the Service.
  • Provide you with interest-based ads, push notifications, communications, and offers for products and services from us and our business partners, including based on your precise geolocation.
  • Facilitate and fulfill orders – for example, for Buyington vouchers and other goods and services, including tracking redemption.
  • Process and confirm bookings with our partners.
  • Process your payments
  • Evaluate your eligibility for certain types of offers, products, or services that may be of interest to you, and analyze advertising effectiveness
  • Answer your questions and respond to your requests.
  • Perform analytics and conduct customer research.
  • Communicate and provide additional information that may be of interest to you about Buyington and our business partners, sometimes by combining your information with information we obtain from other sources.
  • Send you reminders, technical notices, updates, security alerts, support and administrative messages, service bulletins, marketing messages, and requested information, including on behalf of our business partners.
  • Administer rewards, surveys, sweepstakes, contests, or other promotional activities or events sponsored by us or our business partners.
  • Manage our everyday business needs, such as administration of the Service, forum management, fulfillment, analytics, fraud prevention, and enforcement of our corporate reporting obligations and Terms of Use, or to comply with the law.
  • Allow you to apply for a job, post a video, or sign up for special offers from merchants, our business partners, or other companies.
  • Verify your requests made pursuant to this Privacy Notice.
  • Enhance other information we have about you to help us better understand you and determine your interests.
  • Use your data as described in our Card Linked Deals program, if you consented to participate in such program.

    • We also may use information collected as described in this Privacy Notice with your consent or as otherwise required or permitted by law.

    Buyington uses your geolocation, including your precise geolocation, consistent with this Privacy Notice as described above to deliver location-based offers, products or services that may be of interest to you.

    If you make purchases without creating a password, we link these purchases to your email address and create a secure account in our system. If you create a password at a later date, you will be able to view past purchases made with that email address.

    If you use any features on the Service to send information about a product or service to another person, we will also collect the personal information of that other person to the extent disclosed by you and may contact them using the information you provided us.


    Retention of Data

    We will retain your Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your 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. We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, 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 periods.


    Transfer of Data

    Your information, including Personal Data, 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 from those of your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the USA and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the USA and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer. Buyington will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and by 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 Data

    We may disclose personal information that we collect, or you provide:

  • Disclosure for Law Enforcement: Under certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
  • Business Transaction: If we or our subsidiaries are involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred.

    • Other cases. We may disclose your information also:

  • To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
  • To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business;
  • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
  • To include your company’s logo on our app.
  • for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information;
  • with your consent in any other cases.
  • if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our customers, or others.

    • Security of Data

    The security of your 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.


    Your Data Protection Rights Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

    If you are a resident of the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights, covered by GDPR. We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.


    If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please email us at [email protected]


    In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

  • the right to access, update, or to delete the information we have on you.
  • the right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • the right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
  • the right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
  • the right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of your Personal Data in a structured, machine-readable, and commonly used format.
  • the right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where we rely on your consent to process your personal information.
  • Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. Please note, we may not able to provide Service without some necessary data.
  • You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

    • Your Data Protection Rights under the California Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)

    CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial apps and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require a person or company in the United States (and conceivable the world) that operates apps collecting personally identifiable information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its app stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals with whom it is being shared and to comply with this policy.


    According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:

  • users can visit our site anonymously.
  • our Privacy Policy link includes the word “Privacy”, and can easily be found on the home page of our app.
  • users will be notified of any privacy policy changes on our Privacy Policy Page.
  • users can change their personal information by emailing us at [email protected].

    • Our Policy on “Do Not Track” Signals:

    We honor Do Not Track signals and do not track plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track browser mechanism is in place. Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform apps that you do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.


    Your Data Protection Rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

    If you are a California resident, you are entitled to learn what data we collect about you, ask to delete your data, and not to sell (share) it. To exercise your data protection rights, you can make certain requests and ask us:


    What personal information we have about you. If you make this request, we will return to you:

  • The categories of personal information we have collected about you.
  • The categories of sources from which we collect your personal information.
  • The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling your personal information.
  • The categories of third parties with whom we share personal information.
  • The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
  • A list of categories of personal information that we have sold, along with the category of any other company we sold it to. If we have not sold your personal information, we will inform you of that fact.
  • A list of categories of personal information that we have disclosed for a business purpose, along with the category of any other company we shared it with.

    • Please note, you are entitled to ask us to provide you with this information up to two times in a rolling twelve-month period. When you make this request, the information provided may be limited to the personal information we collected about you in the previous 12 months.

  • To delete your personal information. If you make this request, we will delete the personal information we hold about you as of the date of your request from our records and direct any service providers to do the same. In some cases, the deletion may be accomplished through the de-identification of the information. If you choose to delete your personal information, you may not be able to use certain functions that require your personal information to operate.
  • To stop selling your personal information. We don’t sell or rent your personal information to any third parties for any purpose. We do not sell your personal information for monetary consideration. However, under some circumstances, a transfer of personal information to a third party, or within our family of companies, without monetary consideration may be considered a “sale” under California law. You are the only owner of your Data and can request disclosure or deletion at any time.
  • If you submit a request to stop selling your personal information, we will stop making such transfers. Please note, if you ask us to delete or stop selling your data, it may impact your experience with us, and you may not be able to participate in certain programs or membership services that require the usage of your personal information to function. But in no circumstances, we will discriminate against you for exercising your rights.
  • To exercise your California data protection rights described above, please send your request(s) by email: [email protected] Your data protection rights, described above, are covered by the CCPA, short for the California Consumer Privacy Act. To find out more, visit the official California Legislative Information app. The CCPA took effect on 01/01/2020.

    • Service Providers

    We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), provide Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services or assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.


    Analytics

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


    CI/CD tools

    We may use third-party Service Providers to automate the development process of our Service.


    Advertising

    We may use third-party Service Providers to show advertisements to you to help support and maintain our Service.


    Behavioral Remarketing

    We may use remarketing services to advertise on third party apps to you after you visited our Service. We and our third-party vendors use cookies to inform, optimize and serve ads based on your past visits to our Service.


    Links to Other Sites

    Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party sites or services.


    Children’s Privacy

    Our Services are not intended for use by children under the age of 18 (“Child” or “Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 18. If you become aware that a child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.


    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 let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, before the change becoming effective and update “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.


    Contact Us

    If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email: [email protected]