Privacy Policy
Last Updated: May
17, 2017
This Privacy Policy ( “Privacy Policy”) is designed to describe the data
collection and privacy practices of the Alpha Shoppers software, browser extension,
new tab functionality and website (available at: http://alphashoppers.co/index.html
(the “Site”), (collectively and together with any related
service, content, feature, design, tool or technology, the “Product”).
The Product is owned and developed by Alphashoppers Ltd. and its selected business
partners (together, the “Company”, “us” or “we”), and applies to users that access and/or use the
Product.
This Privacy Policy is an integral part of the Product’s End User License
Agreement (“EULA”), available at http://alphashoppers.co/eula.html,
(collectively referred to as the “Agreement”).
1.
Consent: You are not legally obligated to provide us with
Personal Information (as will be defined below), and you acknowledge that
providing us with Personal Information is done freely. By using the Product, you give your consent to
this Privacy Policy and to the data practices described in it. If you do not
agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not access or otherwise use the Site or
the Product.
2.
Modifications: We may modify this
Privacy Policy or the Product or any portion of the, at our sole discretion,
and in compliance with applicable laws. Any such change will be reflected in
the “last updated” statement at the top of this Privacy Policy and will be
effective as of such date. If we make any material changes, we will notify you
by posting a notice on the Site and/or Product or any other visible place. Such
material change will be effective 7 days after the publication of such changes.
Your continued use of the Product following any such change constitute your
consent to the changes.
3.
Information we collect: we collect (or may
collect) information that is required for us or for our business partners in
order to provide the services, the Product’s functionality, and to constantly
improve it so it would better fit our user’s preferences. For example, we
collect information that enable us to offer you with deals, coupons and
discounts (collectively, “Offers”), so as your interaction with such
offers. Being more specific, here are the ways and type of information we
collect:
3.1. Non-personally identifiable information: this is the information we collect about the use of the Product and related
services, and does not identify you in any manner. The type of such information
includes: your system language, type, version, user agent, default browser type
and version, and interaction you make with elements on the Site or the Product
as a whole (like clicks or purchase you make, based on the Offers). We also
collect the site from which you arrived at the Site and the Site to which you
headed right after, for affiliation and tracking purposes. In addition, we may
collect information about e-commerce sites you visited, if they meet a white
list we maintain.
3.2. Personal identifiable information: this type of information includes information that is personally identify
you as a person, or information, that potentially can identify you when
combined with other information we have about you. We do not collect
identifiable information about you, unless you provide us actively with such
information, for example when you submit a form or send an email
to us. In which case, we will use this information in order to address your
request or inquiry.
4.
How we collect information? We and our partners may use few technologies to collect
the information automatically:
4.1.
Cookies. A cookie
is a small
file that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. When you visit the
website again, the cookie allows that site to recognize your browser. Cookies
may store user preferences and other information that is related
to action taken during a Site visit. When you click an Offer a cookie will be
set on your browser. You
can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is
being sent. However, some features or services may not function properly
without cookies.
4.2.
Web Beacons. Web Beacons are used together with cookies, and are small graphic images or
other web programming code (also known as “1×1 GIFs” or “clear GIFs”). Web
beacons may be invisible to you, but any electronic image or other web
programming code inserted into a web page act as a web beacon. Web beacons or
similar technologies may be used for a number of purposes, including, without
limitation, to count users interacting with the Product’s features or Offers,
to monitor how users navigate through various related websites, or to count how
many particular articles or links were actually viewed
5.
Information we share with 3rd parties.
We do not share Personal
Information with third parties, unless: (a) we obtained your consent; or (b) we
require to do so by applicable law, regulation, legal procedure, or enforceable
governmental request; or (c) to enforce our EULA, terms, conditions or this
Privacy Policy; or (d) detect, prevent, validate, or tackle fraud; or (e)
protect against an attempt to harm us or the Product; or (f) in case of a
merger, acquisition or asset sale, in which case, any transferal of information
will be made in compliance with the applicable law.
We do and may share
non-personally identifiable information about your use of the Site and Product
with our partners and some service providers, in order to provide the services,
facilitate them, measure their performance, optimize, improve, monetize and so
forth.
6.
Third party services, features and Offers. The Product hosts content, features,
functionalities, ads, offers (including the Offers) and other visible and
invisible services that are provided by 3rd parties (“third Party
Services”). Such Third Party Services include the Offers provided by our
merchant partners that own the store or platform that offers deals, coupons and
discounts, the search functionality which provided by our search partner, and
similar features that we may make available to you from time to time. Invisible
Third Party Services include analytic tools like Google Analytics and similar
activity tracking and monitoring tools. It is hereby clarified that each of
such Third Party Services carry its own terms, conditions and privacy policies,
that are not necessarily aligned with this privacy policy (however, we require
them all to refrain from collecting Personal Information unless they actively
requested from you). You are advised to check the privacy policies of each
Third Party with which you make any engagement (including the websites to which
you are redirected for the Product) and decide whether you consent or not
before making any such engagement. We do not make any warranty or
representation about any of such Third Party Services and any click, action or
engagement you make is under your risk and liability, and govern by a separated
agreement you make with them.
7.
Information Security. We follow generally accepted standards of information security,
virtually and physically, to protect Personal Information if submitted to us.
However, you should be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet,
or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot 100%
guarantee at all times the information’s absolute security. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, we shall not bear any liability for any unintentional disclosure or
a disclosure that occurs due to a security breach of the Company’s systems or
facilities.
8.
User Choices
We believe in full
transparency with our users, and let them choose whether they want their
information to be collected and used. When a Personal Information about users
will be provides, collected and/or retained by us, the users to which the
information pertains can contact us at any time with request to edit or delete
Personal Information about them. Such request shall carry the subject “Personal
Information Request” and shall be directed to our compliance department at:
http://www.alphashoppers.co/contacts.html.
In any other case,
where users wish their information to refrain from being collected they can
choose to set their browser to refuse cookies or get notification whenever
cookies are set, or to cease use of the Product.
9.
Minors Control. The Product is not designed or addresses to
minors. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal
information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to
send Personal Information to us. If user is between the ages of 13 and 17, User
is requested to use the Company’s Service with adult supervision only. If we
learn that we maintain Personal Information related to a minor, we will remove
such information as quickly as we become aware. If you believe that we might
have any Personal Information from or about a User under 13, please contact us
at http://www.alphashoppers.co/contacts.html.
10.
Different Jurisdictions. If you are residence of California, Canada or the
EU you may have certain rights about your Personal Information, including, to
get information about 3rd parties with which such Personal
Information is shared by us. In cases where you wish to exercise such right,
and provided that we do maintain Personal Information about you, please contact
us at http://www.alphashoppers.co/contacts.html,
with request that carries the subject “3rd
party sharing of information” and we will process and provide you with answers
accordingly.
11.
General Queries; Contact Us. For any other or general information, you are
welcome to contact us at: http://www.alphashoppers.co/contacts.html.