We provide this Privacy Policy to explain how we collect, use, protect, and disclose information and data when you use our websites on which this Privacy Policy is posted, (each, “This Website”), and our mobile applications (“APPs”), application programming interfaces, and other services offered by Acode and any other time you interact with Acode (collectively, the “Services”). For clarity, in the event one of our websites, applications or services contains a privacy policy which varies from this Privacy Policy, the privacy policy on that website applies only to that website, application or service.
This Privacy Policy also explains your choices for managing your information preferences, including opting out of certain uses of your Personal Information (defined below).
This Privacy Policy applies to all users of this Website and the Services Your information privacy is important to us.
. This Website and the Services are provided by Acode, Inc. (“Acode”, “we”, “our”, “us”).
BY USING THIS WEBSITE OR ANY OF THE SERVICES, OR BY PROVIDING US WITH PERSONAL INFORMATION, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
Personal Information We Collect
We may collect the following categories and types of “Personal Information”:
Contact information: your first and last name, alias or username, mailing address, email address, and phone number.
Other identifying information: internet protocol (IP) address, unique personal identifiers, online identifiers, Social Security/Insurance number, driver’s license number, state identification card number, insurance policy number, passport number or similar identifiers, social media usernames, passwords and other security information for authentication and access, physical characteristics or description, medical information, or health insurance information.
Demographic information: gender, age, employment information and salary information.
Geolocation data.
Internet or other electronic activity: your browsing, search and click history, including information about how you navigate within This Website and the Services and which elements of This Website and the Services you use the most, and ratings and reviews or other content you post on This Website or to the Services.
Commercial information: products or services purchased or viewed on This Website or through the Services.
Audio and visual information: your videos and photos, such as audio-visual content you upload to your user profile and other audio, or video recordings initiated by us; and
Inferences drawn from the categories described above to create a profile about you to reflect your preferences, characteristics, behaviour and attitude.
We may anonymize, aggregate, or otherwise strip any personal information or other information we collect of all personally identifying characteristics and may use or share that aggregated, anonymized data with third parties for any purpose we deem appropriate.
Free Text. Please note that we may collect other Personal Information that you choose to provide in a free-text entry box, either as part of your User Account/Profile or as part of any Content you contribute to This Website or in connection with the Services.
Message or Email Content. We may also collect other Personal Information in the form of message or email content when you choose to link certain third-party messaging or email services (e.g., WhatsApp or Gmail) to your User Account/Profile or when you interact with these services on This Website or in connection with the Services.
Sources of Collection
We obtain the categories of Personal Information listed above from the following categories of sources:
Directly from You. For example, from forms you complete to register for a user account or create a user profile on This Website, when otherwise using the Services, or to provide feedback or suggestions about This Website or the Services. We also collect records of products or services you consider for purchase when you search for businesses on This Website or through the Services, ask questions in our Q&A section or request quotes or contacts from businesses who advertise with us.
Indirectly or passively from you or your computers, devices, or internet browsers. For example, This Website use “cookies” on your browser that enable us to track your interactions with This Website, the Services and Ads, and our Apps may collect geolocation from your mobile device if you search for a business “near” your current location. This activity is further described in the Cookies and Advertising and Online Tracking sections below.
Indirectly or passively from you if you choose to link certain third-party email or messaging services (e.g., WhatsApp or Gmail) to your User Account/Profile or when you otherwise interact with these services on This Website or in connection with the Services. More information about what data will may be shared when you choose to link your User Account will be available at the time of selection (e.g., by clicking the “Data and Permissions” tab when selecting an app in the Acode app marketplace).
From telephone carriers and providers. For instance, we collect caller ID information from incoming calls to our call tracking numbers, and we receive Consumer information for the purpose of publishing White Pages residential telephone directories in certain geographic areas.
From your contacts. For example, if another user chooses to use an available referral or share feature on This Website or through the Services (e.g., to send a postcard, listing, page link, contest invitation, etc. to you), we may collect certain Personal Information about you as the recipient of the shared information (e.g., name, address, e-mail address, mobile telephone number).
From Social Networking Services. For example, if you use Facebook or Google to sign-in to your account on This Website or to the Services, we collect such information about you that you permit
Purpose of Collection and How We Use Personal Information
We use your Personal Information for the following categories of use:
Transactional Purposes: We use your contact information, financial information, and commercial information to:
Fulfil or meet the reason you provided the information. For example, if you share your name and contact information to request a quote from a business, we will use that Personal Information to facilitate communication between you and the business regarding the quote.
Create and update your User Account/Profile.
Receive, process, or confirm your request, order, inquiry, or registration.
Communicate with you about your request, order, inquiry, or registration.
To create, maintain and secure your User Account/Profile on This Website or in connection with the Services; and
Analytical Purposes: We use your other identifying information, internet activity and browsing history, commercial information, demographic information, and geolocation data to analyse preferences, trends and statistics and direct you to the jurisdiction-specific website based on your location.
Marketing and Promotional Purposes: We use your contact information, commercial information, demographic information, internet or other electronic activity, geolocation data, and inferences to:
Inform you of our new products, services and offers.
Provide you with targeted advertising.
Run contests, promotions, and sweepstakes.
Provide you with other information from and about Acode, including personalized marketing communications.
Security
We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to help protect the confidentiality and security of information transmitted to us. It is also important for you to protect against unauthorized access of any account password or your computer. Personal information may be accessed by persons within our organization, or other entities described in this Privacy Policy, or our third-party service providers, who require such access to carry out the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, or as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law.
however, no data transmission over the Internet or other network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, and no security measures can provide absolute protection. As a result, while we strive to protect information transmitted on or through this Website or the Services, we cannot and do not guarantee the security of any information you transmit on or through this Website or the Services or that you otherwise provide to us, and you do so at your own risk.
.Privacy Policy Changes
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, we will inform you by posting the revised Privacy Policy on this Website. Those changes will go into effect on the effective date shown on the revised Privacy Policy. By continuing to use this Website or the Services, you are consenting to the revised Privacy Policy.