Effective Date: December 1, 2019
Your privacy is valued and respected at vTory. By accessing our Service, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, you cannot use our Service. Each time you use our Service, the current version of the Privacy Policy will apply. Accordingly, whenever you use our Service, you should check the date of this Privacy Policy (which appears at the top) and review any changes since the last version. This Privacy Policy is applicable to all Service visitors, registered users, and all other users of our Service.
Also, you acknowledge that this Privacy Policy is part of our Terms of Service , which is incorporated by reference, and by accessing or using our Service, you agree to be bound by the Terms of Service. If you do not agree to our Terms of Service, you cannot use our Service.
If you have any questions about our privacy practices, please refer to the end of this Privacy Policy for information on how to contact us.
When you use our Service, we collect information (i) that you knowingly and voluntarily via Service (such as through forms or profile screens) including registration/account setup information, and (ii) that we are able to collect from your web browser, cookies and other similar technologies.
vTory collects the information that you knowingly and voluntarily provide when you use our Service (such as through web forms or profile screens), including registration/account setup information, profile details, payment information, and ratings information. We primarily use this information to provide you the Service. You can choose not to provide us with certain Personal Data, but then you may not be able to take advantage of our Service or other available features we offer. The information that we collect and use may include the following kinds of Personal Data:
Personal Data From and/or About Others. We may also collect and store Personal Data about other people that you provide to us, as well as information about you provided by others. If you or other users use our Service to upload, share and/or distribute content (including videos, comments or other submissions), and such content contains Personal Data about you or others, such information may be stored in order to allow for such uploading, sharing and/or distribution. As a requirement to use our Service, you acknowledge that you have the appropriate consent(s) from any individual (or the parent of any child under the age of 13 to share their Personal Data with us.
We may also receive your Personal Data from trusted third parties (including, for example, business partners, sub-contractors in technical, payment and delivery of membership services, advertising networks, analytics providers, search information providers, credit reference agencies).
We collect information that is sent to us automatically by your web browser. vTory may use this information to generate aggregate and/or anonymous statistics about visitors to our Service. This information typically includes details about your:
We may use non-Personal Data for various business purposes such as providing customer service, fraud prevention, market research, and improving our Service. The information we receive depends on the settings on your browser. Please check your browser if you want to learn what information your browser sends or how to change your settings.
We may aggregate and/or anonymize and/or pseudonymize all information that we collect from you, including Personal Data. This may be done for the purpose of market research on brands and products, marketing campaigns, and advertising. Personal Data Collected by Cookies, Web Beacons and Other Technologies.
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.
Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
Examples of Cookies we use:
If you do not wish to receive cookies, you may set your browser to reject cookies or to alert you when a cookie is placed on your computer. If you limit or disable the use of cookies when you visit vTory, you may be unable to use the full of the functionality of our Service. For more information about cookies, visit: http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
Advertisers and third parties also may collect information about your activity on our Service and on third-party sites and applications using tracking technologies. Tracking data collected by these advertisers and third parties can be used to decide which advertisements you see on our Service, and on third-party sites and applications, but does not identify you personally and is not associated with your registration account.
We use the collected data for various purposes:
We will only transfer your Personal Data to trusted third-parties who provide sufficient guarantees in respect of the technical and organizational security measures governing the processing to be carried out and who can demonstrate a commitment to compliance with those measures.
Where third parties are processing Personal Data on our behalf, they will be required to agree, by contractual means or otherwise, to process the Personal Data in accordance with the applicable law. This contract will stipulate, amongst other things, that the third party and its representative shall act only on our instructions, or as permitted by law.
Under certain circumstances, vTory may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency). We may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
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.
We do not support Do Not Track (“DNT”). Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites 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.
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. vTory aims 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 contact us. In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:
Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to 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.
vTory may disclose your Personal Data in the following instances:
Agents. We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples of such functions include fulfilling orders, delivering packages, sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data, providing technical support, providing marketing assistance, providing search results and links (including paid listings and links), processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. We share our users’ Personal Data with these agents as we deem necessary for such third parties to perform their functions.
Employees. Only authorized employees have access to your Personal Data.
Affiliates. When you are asked for information while on our Service, you are sharing that information with vTory, and our various affiliates, unless specifically stated otherwise. As a result of this sharing, you may receive communications from any of our affiliates.
Affiliates and Subsidiaries. vTory may share Personal Data with our corporate subsidiaries and affiliates for uses consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Affiliated Businesses We Control. We may share your Personal Data with the affiliated businesses we control to make sure that your experience with us is as seamless as possible and that you have the full benefit of our offerings. The use of your Personal Data by such controlled affiliates remains subject to this Privacy Policy.
Authorized Business Partners. These include agents, contractors, vendors, licensors, resellers, system integrators, etc. vTory, our affiliates, and our business partners may share this Personal Data with each other and use it consistent with this Privacy Policy. They may also combine it with other information to provide and improve our products, Service, content, and advertising.
Authorized Service Providers. An authorized service provider (“ASP”) is an individual or entity that is permitted to service products that are still covered by warranties held by another entity. Service provided by anyone other than an authorized service provider will generally render a warranty void. We may share information with such ASPs to perform services on our behalf. When we disclose your Personal Data to these persons, it is subject to agreements that require these individuals and entities to process your Personal Data only on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy.
Advertisers. Third-party advertisers and advertising platforms also may serve targeted advertisements as part of our Service. For more information, please see our section on third party advertising. Please be aware that the information practices of third-party advertisers or platforms collecting data on our Service are not covered by this Privacy Policy.
Authorized Business Partners, Advertisers, Agents, and Promotional Offers. We may enter into alliances, partnerships or other business arrangements with third parties to share Personal Data for the purpose of providing you with information regarding products and services that we think may be of interest to you. We may also share your information with third party partners in order for them to better target products and services to their customers. If you do not want to receive such offers, please contact us using the procedure listed in Section M (Your Rights) below.
Other Users. Please remember that any information you share in public areas of our Service, such as on message boards or feedback sections, becomes public and anyone may take and use that information. Please be careful about what you disclose in these portions of our Service and do not post any Personal Data that you expect to keep private. We strongly encourage you not to use any Personal Data in your username or password. If your Personal Data is posted on one of our community forums, you may contact us at support@vtory.io to have such information removed.
Other Entities. If you provide any Personal Data to us for posting in areas of our Service that may be publicly viewed (e.g., blogs or messaging features), your Personal Data will be available to third parties who use our Service. Please be cautious when using the public features of our Service.
To Comply with Legal Process, Protect vTory, or Enforce our Rights. We may release your Personal Data when it is necessary to (i) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (ii) enforce or apply our conditions of use and other agreements (iii) protect the rights, safety or property of vTory, our affiliates, service providers, our users or the public, or (iv) prevent a crime or protect national security (including exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction).
As Part of a Merger or Sale of Business. We may disclose your Personal Data in connection with a substantial corporate transaction, such as the sale of our business, a divestiture, merger, consolidation, or asset sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy.
Selling of Personal Information. We will not sell your Personal Data to third parties for their use without your consent.
Our Service is not directed to children under the age of 16, if you are not 16 years or older, do not use our Service. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 16. If we learn that Personal Data of persons less than 16 years-of-age has been collected through our Service, we will take the appropriate steps to delete this information. If you are a parent or guardian and discover that your child or a minor under the age of 13 has posted, submitted or otherwise communicated Personal Data to our Service without your consent, then you may alert us at support@vtory.io so that we may take appropriate action to remove the minor’s Personal Data from our systems.
In accordance with California law, minors under the age of 18 residing in California may remove or request and obtain removal of content and information that they post on the website or app. In order to remove or to request and obtain removal of such content and information, the user must alert us at support@vtory.io. Users should be aware that removal of the content and information posted by a minor does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information posted on our Service.
Under certain circumstances, vTory may not have to comply with the above removal requirements. vTory also reserves the right, to the extent permitted by law, to anonymize the posted content or information or to make such content or information invisible to other users and the public instead of removing or deleting the content or information.
Our Service includes social media features, such as the Facebook “Like” button and widgets, such as the “Share This” button or authenticating your identity by logging into our Service via a social media account. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our Service, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Service. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
The Personal Data that you provide to us is generally stored on servers located in the United States. If you are located in another jurisdiction, you should be aware that once your Personal Data is submitted through our Service, it will be transferred to our servers in the United States and that the United States currently does not have uniform data protection laws in place.
We take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to protect the confidentiality, security and integrity of your Personal Data. Although we use security measures to help protect your Personal Data against loss, misuse or unauthorized disclosure, we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted to us over the Internet.
We will retain your information for as long as is needed to provide the service. If you wish to cancel your account or request that we no longer use your information to provide you service, contact us at support@vtory.io. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
We are headquartered in Canada. Your Personal Data may be accessed by us or transferred to us in the United States, Canada or to our affiliates, partners, merchants, or service providers who are located worldwide. If you are visiting our Service from outside the United States, be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where our servers are located, and our central database is operated. By using our Service, you consent to any transfer of this information.
We will protect the privacy and security of Personal Data according to this privacy statement, regardless of where it is processed or stored, however you explicitly acknowledge and consent to the fact that Personal Data stored or processed in the United States will be subject to the laws of the United States, including the ability of governments, courts or law enforcement or regulatory agencies of the United States to obtain disclosure of your Personal Data.
We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy or the way we use, share or collect Personal Data, we will notify you by revising the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy, prominently posting an announcement of the changes on our Service, or sending an email to the email address you most recently provided us (unless we do not have such an email address) prior to the new policy taking effect. Users are bound by any changes to the Privacy Policy when he or she uses our Service after notice of such changes has been communicated. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy regularly to ensure that you are familiar with vTory’s current practices.
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices please contact us as follows: