AdIvy knows that you care about how your personal information is used and shared, and we take your privacy seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy. By visiting the http://adivy.com/ website and domain name (collectively, the “Website”), and/or using any other linked pages, features, content, or application services offered from time to time by AdIvy in connection therewith (collectively the “Service”), you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined in this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy covers AdIvy’s treatment of personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) that AdIvy gathers when you access the Website and/or use some other features of the Service. This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that AdIvy does not own or control, or to individuals that AdIvy does not employ or manage.
The information we gather enables us to personalize and improve our services. We collect the following types of information from our users:
We receive and store any information you enter on the Website or provide to us in any other way. The types of Personal Information collected include your full name, email address, IP address, browser information, username, password and any other information necessary for us to provide the Service, including the usernames and passwords for your accounts and profiles on third-party sites with which the Service interoperates. You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of many of our special features. The Personal Information you provide is used for such purposes as answering questions, sending product updates, and communicating with you about AdIvy’s products and services, including specials and new features.
We often receive a confirmation when you open an email from AdIvy if your computer supports this type of program.AdIvy uses this confirmation to help us make emails more interesting and helpful. We also compare our customer list to lists received from other companies, in an effort to avoid sending unnecessary messages to our customers.
Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and tell us how and when pages in our site are visited and by how many people. We use cookies to enhance visitor experiences, to learn more about their use of the Website and to improve quality.
Most browsers have an option for turning off the cookie feature, which will prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, as well as (depending on the sophistication of your browser software) allowing you to decide on acceptance of each new cookie in a variety of ways. We require that you leave the cookies activated, however, because cookies enable you to take advantage of core features of the Website.
Ads appearing on the Website or in other features of the Service may be delivered to users by our advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by AdIvy and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Personal Information about our customers is an integral part of our business. We neither rent nor sell your Personal Information to anyone. We share your Personal Information only as described below.
We anticipate that we may become affiliated with a variety of businesses and work closely with them. In certain situations, these businesses may sell items to you through the Website. In other situations, AdIvy may provide services, or sell products jointly with affiliated businesses. You can easily recognize when an affiliated business is associated with your transaction, and we will share your Personal Information that is related to such transactions with that affiliated business.
We employ other companies and people to perform tasks on our behalf and need to share your information with them to provide products or services to you. Unless we tell you differently, AdIvy’s agents do not have any right to use Personal Information we share with them beyond what is necessary to assist us. You hereby consent to our sharing of Personal Information for the above purposes.
As part of the Service, you will receive from AdIvy email and other communication relating to your User Submissions. You acknowledge and agree that by posting such User Submissions, AdIvy may send you email and other communication that it determines in its sole discretion relate to your User Submissions.
We may send offers to you on behalf of other businesses. However, when we do so, we do not give the other business your name and address. All email controls that allow you to choose whether or not to receive these offers can be found in the Account Settings section of the Website.
In some cases, we may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, customer information is typically one of the business assets that are transferred. Moreover, if AdIvy, or substantially all of its assets were acquired, or in the unlikely event that AdIvy goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, customer information would be one of the assets that is transferred to or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of AdIvy may continue to use your Personal Information as set forth in this policy.
We may release Personal Information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with the law; enforce or apply our conditions of use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of AdIvy, our employees, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Except as set forth above, you will be notified when your Personal Information may be shared with third parties, and will be able to prevent the sharing of this information.
Your AdIvy account Personal Information is protected by a password for your privacy and security. You need to ensure that there is no unauthorized access to your account and Personal Information by selecting and protecting your password appropriately and limiting access to your computer and browser by signing out after you have finished accessing your account.
AdIvy endeavors to protect user information to ensure that user account information is kept private. However, AdIvy cannot guarantee the security of user account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors, may compromise the security of user information at any time.
The Website contains links to other sites. AdIvy is not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking to another site you should read the privacy policy stated on that site. This Privacy Policy only governs information collected on the Website.
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post information to public areas on the Website or any other public forums, such information can be accessed by the public.
AdIvy allows you to access the following information about you for the purpose of viewing, and in certain situations, updating that information. This list will change as the Website changes.
AdIvy will never allow this information to be released into the public domain as attributable to you. We may start to require new registrants to provide some or all of the above information.
As stated previously, you can always opt not to disclose information, even though it may be needed to take advantage of the Website or other features of the Service.
You are able to add or update certain information on pages, such as those listed in the “What Personal Information Can I Access” section above. When you update information, however, we often maintain a copy of the unrevised information in our records.
You may request deletion of your AdIvy account by following the instructions at the Account Settings section of the Website. Please note that some information may remain in our records after deletion of your account.
When you register for an account at our Website, you consent to receive email or other communications from us; if you do not wish to receive such communications, you should not register for an account at our Website. Please note that if you choose not to receive legal notices from us, such as this Privacy Policy, those legal notices will still govern your use of the Website, and you are responsible for reviewing such legal notices for changes.
AdIvy may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make changes in the way we use Personal Information, we will notify you by posting an announcement on our Website or sending you an email. Users are bound by any changes to the Privacy Policy when he or she uses the Website after such changes have been first posted.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding privacy on our Website, please send us a detailed message at privacy[at]adivy.com. We will make every effort to resolve your concerns.
TO OUR COMMUNITY: If this sort of thing interests you, we would like your feedback on this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service. Feel free to email us directly (support[at]adivy.com) with any questions, criticisms and suggestions.
This privacy policy was last revised and updated 1st January 2013.