Privacy Policy
Surfmyads.com, Inc. ("Surfmyads.com" "us," or "we") is committed to respecting the privacy rights of its customers, visitors, and other users of the Internet site located at www.promocodes.com, its subpages, or associated mobile application (the "Site"). We created this website privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") to give you confidence as you visit and use the Site, and to demonstrate our commitment to fair information practices and the protection of privacy. This Privacy Policy is applicable to the Site, or services connected with the Site that are identified with Surfmyads.com branding. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any other websites that you may be able to access from the Site, each of which may have data collection, storage, and use practices and policies that differ materially from this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to our practices, please do not register, subscribe, create an account, or otherwise interact with the Services. Your use of the Services is also subject to our Terms of Use.
Please contact us at privacy@promocodes.com if you have any questions or comments about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy is organized as follows:
- TYPES OF INFORMATION COLLECTED
- HOW YOUR INFORMATION IS BEING USED
- SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
- USER ABILITY TO ACCESS, UPDATE, AND CORRECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
- SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
- LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES AND SERVICES
- BUSINESS TRANSFERS AND CORPORATE CHANGES
- CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
- YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
- INTERNATIONAL USERS
- UPDATES AND CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY
- CONTACT
1. TYPES OF INFORMATION COLLECTED
YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. We may collect and track information, including personal information and non-identifying information that you provide when you (i) access or use the Site, (ii) register, subscribe, or create an account with Promocodes.com; (iii) open or respond to our e-mails; (iv) refer others to Promocodes.com using technological infrastructure maintained on the Site; (v) contact customer service or use related customer support tools; (vi) provide information to our affiliates, partners, vendors, or related third-party websites; (vii) connect or link to this Site through our social networking websites; (viii) post comments on our message boards or public commenting areas; (ix) visit any page online that displays our ads or content (x) sign up for Promocodes.com newsletter (xi) comment on coupon offer; and (xii) participate in any sweepstakes, giveaways, and/or promotions offered by Promocodes.com, (xiii) make a purchase on one of our affiliate, partner or third party vendor's website or (xiv) otherwise use or interact with the Site or the Services.
TRAFFIC DATA. We may automatically track and collect the following categories of information when you visit our Site: (i) IP addresses, (ii) Internet Service Providers, (iii) domain servers, (iv) types of computers accessing the Site, (v) types of web browsers used to access the Site, and (vi) if you use our browser extension, we may track whether you interact with certain merchants and coupon websites, as well as information relating to those interactions such as when and how frequently you interact, the pages you viewed and the time spent on our site and affiliate or vendor's sites (collectively "Traffic Data"). Traffic Data is anonymous information that does not personally identify you but is helpful for marketing purposes or for improving your experience on the Site.
COOKIES, DEVICE DATA AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS. We use Cookies, Flash Cookies, Web Beacons and other in-app tracking methods in an effort to simplify our internet transactions and make your experience with our site more personalized. We also use these technological tools to allow us to connect your Site activity with other information we store about you in your profile or as related to your interactions with the Site. You may manage how your browser handles Cookies and related tracking technology by adjusting its privacy and security settings. In most cases, the information we collect using cookies and similar technological tools is used in non-identifiable ways, without any reference to personal information. For example, we use information we collect about users to optimize our Services and understand its traffic and usage patterns. In other cases, we associate the information we collect using cookies and related technologies with personal information. In that case, this Privacy Policy governs how we use that information. You may also manage how your mobile device and mobile browser share certain Device Data with us, as well as how our mobile browser handles Cookies by adjusting the privacy and security settings on your mobile device.
BROWSER EXTENSION. When you install and use our browser extension, we may collect web browsing information including product pages viewed, dates and times of your visits, pricing data, location data, purchase history, if a purchase was made, the price you paid for products, and the promo codes that you used. To ensure our software is performing optimally, we may collect browser and computer data such as operating system, browser type, and error logs.
2. HOW YOUR INFORMATION IS BEING USED
COMPANY USE OF INFORMATION. We may use the information we collect, including your contact, financial, location and demographic information, to:
- manage, operate, maintain and improve the Site and our Service;
- enable you to use the Services, to process your registration and subscription and to provide related user support;
- help verify accounts and activity, prevent and address fraud, breach of policies or terms and threats or harms;
- promote safety and security on and off of our Services, such as by investigating suspicious activity or violations of our terms or policies;
- track redemption of coupons, perform analytics and conduct other customer research;
- send you reminders, technical notices, updates, security alerts, support and administrative messages, service bulletins, special offers, coupons, marketing messages, and requested information;
- send you information about our Company or our products or services;
- contact you when necessary such as answering your questions, complaints or comments;
- administer rewards, surveys, sweepstakes, contests, or other promotional activities or events;
- confirm to a merchant when a transaction occurred as needed for the merchant to confirm a specific transaction occurred;
- to verify your qualifications for certain products or services;
- evaluate your eligibility for certain types of contests, giveaways, sweepstakes, promotions, or offers, coupons, discounts or products or services that may be of interest to you;
- customize and tailor your experience on the Site such as displaying content that we think you might be interested in and according to your preferences;
- provide ads, push notifications, communications, coupons, discounts and other relevant offers or promotional material from some of our affiliates, partners, or vendors'; and
- for purposes as disclosed at the time you provide your information, with your consent, and as further described in this Privacy Policy.
SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. We may share your personal information , such as: (i) with affiliated companies, merchant partners, partners, online payment services or vendors, (ii) with our service providers that provide services for us to assist us in carrying out the purposes described in Section 2a above, (iii) with third party merchants to the extent that you have used a coupon from Promocodes.com offered by a third party merchant, (iv) to support a merger, acquisition or the sale or transfer of business assets, (v) to report or collect on debts owed to us or our business partners, (vi) to assist or enforce our rights or protect property of Surfmyads.com, or to protect the rights, property or safety of others, (vii) to investigate fraud or other criminal activity, (viii) to comply with legal orders or respond to a government request, (viii) to support auditing, compliance, and corporate governance functions, and (ix) at your request and/or with your consent.
SHARING NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION. We may share your non-personal information for the same reason we might share your personal information. We may also share your non-personal information with our affiliates, partners or vendors for their own analysis and research. Additionally, we may share non-personal information from or about you with third parties, such as location data, advertising identifiers, or a cryptographic hash of a common account identifier (such as an email address), to facilitate the display of targeted advertising.
EMAIL OPT OUT OPTION: If at any time you do not wish to receive marketing emails from us, please follow the instructions contained in any of the commercial e-mails we send to unsubscribe from our adjust your e-mail preferences in your account. Even after you opt-out, we may still send you non-commercial emails related to your account or regarding your transaction(s) on the Site.
THIRD PARTY ANALYTICS PROVIDERS AND AD SERVERS: Some of our vendors (including network advertisers, advertising companies and analytics companies) may provide us with information regarding traffic on the Services and provide us with information regarding the use of the Services. In this regard, third parties may collect certain information about your interactions with the Services or other websites and online content. These third parties may set and access their own tracking technologies and may otherwise collect or have access to information about you. These technologies may be used to, among other things, target advertisements, prevent you from seeing the same advertisements too many times and to conduct research regarding the usefulness of certain advertisements to you. You may manage how your browsers handles cookies and related technologies by adjusting the browser's privacy and security settings.
SWEEPSTAKE, GIVEAWAY AND OTHER PROMOTIONS: We may offer sweepstakes, giveaways and other promotions (hereinafter "Promotions") that may require registration. By participating in such Promotions, you are agreeing to the official rules that govern that Promotion, which may contain specific requirements of you, including, except where prohibited by law, allowing the sponsor or sponsors of the Promotion to use your name, voice, likeness or other indicia of persona in advertising or marketing associated with the Promotion. If you choose to enter a Promotion, in accordance with the official rules that govern that Promotion, your personal information may be disclosed to third parties or the public in connection with the administration of the Promotion, including, without limitation, in connection with winner selection, prize fulfillment or as required by law or permitted by the Promotion's official rules, such as on a winner's list.
3. SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Surfmyads.com takes the privacy of your personal information very seriously. Surfmyads.com uses reasonable efforts and generally accepted industry standards to help secure the information we collect from and about you from loss, theft, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. However, you acknowledge that no method of transmission or storage via the Internet, is 100% secure, and, therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security of your personal information.
4. USER ABILITY TO ACCESS, UPDATE, AND CORRECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
We maintain a procedure in order to help you confirm that your personal information remains correct and up-to-date. You may contact us at privacy@promocodes.com to review what personal information we have collected and request any changes, including a de-activation of your account.
5. SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
If you use a social media platform, a mobile device or other third-party method of communication to interact with Surfmyads.com, that platform may have a specific privacy statement that governs the use of personal information related to that platform. You may log in to the Site using certain social network credentials. To manage the sharing of certain personal information with us when you connect with us through social networking platforms or applications, refer to the privacy policy and settings of the social networking website or application. By registering an account with Promocodes.com through a social media platform, you grant us permission to access all of the elements of your social media profile information that you have made available to be shared and to use it in accordance with our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
You also may have the option to link social networks to your Promocodes.com account. If you do so, proceeding through any of the above steps, you grant Surfmyads.com permission to access all of the elements of your social network profile information that you have made available to be shared and to use it in accordance with the social network's terms of use and this Privacy Policy.
6. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES AND SERVICES
The use and disclosure of information by Surfmyads.com through your interaction with the Site. Other websites that may be accessible through links from the Site are not controlled by us and may have their own privacy policy. We are not responsible for the content and privacy practices of these third party websites and services. We recommend that you check the privacy policy of these third party websites prior to using their services or providing them with information.
7. BUSINESS TRANSFERS AND CORPORATE CHANGES
Surfmyads.com and its affiliates reserve the right to disclose, transfer or license any and all information related to the Site, including personal information to (i) our affiliates, a subsequent owner, co-owner or operator of the Site, (ii) in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, consolidation, restructuring, the sale of substantially all of our stock and/or asset, or other corporate change, including, without limitation, during the course of any due diligence process or (iii) in the event of bankruptcy subject to this Privacy Policy.
8. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
The Site is a general audience site not directed at children under the age of eighteen (18). By using Promocodes.com, you represent that you are at least eighteen years old and understand that you must be at least eighteen years old in order to create an account and purchase the goods or services advertised through the Site. If we discover that we have inadvertently collected information from anyone younger that the age of thirteen (13), we will promptly delete information associated with that accounts required by the US Children's Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA").
9. YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
Pursuant to Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code, California residents who provide personal information in obtaining products or services for personal, family, or household use are entitled to request and obtain from us, once each calendar year, information about the customer information we shared with other businesses for their own direct marketing uses. If applicable, this information would include the categories of customer information and the names and addresses of those businesses with which we shared customer information for the immediately preceding calendar year.
To obtain this information, please send an e-mail message to privacy@promocodes.com with "Request for California Privacy Information" in the subject line and in the body of your message. We will provide in response the requested information to you at your e-mail address.
10. INTERNATIONAL USERS
If you reside in Canada, you may have the right to be provided with access to personal information that we have collected about you and written information about our policies and practices with respect to the transfer of your personal information to vendors outside Canada. We encourage anyone with inquiries or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy should first contact us at privacy@promocodes.com.
If you live outside of the United States (including in the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland, and you us.e the Site or provide us with personal information directly via the Site, your information will be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy. By using the Site or giving us your personal information, you are directly transferring your personal information and non-identifiable information in accordance with this Privacy Statement.
11. UPDATES AND CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right, at any time and without notice, to add to, change, update, or modify this Privacy Policy, simply by posting such change, update, or modification on the Site and without any other notice to you. Any such change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the Site. This Privacy Policy replaces and supersedes the last version of this Privacy Policy for all users (including for those users that registered or visited this Site prior to the current Effective Date).
12. CONTACT
If you have any inquiries or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@promocodes.com or by postal mail at the following address:
Promocodes.comSurfmyads.com, Inc.
www.surfmyads.com
855 El Camino Real
Ste 13A-400
Palo Alto, CA, 94301
USA