MAKEOSITY INC. PRIVACY POLICY
LAST UPDATED: 6/7/2014
Welcome! This Privacy Policy governs the websites, online services, and software made available by Makeosity Inc. for use on mobile devices, tablets, personal computers and other devices. By accessing any of the Makeosity Inc. sites, you are consenting to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy describes what information the Makeosity Inc. sites collect from users, including children, when they visit the Makeosity Inc. sites; how the information is used and stored; when the information may be disclosed to third parties; how users, parents, and guardians can control the use and disclosure of collected information; and how information is protected.
Our visitors’ privacy is important to us, and we recognize the need to provide additional privacy protection for children on the Makeosity Inc. sites. Our privacy practices are guided by the United States’ Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, as well as data privacy laws in the United States and other applicable countries. Younger visitors should always check with their parents or guardians before entering information on any website or mobile application and we encourage families to discuss their household guidelines regarding the online sharing of personal information.
SUMMARY
For your convenience, the following is a quick summary of our Privacy Policy. Please email legal@makeosity.com for the entire Privacy Policy and more detailed information.
WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT.
The Makeosity Inc. sites collect only the information that is reasonably necessary for the activities available on the particular website. In general, we collect three types of information:
1. Information that you actively give to us (for example, during registration, sweepstakes, purchases or content submissions);
2. Information we automatically collect about your computer or wireless devices (such as your IP address, cookie ID, and other unique device identifiers); and
3. Information we collect from third parties, including through your registered third-party social media providers.
HOW WE STORE SUCH INFORMATION.
We store your information using reasonable security precautions and for only as long as we think reasonably necessary. Despite these precautions, there is always a chance that someone may impermissibly access your information. If you think a third party has accessed your information, please contact us immediately at legal@makeosity.com.
HOW WE USE SUCH INFORMATION.
In general, the information we collect may be used to respond to your requests; enable you to take advantage of Makeosity Inc. sites features and services; send you special offers and promotions from Makeosity Inc., and on behalf of third-parties whose products or services might be of interest to you; and manage and improve the services available on the Makeosity Inc. sites.
INFORMATION WE SHARE WITH THIRD PARTIES.
Depending upon the circumstances, we may share collected information with (a) law enforcement or others as needed to protect or defend our rights and the rights of others; (b) third parties we hire to handle certain activities; (c) business partners who sponsor a sweepstakes or contest or who jointly offer a service or feature on the Makeosity Inc. sites; and (d) otherwise with your consent.
YOUR CONTROL OVER YOUR INFORMATION.
You have the right to access, update and correct factual inaccuracies in any personally identifiable information we collect about you.
You can stop the delivery of commercial e-mail messages from the Makeosity Inc. sites by following the instructions in e-mails you receive.
Parents and guardians can review any personally identifiable information collected about their children and request that the information be deleted and/or that no further information be collected.
WHO WE ARE
The Makeosity Inc. sites are made available by Makeosity Inc. If you have any questions about our information handling practices, including our practices with respect to children’s personal information, please contact us at legal@makeosity.com.
I. INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE.
We may request or collect certain information when you visit the Makeosity Inc. sites. However, visitors are required to share only the information that is reasonably necessary to participate in the particular activity.
A. Registration Information: The information required to register varies by Site, but may include: (a) birth date; (b) gender; (c) country; (d) state; (e) zip code; (f) user name and password; and (g) email address.
If the Site either is directed to children under 13 or has actual knowledge that a user is under 13 years old, the child may be asked to provide his or her parent’s or guardian’s email address. For certain countries, visitors or their parents/guardians will receive an activation email and must follow the procedures or otherwise agree to the terms within the activation email within a certain time period to activate the account; accounts not activated within that time period will be deleted.
Registration information is used to enable visitors to:
•take advantage of site offerings;
•respond to visitor’s requests for products, services, and information;
•serve appropriate material; and
•offer visitors special offers and promotions from Makeosity Inc. Sites.
II . Contests and Sweepstakes: The Makeosity Inc. sites may offer online contests and sweepstakes. To enter these contests and sweepstakes, you may be required to provide your first name and email address and/or additional information required for the management of the contest or sweepstakes. On sites that either are directed to children under 13 or where we have actual knowledge that a user is a child under 13, we may collect the child’s e-mail address to enter the child in the contest or sweepstakes, store the child’s email address for the duration of the sweepstakes, and use it for notification if he or she is the winner. For certain contests or sweepstakes on the sites, we may ask for the email address of the child’s parent or guardian to inform the parent or guardian of his or her child’s entry and give the parent or guardian the option to have the child’s entry deleted.
III. Interactive Features and Services: Some of the Makeosity Inc. sites offer interactive features and services, such as message boards, comment boxes, and member profile pages. For certain countries, on Makeosity Inc. sites that either are directed to children under 13 or have actual knowledge that a user is a child under 13 years old, we either will obtain the consent of the child’s parent/guardian before allowing the child to use these interactive features and services or will use reasonable technical measures to delete all or virtually all personal information from a child’s postings before they are made public and also delete the information from our records. We use the information collected through interactive features and services to enable you to participate in those features and services.
IV. Financial Information: We collect and use financial information, such as credit card numbers and security codes. Certain of the Makeosity Inc. sites provide pages and/or links to pages offering visitors who are of legal age to form a binding contract the opportunity to purchase consumer products . To do so, visitors need to provide contact, shipping, billing and credit information. These pages may be hosted and operated by a third party that is independent and separate from the Makeosity Inc. sites. This third party collects personal information about shop visitors and may share this information with us. We use this information to process the order and to send order confirmations via email, as well as to send information about products and services of interest and as otherwise required by law. Before providing information on these pages, we encourage you to review the posted privacy policies which govern the third party’s use of your information, as they may differ from ours.
V. DISCLOSURE TO THIRD PARTIES.
You acknowledge, consent, and agree to the extent legally permissible in your jurisdiction to allow us to access, preserve, and/or disclose the information we collect and/or content you provide to us (including information you may have posted on bulletin boards or internal site communication systems) to a law enforcement agency or other third parties if required to do so by law or with a good faith belief that the access, preservation, or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the Terms of Use of the respective Makeosity Inc. sites; (c) respond to claims that the content violates the rights of third parties; (d) respond to your requests for customer service; or (e) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of the owners of the Makeosity Inc. sites, any user of the Makeosity Inc. sites, a third party or the general public. We also may disclose user information whenever we believe disclosure is necessary to limit our legal liability; to protect or defend our rights or property; or protect the safety, rights, or property of others.
VI. Business Transfer
In the event that assets relating to one or more of the Makeosity Inc. sites are transferred or sold to another entity as a result of, for example, a corporate sale, merger, consolidation, asset sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy, information collected at the Makeosity Inc. sites may be transferred to the acquiring company.
VII. With Your Consent
We may otherwise disclose your information pursuant to your consent.
VIII. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER.
The Makeosity Inc. sites are designed for and targeted to U.S. audiences and are governed by and operated in accordance with the laws of the U.S. While users from countries other than the U.S. may access certain of the Makeosity Inc. sites, we make no representation that the Makeosity Inc. sites are operated in accordance with the laws or regulations of, or governed by, other nations. By participating in activities on the Makeosity Inc. sites, you certify that you meet the age and other eligibility requirements for the Makeosity Inc. sites as set forth in the respective Terms of Use Agreement for each Site. If you do not meet the age and other eligibility requirements of the particular Site you are visiting, please discontinue using that Site immediately as your continued use of the Makeosity Inc. sites indicates that you are agreeing to the collection, use, disclosure, management and storage of your Information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Please be aware that by providing us with personal information, you understand and agree that: (1) due to our international operations, your personal information may be transferred to and stored on servers located outside your resident jurisdiction; (2) to the extent you are a resident of a country other than the United States, you consent to the transfer of the data to the United States for processing by our affiliates in accordance with this Privacy Policy and (3) the Privacy Policy and the collection of information pursuant to the Privacy Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. Our affiliates comply with the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor. Please see the Safe Harbor Privacy Policy for detailed information on these affiliates’ privacy practices.
If you do not consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Makeosity Inc. sites because your use of the Makeosity Inc. sites represents your consent. If you have already provided personal information, please contact us about how you would like us to handle the information.
IX SECURITY, STORAGE AND RETENTION OF INFORMATION.
The Makeosity Inc. sites maintain reasonable technical and organizational steps to help ensure that information collected is secure, including limiting the number of people who have physical access to our database servers and use of electronic security systems and password protections which guard against unauthorized access. The Makeosity Inc. sites conduct financial transactions via secured transmissions. We limit access to visitor’s information to employees and contractors who are authorized for the proper handling of the information, and any employee found violating our standards of security and confidentiality will be subject to our disciplinary processes. We also take reasonable steps to help make sure our third-party agents protect the security of your personal information. However, as with most Internet sites or services, it is possible that third parties may unlawfully access personal information through a number of means despite our efforts.
Information collected at the Makeosity Inc. sites will not be stored for longer than is necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, or to otherwise meet legal requirements.
X. ACCESSING AND CORRECTING INFORMATION
Parents/guardians of children under the age of 13 can print out and mail or fax us a signed form that allows them to review any personally identifiable information collected about their child, have this information deleted, and/or request that there be no further collection or use of their child’s personally identifiable information. You can download the form here [link]. We will take steps to verify the identity of anyone requesting personally identifiable information about a child and to ensure that the person is in fact the child’s parent or legal guardian.
XI. CONTACT US
If you have any other questions about our information handling practices, including our practices with respect to children’s personal information, please contact us at: legal@makeosity.com.