MEVENTI USA, INC. PRIVACY POLICY
LAST UPDATED: November 2nd, 2009
1. Information Collected Through the meventi usa Web Site
meventi usa, Inc. (“meventi usa”, “We” or “Our”) respects your privacy. meventi usa gathers two basic types of information through this web site: personally identifiable information that identifies a person as an individual (“Personal Information”) and non-personally identifiable information, which includes aggregated information, demographic information, IP addresses and any other information that does not reveal a person's specific identity (“Non-Personal Information”).
a. Personal Information. You do not have to provide Personal Information to use the meventi usa web site. However, you may need to provide certain Personal Information to use some of our other Services. For example, in order to make a purchase we will need your name, email address, the shipping address, billing name and address, as well as the credit card number and expiration date.
b. Non-Personal Information. When you visit and interact with meventi usa web site, we and our service providers and business partners may collect Non-Personal Information from sources such as server log files, environmental variables (such as your MAC address, computer type (Windows or Macintosh), screen resolution, OS version, Internet browser, and Internet browser version) and from scanning navigational data to collect Non-Personal Information about our users in order to help us deliver better service and user experience. Such Non-Personal Information could include the web site you were on before coming to the meventi usa web site, IP addresses, or areas of site being clicked on most frequently. We and our service providers (including ad servers, outbound email vendors, affiliate vendors and search engine advertising agencies, and providers of web analytics tools) and business partners may also use "cookies" as well as so-called "pixel tags," "web beacons," "clear GIFs" and other similar technologies to help us deliver better service and user experience and to facilitate your ongoing access to and use of our website. Cookies are small data files stored by your web browser on your computer's hard drive. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to automatically decline cookies, or to be given the choice of declining or accepting the transfer of a particular cookie, or cookies from a particular website, to your computer. To learn more about cookies, please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/. You may find more information about opting out of most third-party service cookies at www.networkadvertising.org or other related sites. If you choose to reject all cookies, you may not be able to access our website.
2. How We Use the Information We Collect?
a. Personal Information. We may use Personal Information in the following ways:
i. Fulfillment of Requests. We may use Personal Information to fulfill the purpose for which such Personal Information was provided (e.g., to fulfill your purchase or other transaction).
ii. Administrative Communications. From time to time, we may send you service announcement updates with important information about the meventi usa web site. Service announcements may contain information vital to your account, so members may not unsubscribe from service announcements.
iii. Other Communications. We may notify you via email or through the mail about new features, products and promotions. We may also send you information on carefully screened third parties whose products or services may be of interest to you. If you wish to unsubscribe from these mailings, please review the instructions in the Section 5 (“Opt-Out”) below.
iv. Contests and Surveys. We may occasionally request Personal Information through surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary. The Personal Information collected is only used for purposes of improving user satisfaction with Meventi products and services, or in some cases, to notify winners and to deliver prizes. No Personal Information collected through these means is shared with or available to other third parties for such third parties' direct marketing purposes.
v. Testimonials. Testimonials are used to show benefits to certain programs Meventi offers. Meventi always seeks consent prior to posting any testimonial in which Personal Information is included.
vi. Customer Service. Any Personal Information obtained through your contact with our Customer Service team or communications with us, such as chat or emails, may be recorded to help us provide better service.
vii. Internal Business Purpose. We may also use Personal Information about you for Our internal business purposes, such as data analysis, audits and so forth. We may also compile or derive statistical information from your Personal Information to be aggregated with the statistical information compiled or derived from other visitors to our web site. However, such statistical information cannot be traced to you. We use the aggregated statistical information to better serve Our guests and visitors to Our web site and improve the manner in which the business of meventi usa is conducted
viii. Combining Information. At times, we may combine Personal Information collected from the meventi usa web site and other information you shared with us to customize our service to you and improve your experience. For example, we may recommend products or offers you may be interested in based on what you have liked in the past, or remind you that you have an "active" shopping cart waiting for you. Additionally, in order to provide certain services to you, we may on occasion supplement the Personal Information you submitted to us with information from third party sources. For example, we use the US Postal Service's national change of address database in order to verify customer mailing addresses.
b. Non-Personal Information. Because Non-Personal Information does not personally identify you, we may use such information for any purpose. In addition, we reserve the right to share Non-Personal Information, which does not personally identify you, with third parties, for any purpose. For example, we might tell our business partners that a certain percentage of our customers live in California, while a different percentage live in New Jersey. In some instances, we may combine Non-Personal Information with Personal Information (such as combining your name with your geographic location). If we do combine any Non-Personal Information with Personal Information, the combined information will be treated by us as Personal Information hereunder as long as it is so combined.
3. Disclosures of Personal Information
a. Third Party Service Providers. meventi usa may share Personal Information with carefully screened third-party service providers to provide you with the products, services and information you have requested. Examples of such third-party service providers are credit card authorization companies, merchandise distributors and shippers. meventi usa has instructed these service providers not to store, retain or access your Personal Information except to provide our services to you.
b. Third Party Products and Services. meventi usa also may share Personal Information with third parties to allow such third parties to provide you with the products, services and information that you have requested. This could include, but is not limited to packages of discounts, rebates, and promotional offers, that are not meventi usa products, services or information. Such third parties from whom you have requested products, services and information will handle, store, retain, use, share and access Personal Information in accordance with the terms and conditions of their agreement(s) with you, as well as their own privacy policies, and may use your Personal Information for direct marketing purposes. It is your responsibility to carefully review such terms and conditions and privacy policies, and MEVENTI USA DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY RELATING THERETO.
c. Third Party Communications. Meventi also may share Personal Information with third parties for such third parties' direct marketing purposes. Such third parties to whom we transfer Personal Information for direct marketing purposes will handle, store, retain, use, share and access Personal Information in accordance with their own privacy policies. It is your responsibility to carefully review such terms and conditions and privacy policies, and meventi usa disclaims any and all liability relating thereto. If you would prefer that we do not share your Personal Information with such third parties for their direct marketing purposes, you may submit an opt-out request as described in Section 5 (“Opt-Out”) below.
d. Forums. meventi usa may make available forums to which you are able to post information and materials. These forums may include, for example, user comment functionality, an online image share feature, our public gallery, user forums and blogs. Please note that any information you disclose through such services becomes public information, and may be available to users of the Meventi website and to the general public. In addition, when you choose to make a posting on such services, certain Personal Information (for example, a user's name will appear next to a blog post or a user comment) will be available for other users to view. We urge you to exercise discretion and caution when deciding to disclose Personal Information, or any other information, through forums made available on the Meventi website. MEVENTI USA IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USE OF ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION YOU VOLUNTARILY DISCLOSE THROUGH SUCH FORUMS.
e. Law Enforcement; Emergencies; Compliance. meventi usa may disclose Personal Information in the following situations as we believe to be appropriate, even though you might have requested that we don't share your information: (a) under applicable law; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to governmental requests, including requests from law enforcement and regulatory authorities; (d) to enforce Our terms and conditions; (e) to protect Our operations; (f) to protect the rights, privacy, safety or property of meventi usa, you or others; and (g) to permit meventi usa to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that We may sustain. For example, we may, to the fullest extent the law allows, disclose Personal Information to law enforcement agencies and regulatory authorities to assist them in identifying individuals who have been or may be engaged in unlawful activities.
f. Assignment. We reserve the right to transfer Personal Information to a new entity or third party as part of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of some or all of our assets, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock (including without limitation in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings). We will notify you via email and/or prominent notice on our web site if the third party's or new entity's treatment of Personal Information will materially differ from the treatment described in this Privacy Policy; this notice will be provided at least 30 days before such material changes take effect.
4. Updating Your Personal Information
meventi usa will make an effort to keep all your Personal Information up to date when you provide it to us. You can update your account information and change your password at any time. You will find this at 'Personal info/settings' on your personal My meventi usa page. If you have forgotten your password, you can set a new one by contacting Our Customer Service team. If any of your Personal Information changes, or you identify a mistake in our records, please use the account profile page on the Meventi website, or contact us using the link in Section 10 (“Contact Us”) and we will update your data.
5. Opt-Out
You may unsubscribe to our notification services through your account profile on the meventi usa web site. Simply go to the Newsletter page and click on 'unsubscribe', or contact Our Customer Service team. From time to time meventi usa may share Personal Information with affiliates or third parties to allow them to contact you regarding products, programs, services and promotions that we believe may be of interest to you. If you would prefer that we do not share your Personal Information with affiliates and/or third parties for such affiliates' and/or third parties' direct marketing purposes, you may submit an opt-out request by going to the My meventi usa page and selecting the 'Personal info/settings' link and then clicking on 'Email preferences.' We will comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable. Please note that We will not be able to remove your Personal Information from the databases of affiliates or third parties with which We have already shared your Personal Information as of the date that We implement your opt-out request. If you wish to cease receiving marketing-related e-mails from any such affiliates or third parties, please contact the affiliate or third party directly or use any opt-out mechanisms provided in its marketing-related e-mails or privacy policy.
6. Security
meventi usa seeks to have reasonable security measures in place to help protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or data storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Although meventi usa has adopted industry standard practices to safeguard your Personal Information, there is no such thing as perfect security regarding information transmitted by way of the internet. Unauthorized third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions containing your Personal Information. Therefore, meventi usa does not promise, and you should not expect, that your Personal Information will always remain private. You will select a password and account designation upon completing the registration process for purchasing and/or redeeming meventi usa Experiences or meventi usa Experience Certificates. You shall be solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account designation, and you shall be responsible for all activities occurring on the meventi usa web site pursuant to your password or account designation. You shall immediately notify meventi usa of any unauthorized use of your password or account designation or any other breach of security affecting Our web site. You acknowledge and agree that meventi usa is not responsible for and has no control over third parties that may be accessed or linked from Our web site and you are encouraged to refer to the statements and policies adopted by such third parties related to the use and retention of personal information. As a result, although we strive to protect Personal Information about you, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us through or in connection with Our web site or that is stored by meventi usa. You acknowledge and agree that any information you transmit through the the meventi usa web site is so transmitted or stored at your own risk. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security of any account you might have with us has been compromised), you must immediately notify meventi usa of the problem by contacting us in accordance with Section 10 ("Contact Us") below (note that if you choose to notify meventi usa via physical mail, this will delay the time it takes for us to respond to the problem).
7. Protecting the Privacy of Children
meventi usa’s web site is not intended for use by children under the age of 18 and are not directed at such children. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under the age of 18. Please do not register at meventi usa if you are under the age of 18.
8. Third Party Sites
The meventi usa web site may contain links to third party websites. These linked sites are not under our control and we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the contents of any such linked site, or any link contained in any linked site. We provide such links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link on the meventi usa web site does not imply endorsement of the linked site by meventi usa. If you provide any Personal Information through any such third party website, your transaction will occur on such third party's website (not the meventi usa’s web site) and the Personal Information you provide will be collected by, and controlled by the privacy policy of, that third party. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the privacy policies and practices of any such third parties. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PRIVACY POLICY DOES NOT ADDRESS THE PRIVACY OR INFORMATION PRACTICES OF ANY THIRD PARTIES.
9. Changes and Notification
meventi usa reserves the right to modify Our Privacy Policy at any time. If Our Privacy Policy changes, the revised policy will be posted on Our web site and we will change the 'Last Updated' date at the top of this page to reflect the date of the modification. Please check back periodically. Any changes to Our Privacy Policy will become effective upon Our posting of the revised Privacy Policy on the meventi usa web site. Use of the meventi usa web site following such changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy then in effect.
10. Contact Us
Please contact us to communicate any questions or concerns.
11. Jurisdictional Issues
The meventi usa web site is controlled and operated by us from the State of Florida in the United States, and is not intended to subject us to the laws or jurisdiction of any state, country or territory other than that of the State of Florida and applicable laws of the United States. meventi usa does not represent or warrant that the meventi usa web site, or any part of the meventi usa web site, are appropriate or available for use in any particular jurisdiction. Those who choose to access the meventi usa web site do so on their own initiative and at their own risk, and are responsible for complying with all local laws, rules and regulations. We may limit the meventi usa web site's availability, in whole or in part, to any person, geographic area or jurisdiction we choose, at any time and in our sole and absolute discretion.