PRIVACY POLICY
Thank you for accessing the THE CLASSIFIEDS APP,
www.theclassifiedsapp.com
website (“theclassifiedsapp
Website”), www.clsapp.com and/or associated
iOS/Android/Other Apps and services
operated by Savy Soda Pty Ltd (ACN 132
786 951) (Savy Soda).
Your privacy is important to
us, so we have created this Privacy Policy to explain to you how your
information is protected, collected and used.
Savy Soda is committed to
respecting the privacy of your personal information. By visiting theclassifiedsapp
Website directly or through another site or App, you accept the practices set
out in this Policy.
Collection of personal information
Savy Soda’s primary purpose in collecting your
personal information is to facilitate the smooth operation of its functions and
activities so that we can provide you with an efficient, meaningful, and
personalised classifieds advertising experience.
Savy Soda may use your personal information to:
·
make it easier for you to use the
Savy Soda website by not having to enter your information more than once;
·
enable you to quickly find
information about Savy Soda’s products and services;
·
enable you to advertise on
theclassifiedsapp Website;
·
create content on theclassifiedsapp
Website that is most relevant to you;
·
alert you to any new products,
services and offers relating to the classified listed and theclassifiedsapp
Website; and
·
share your information with third
parties and other websites.
You have the right to either refuse to provide
details about yourself or remain anonymous but most of Savy Soda’s services can
only be provided if Savy Soda has personal information.
To fully utilise certain features of
theclassifiedsapp Website, you will need to register for a member account with
us via an online registration form, where you will be required to provide us
with personal information which may include:
•
your first and last name;
•
your email address;
•
your home or business address;
•
photographs;
•
login information for social
networking sights;
•
a password of your own;
or other information
that can be used to identify you or contact you.
While
Savy Soda may share your personally identifiable information that you choose to
publicly disclose in the classifieds listings it will not share your password,
financial information or account information. It is your responsibility to keep
your password safe.
We (or anyone that places
listings on the theclassifiedsapp
Website)
may provide links to third party websites, which may have different privacy
practices than Savy Soda. Savy Soda is not responsible the privacy policies of
these third party websites and encourages you to read the privacy policies of
every website you visit.
Use of your personal information
Your personal information collected via the Savy Soda
website will be used both internally and externally for varied purposes
including:
·
to improve the content and
layout of theclassifiedsapp Website;
·
to facilitate the outreach of
theclassifiedsapp Website;
·
for the facilitation of services
we provide relating to online forums, classifieds and paid listings;
·
to determine general marketplace
information about visitors to theclassifiedsapp Website;
·
to maximize the benefits of
advertising on theclassifiedsapp Website;
·
for the purposes of
troubleshooting technical problems, collecting fees and resolution of any
disputes that arise in relation to theclassifiedsapp Website;
·
to promote safe internet
practices on theclassifiedsapp Website; and
·
to ensure that our terms and
conditions of theclassifiedsapp Website have been complied with (click here [Xin to insert a hyperlink] to access the terms and
conditions).
You can review and change
your personally identifiable information or password at any time on the My Profile Tab [Xin to insert a hyperlink] in the “My Account” section of theclassifiedsapp Website.
We
recommend that you do not post personal information on theclassifiedsapp Website
forums or classifieds that you wish to keep private.
Storage of personal
information
Savy Soda stores
all classified and forum postings in its database including information which
it is required to store by law, to resolve disputes and to enforce its terms of
use. This information may include:
•
your first and last name;
•
your email address;
•
your home or business address;
• your location;
•
photographs;
• information on your device;
•
login information for social
networking sights;
•
computer
sign-on data;
•
Additional information such as
IP addresses.
If you use theclassifiedsapp Website
to send content to a friend or colleague, we may also store their personal
information including email addresses.
Credit card details
When paying fees online we may
require your billing address, telephone number, credit
card number and expiration date.
If necessary, these details may be shared with a secure credit reference
agency to verify your order. This is a standard requirement for all on-line
transactions when a credit card is used.
Savy
Soda uses trusted third party vendors to handle all financial transactions and
keep them secure via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.
Newsletters and
special offers
Where you have chosen to register for a member
account with theclassifiedsapp Website you will receive a confirmation email,
there may be an option to sign up for email newsletters, special offers and
other updates. If you choose to sign up, Savy Soda may use your email address
to deliver information on theclassifiedsapp Website’s latest services, updates
to the website, new offers any other such information.
We will always allow you the chance to unsubscribe or
opt-out of receiving any such emails if you do not wish to be contacted for
this purpose. You may do so by visiting the “Customer Information” section of
theclassifiedsapp Website.
Email updates can easily be
'unsubscribed' to at any time.
Disclosure of your personal information to third
parties
Savy Soda may disclose your personal information to
third parties such as Facebook and eBay and out of network partner advertising
sites in order to gain maximum visibility and broader reach for the
advertisements posted on theclassifiedsapp Website.
By providing us with your personal login details and
permission, we may use this information to transfer your profile information
from these third party websites in order to facilitate our services.
Savy Soda may disclose and
transfer information if its business is sold or acquired.
Security of your personal information
There might be situations
where Savy Soda is either required by law to disclose your personal
information, enforce its terms of use, respond to claims that a
listing or content that allegedly violates the rights of third parties,
protect the rights,
property or personal safety of Savy Soda, its users or members of the general
public, or provide that information to service providers to
ensure the smooth operation of the theclassifiedsapp Website.
Transfer of personal information outside Australia
Savy Soda may transfer some of your personal
information outside Australia. Savy Soda takes reasonable steps to make sure
that the personal information it collects and uses is accurate, complete and
up-to-date.
Cookies
Savy Soda may use ‘cookies’
from time to time. Cookies may be used to record non-personal information such
as the date, time or duration of your visit, or the pages accessed for website
administration, statistical and maintenance purposes. The default settings of
many browsers like Internet Explorer allow for cookies, but users are generally
able to easily erase cookies from their hard drive, block all cookies, or
receive a warning before a cookie is stored. If you do so, however, you may not
be able to access or use portions of this website.
Cookies used on
theclassifiedsapp Website DO NOT and CANNOT infiltrate a user’s hard drive to
gather any confidential information stored in that user’s hard drive.
The cookies used by theclassifiedsapp Website are NOT
“spyware.”
Savy Soda will NOT use cookies and the anonymous web
usage information it stores to identify you as an individual unless it is
required to by law.
Update to this privacy policy
Savy Soda may update this
Privacy Policy from time-to-time based on your feedback and the need to
accurately reflect its data collection and disclosure practices. If Savy Soda
does so, it will post changes and updates on the Savy Soda website so that you
will always be aware of how Savy Soda collects uses and discloses your personal
information. Savy Soda encourages you to review this Policy from time to time
so you will know if it has been changed or updated. All changes to this Policy
will become effective after Savy Soda provides at least seven (7) days notice
of the changes by posting the changes on the Savy Soda website.
Users
outside the United StatesAustralia
theclassifiedsapp Website is hosted in the United
States. If you use the theclassifiedsapp
Website
from outside of the United States, you are voluntarily transferring information
(potentially including personally-identifiable information) and content to the
United States and agreeing that Savy Soda’s collection, use, storage and
sharing of your information and content is exclusively subject to the laws of
the United States, rather than the country in which you are located.
If
you choose to provide Savy Soda with personal information, you are consenting
to our collection, use and disclosure of that information and to the transfer
and storage of that information to our servers in the United States and
anywhere else in the world where we may have facilities in the future.
Contact details
Questions
regarding our Privacy Statement, or other policy related material, can be
directed to our support staff by clicking on the "Contact Us" link in
the side menu. Or you can email us at: mail@clstheclassifiedsapp.com [Xin to insert a hyperlink]
[This Policy was last updated on [date]1st November 2011]