CREATORS AND ENTREPRENEURS ONLINE (CEO) PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated as of May 25, 2020.
All defined terms used but not defined in this Privacy Policy shall have the meaning given in the Terms of Use.
Creators and Entrepreneurs Online (CEO) ("Creators and Entrepreneurs Online", "CEO", "us", "our" or "we") strongly believes in maintaining the privacy of nonpublic personal information we collect from individuals who visit our Website or make use of our services ("Services"). We want you to understand how and why we collect, use and disclose personal information about you through our Services. This Privacy Policy provides you with information concerning our practices and procedures as they relate specifically to information we collect through our Website and related Services.
We may need to change our Privacy Policy at some point in the future, in which case we'll post the revised Privacy Policy on this website and update the "Last Updated" date above to reflect the date of the changes. By continuing to use the Website and Services, or by providing Creators and Entrepreneurs Online (CEO) with your personal information after we post any such changes, you accept the Privacy Policy as modified.
1. SUMMARY
This Privacy Policy notifies you of:
- Information we collect about you.
- How we collect information about you.
- Our use of your information.
- Our security procedures concerning your personal information.
- Our communications with you.
- Your obligation to update your personal information or correct inaccuracies in your personal information.
- Our changes to this Privacy Policy.
2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU
We gather your information as necessary to provide or improve upon the Website and Services and to communicate with you regarding changes or updates. We do not collect any personally identifiable information about you through the Services unless you choose to provide it to us voluntarily, including for example, when you share your address with another user. We define “personal information” as information that is unique to you and might include your phone number, name, age, address, and credit card and/or bank account information (to the extent necessary to provide the Services). We may also ask you to voluntarily provide personally identifiable information in order to communicate with you about the Services. Users who register with the Services to receive information via a wireless device may be asked to submit a cell phone number, and consent to receive text messages using that phone number.
We will collect personal information that you provide to us directly when you conduct business with us, including via telephone, fax, email, or through your use of and interaction with us on the Website. Such personal information will include information such as your name, address, phone number, and email address.
If you do provide us with personal information, we will use the information in accordance with any purpose described where such information is collected (if such purpose is described), and we will not sell, license, transmit or disclose this information outside of Creators and Entrepreneurs Online (CEO) or its affiliates unless (1) you expressly authorize us to do so, (2) it is necessary to allow our trusted service providers or agents to provide services for us, (3) in order to provide the Services to you, (4) it is disclosed to entities that perform marketing services on our behalf or to other entities with whom we have joint marketing agreements, (5) it is necessary in connection with the acquisition of another entity, or in connection with a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Creators and Entrepreneurs Online (CEO) or the merger of Creators and Entrepreneurs Online (CEO) into another entity or any consolidation, combination, reorganization, or like transaction in which Creators and Entrepreneurs Online (CEO) is not the survivor, or (6) otherwise as we are required or permitted by law.
We reserve the right to disclose any personal information as needed if that information is requested by law enforcement agencies or if we are required to do so by law, treaty, regulation, subpoena, court order, or by a government entity. We also may disclose your personal information to third parties if we have reason to believe that disclosing such information is necessary to protect the safety, property, or other rights of Creators and Entrepreneurs Online (CEO), our customers, our employees, or any other person, to conduct investigations of possible breaches of law, to cooperate in any legal investigation, or to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be violating the terms of use of our Website.
We may also use information collected by users of the Services, in an aggregated, de-identified form to identify usage trends and for other research and market-development purposes. In the event that we include your information for such purposes, it will be not be used in connection with your name, account number, phone number, or detailed address (other than zip code).
If at any time you provide a third party’s personal information to us, you warrant that you have permission to do so and you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Creators and Entrepreneurs Online (CEO) and its employees, officers, directors, managers and shareholders from and against any claim, liability, cost and expense arising in connection with your provision of that information.
3. HOW WE USE AND PROCESS THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE OR MAKE AVAILABLE
We use, store and process information about you for the following general purposes:
1. to enable you to access and use the Website and Services;
2. to enable you to communicate with other users, including but not limited to by sending them messages or other information during the booking process;
3. to operate, protect, improve and optimize the Website and Services, our business, and our users’ experience, such as to perform analytics, conduct research, personalize or otherwise customize your experience, and to provide customer service;
4. to help create and maintain a trusted and safer environment on the Website, such as detection and prevention of actual and potential fraud and other harmful activity, conducting investigations and risk assessments, enforcing our Terms and policies, and verifying listings;
5. to send you service, support and administrative messages, reminders, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and other information;
6. to send you marketing, advertising, and promotional messages and other information, including information about Creators and Entrepreneurs Online (CEO), our services, or general promotions for partner campaigns and services. You can unsubscribe or opt-out from receiving these communications by emailing us at hello@buyfromceo.com;
7. to administer referral programs, rewards, surveys, sweepstakes, contests, or other promotional activities or events sponsored or managed by Creators and Entrepreneurs Online (CEO) or our Third Party business partners; and
8. to comply with our legal obligations, resolve any disputes that we may have with any of our users, and enforce our agreements with Third Parties.
4. “Do Not Track (DNT)” Brower Signals.
Currently, the Website does not take any automated action in response to browser “do not track” signals.
5. Social Media Platforms and Websites
Any information, communications, or material of any type or nature that you submit to our Services through the use of social media integration (including, but not limited to any Company website contained on a social media platform or website such as Facebook or Twitter) by email, posting, messaging, uploading, downloading, or otherwise (collectively, a “Submission”), is done at your own risk and without any expectation of privacy. Creators and Entrepreneurs Online (CEO) cannot control the actions of other users of any social media platform or website and Creators and Entrepreneurs Online (CEO) is therefore not responsible for any content or Submissions contained on such sites and platforms. By accessing or making use of any part of the Services that is contained on a social media platform or website, you are representing and warranting to Creators and Entrepreneurs Online (CEO) that you have reviewed the applicable privacy policy and terms of use of such platform or website and that you will abide by all such provisions contained therein.
Additionally, in the event that any one part of the Website offers a message board or any other interactive or social-type feature on a website administered directly by Creators and Entrepreneurs Online (CEO), please be aware that these areas may allow you to publicly post, and share with other users, certain messages, content, or other information (e.g., stories, pictures, reviews, tips, etc.). Although Creators and Entrepreneurs Online (CEO) may take certain precautions to protect those who use these areas of Creators and Entrepreneurs Online (CEO)'s Website, we encourage you to be wary of giving out any personal information in such public forums. The information you post can be collected and used by people you don't know. We cannot guarantee the privacy and safety of these areas and are therefore not responsible for any information you choose to post. Your use of these features is fully at your own risk.
6. Information Collected from Children
We are strongly committed to preserving online privacy for all of our website visitors, including children. Our Services are intended for use only by persons who are 18 years old or older and our Terms of Use expressly prohibit access or use of the Services by any person under 18 years old. Consistent with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, we will not knowingly collect any information from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, you must ask your parent or guardian to assist you in using the Website and Services.
7. Email
We appreciate your questions and comments about our Website and Services and welcome your email messages to mailboxes listed on our Website. We will share your messages with those within our organization that are most capable of addressing the issues contained in your message. We will keep a copy of your message until we have had an opportunity to address your concerns. We may archive your message for a certain period of time or discard it, but your email address will not be used for any other purpose.
8. Confidentiality and Security
We restrict access to personal information collected about you through the Website to our employees, our affiliates' employees, or others who need to know that information in the course of conducting our normal business operations. While no website can guarantee security, we maintain appropriate physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information collected via the Services. While we implement these and other security measures on the Services, please note that 100% security is not always possible. We cannot guarantee that the security measures we have in place to safeguard personal information will never be defeated or fail, or that those measures will always be sufficient or effective.
9. Choice/Opt-out
You may opt-out of having your personal information used to contact you for certain commercial purposes. Users who no longer wish to receive our promotional communications may contact us by email at hello@buyfromceo.com to be removed from our lists. Be sure to include any contact information that you want removed from our promotional contacts list, including physical addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses (If you use more than one e-mail address, send your opt-out e-mail from each of your e-mail addresses.) If you receive any online newsletter or similar promotional e-mail communication from us, you will always be given the option to “unsubscribe” from receiving further e-mail communications from us at any time. Your option not to receive promotional and marketing material will not preclude us from corresponding with you, by e-mail or otherwise, regarding your existing or past business relationships with us (e.g., any purchase of our products or use of our Services, or responses to requests for information you pose to us either through use of a Services or by other means). Please allow us a reasonable period of time in order to satisfy your request, as some promotions may already be in process. In addition, we may continue to use de-identified information for the purposes of maintaining and improving our Services.
If you want to opt-out of receiving any communications from us, or if your personal identifiable information changes (such as zip code or postal code, phone, email or postal address), you may correct, update or delete/deactivate your personally identifiable information at any time by updating the profile in your user account.
10. Links to Other Sites
For your convenience we may provide links to other websites and web pages that we do not control. We cannot be responsible for the privacy practices of any websites or pages not under our control and we do not endorse any of these websites or pages, the services or products described or offered on such sites or pages, or any of the content contained on those sites or pages. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM AND WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY LIABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH HOW SUCH THIRD PARTIES COLLECT, STORE, USE OR DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION.
11. Use of Cookies and other Data Collection Tools
A cookie is a piece of information which a web server may place on your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are commonly used by websites to improve the user experience and have not been known to transmit computer viruses or otherwise harm your computer. Many cookies last only through a single website session, or visit. Others may have an expiration date, or may remain on your computer until you delete them.
We may use cookies for a number of purposes - for example, to maintain continuity during a user session, to gather data about the usage of our Website and Services for research and other purposes, to store your preferences for certain kinds of information and marketing offers, or to store a user name or encrypted identification number so that you do not have to provide this information every time you return to our Services. We may use services such as Google Analytics, and Google Adwords to gather data about the usage of our Services and for marketing purposes. These third-party services may set or maintain cookies which we do not control. Due to the constantly-changing technology of the internet, we may discontinue the use of these providers at any time, or implement new third-party services to provide same, similar, or additional functionality.
12. State Privacy Laws
For California & Vermont residents: Creators and Entrepreneurs Online (CEO) will not share information it collects about you with affiliates or third parties, except as required or permitted by your state’s law.
13. Using the Services from Outside the United States
If you are accessing or otherwise making use of the Services from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored or processed in the United States, where our servers are located and our central database is operated. The data protection and other laws of the United States and other countries might not be as comprehensive as those in your country, but please be assured that we take steps to protect your privacy. By accessing or otherwise making use of the Website and Services, you acknowledge and agree that we have the express right to transfer your information across jurisdictions and international borders to our facilities and to those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy.
14. Updates to the Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our personal information practices. In the event our Privacy Policy should materially change, we will generally notify our users by posting a notice of such change in a separate section of this Privacy Policy so you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. Users will have the opportunity to opt-out of any change in the use of their information. However, if users have opted out of all communication with the Services, then they will not be contacted, nor will their personal information be used or disclosed in this new manner.