Velovita
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how Velovita Inc., including its parents, subsidiaries,
representatives, affiliates, officers, and directors, (collectively, “Company,”
“Velovita,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) collects, uses, process, and discloses your personal
information, in conjunction with your access to and use of (the “Site”), each website
or any other applications, software or operating program of Velovita whether used
by computer, mobile devices, or other internet compatible devices made available
by the Company (together with the Site, the “Sites”), and the Payment Services. This
Privacy Policy describes the Company’s privacy practices for all Sites, platforms, and
services such as applications, software, or operating programs that link to it.
By using any of the Sites, you confirm that you have read and understand this Privacy
Policy and agree to be bound by it. This policy applies to all online communication
with or on the Sites. When you provide us with online information through any of the
Sites, we respect your privacy. It is important for you to understand what information
we collect about you during your visit and what we do with that information.
Your visit to any of our Sites is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms and
Conditions. Any undefined term in this Privacy Policy shall be defined in the same
manner that the term is defined in our Terms and Conditions.
1. INFORMATION COLLECTED
We ask for and collect the following personal information about you when you use
the Sites. This information is necessary for the adequate performance of the contract
between you and us and to allow us to comply with our legal obligations. Without it,
we may not be able to provide you with all the requested Services.
While you may browse our Sites without providing any personal information. To allow
you to place an order, we will ask you for your name, delivery and billing address,
phone number(s), email address, credit card number, and its expiration date. If you
choose to register to become a “Member” with the Company, we may ask you for
information such as your contact information (e.g., name, email address and mailing
address), or birth date. When you submit your personal identifiable information on
one of the Sites, you are giving your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of
your personal information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. We may also collect,
store or accumulate certain non-personally identifiable information concerning your
use of the Sites, such as information regarding which of our pages are most popular,
your IP address, browser, city, time zone, referring URL, and operating system.
Information gathered may be used in aggregate form for internal business purposes,
such as generating statistics, developing marketing plans, customizing content, and
improving the Sites. We may share or transfer any non-personally identifiable
information with or to our affiliates, licensees, and partners.
All of our Sites are intended for adults. Our Sites and applications are not directed to
individuals under 18 years of age and we do not knowingly collect any personal
information directly from such individuals. If you believe that we are inappropriately
processing the personal information pertaining to an individual under the age of 18,
we take this very seriously and urge you to contact us at support@velovita.com. If
we otherwise obtain knowledge that we have personal identifiable information about
an individual under the age of 18 in retrievable form in our files, we will delete that
information from our existing files so that it is not retrievable.
2. HOW WE USE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may use, store, and process personal information to (1) provide, understand,
improve,and develop the Sites and Services, (2) create and maintain a trusted and safer
environment (such as to comply with our legal obligations and ensure compliance
with the Velovita Policies and Procedures) (3) provide, personalize, measure, and
improve our advertising and marketing, (4) to fulfill your request for a product,
information, or other service, or respond to an email or other request, as well as to
create and delivery to you, communications containing product information, usage
tips or promotions.
To enable or support us in providing the access to the Sites and Services, we may
share your information, including personal information, within our corporate family of
companies (both financial and non-financial entities) that are related by common
ownership or control.
Additionally, Velovita may contract with companies or individuals to provide certain
services including email and hosting services, credit card processing, shipping, data
management,surveys and marketing, promotional services, etc. (each such third-party,
a “Service Provider”). We may share personally identifiable information with
Service Providers solely as appropriate for them to perform their functions, but they
may not use such information for any other purpose. We do not share your credit card
or other account information with unaffiliated third parties unless necessary to fulfill
our responsibilities including, but not limited to, delivering a product or service that
you order. Finally, Velovita may disclose personal information in special cases: (1)
when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to
identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury
to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) the rights of the
Company or to anyone that could be harmed by such activities; (2) when we believe
in good faith that the law requires it; (3) to any third party who may acquire the
Company (subject to confidentiality restrictions); and (4) in situations involving
threats to the physical safety of any person.
Text messaging. No mobile information will be sold or shared with third parties for promotional or marketing purposes. The same holds for Velovita's affiliates and the corporate family of companies named above. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information won't be shared with any third parties. Only the providers that send our text messages handle this information, and only to send them.
3. YOUR MESSAGES
Messages that you send using any of our Sites whether computer, mobile device, or internet compatible device, are only shared with you, the Company and the other Member/ Velovita Vibe App (“VV Mobile App”) user you intend to send the information to.
4. OPT-OUT OF COMMUNICATIONS
We want to communicate with you via email correspondence only if you want to hear
from us. If for any reason you no longer wish to receive email messages from the
Company, please unsubscribe in your V-Cloud account, or via the unsubscribe link
provided at the bottom of the email announcement. Please note, if you opt not to
receive marketing emails from the Company, you may still receive “Transactional”
email messages regarding your order (i.e., order confirmation, shipping information,
customer service notifications, etc.) If you havequestions or concerns regarding this
statement, contact us at support@velovita.com.
Text messages. If you sign up for Velovita texts in your V-Cloud account, we use your mobile number and your consent only to send the texts you chose, as our SMS Terms at https://vcloud.velovita.com/sms-terms describe: Velovita news and offers, at a frequency that varies. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help, or turn texts off on your profile.
5. OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
5.1. Analyzing your Communications
We may review, scan, or analyze your communications on the Sites for fraud
prevention, risk assessment, regulatory compliance, investigation, product
development, research, analytics, and customer support purposes. For example, as
part of our fraud prevention efforts, we may scan and analyze messages to mask
contact information and references to other websites. In some cases, we may also scan,
review, or analyze messages to debug, improve, and expand product offerings. We use
automated methods where reasonably possible. However, occasionally we may need
to manually review some communications, such as for fraud investigations and
customer support, or to assess and improve the functionality of these automated
tools. We will not review, scan, or analyze your messaging communications to send
third party marketing messages to you, and we will not sell reviews or analyses of
these communications.
These activities are carried out based on the Company’s legitimate interest in
ensuringcompliance with applicable laws and our Terms and Conditions, Website
Terms of Use and Mobile App Terms and Conditions preventing fraud, promoting
safety, and improving and ensuring the adequate performance of our services.
5.2. Third Party Partners and Integrations
The Sites may contain links to third party websites or services, such as third-party integrations, co-branded services, or third party-branded services (“Third Party Partners”).The Company doesn’t own or control these Third-Party Partners and when you interact with them, you may be providing information directly to the Third-Party Partner, the Company, or both. These Third-Party Partners will have their own rules about the collection, use, anddisclosure of information. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of the other websites you visit.
5.3. Information Others Provide About You
As part of our services, we offer the Velovita Vibe Mobile App, which has a messaging
feature that gives other Members and the Company the ability to communicate with
you. We will only share your information that is needed for other Members/users to
locate your profile and send you a message. Members/users may also send you
messages, or send messages to groups to which you belong. We require each of
these Members/users to have lawful rights to collect, use, and share your information
before providing any information to us.
When sending communication, you should be aware of the fact that any user can
capture screenshots of your messages, send them to the Company or anyone else,
or post them on another platform.
Reports Made By Others
We collect information from both the report and reported party when a report is
made. Reports may be made to report suspected violations of our Policies and
Procedures, Terms of Use, Terms of Conditions, and Privacy Policy.
6. DATA RETENTION
We will retain your Data in accordance with your instructions (including to perform
any applicable terms in the Member Business Agreements), and as required by
applicable law. Your information will be retained no longer than the maximum time
prescribed by law. We may delete or and/or de-identify certain other associated
Information at our sole discretion.
We may retain other information pertaining to you for as long as necessary for the
purposes described in this Privacy Policy such as to provide our offerings and
Payment Services. We may retain your information after your account has been
suspended or terminated only for the period of time required for Velovita to
investigate issues such as fraud, pursue legitimate business interests, conduct audits,
legal compliance, resolve disputes, and enforce our Member Business Agreements
and any of our Other Policies.
7. ENSURING YOUR SECURITY
We are continuously implementing and updating administrative, technical, and
physical security measures to help protect your information against unauthorized
access, loss, destruction, or alteration. Some of the safeguards we use to protect
your information are firewalls and data encryption, and information access controls.
We use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), an advanced security protocol that protects your
credit card information andensures secure online ordering. SSL Internet connections
are encrypted, and thus protectall credit card ordering information, including your
name, address and credit card number, so it cannot be read in transit. Please note,
however, that although we employ industry- standard security measures to safeguard
the security of your personal information, no transmissions made on or through the
Internet are guaranteed to be secure.
If you know or have reason to believe that your information has been lost, stolen,
misappropriated, or otherwise compromised or in case of any actual or suspected
unauthorized use of your Company account, please contact us at
support@velovita.com.
8. INTERNATIONAL USERS
Like almost every website, our Sites may be accessed by an international audience. By visiting our Sites and providing us with data, you acknowledge and agree that your personal information may be processed for the purposes identified in this policy. To facilitate our global operations the Company may transfer, store, and process your information within our family of companies, partners, and service providers based in Europe, India, Asia Pacific and North and South America. Laws in these countries may differ from the laws applicable\your country of residence. By providing us with your data, you consent to the transfer of such data.
9. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
THE COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTY, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE SUFFICIENCY OF THIS POLICY IN PREVENTING THE IMPROPER OR UNWANTED DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION. THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ACTUAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM A BREACH OF THIS POLICY,ANY UNAUTHORIZED BREACH OF THE COMPANY SERVERS BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PARTY, OR FROM ANY SOFTWARE ERROR OR MALFUNCTION. TO ASSIST THE COMPANY IN PROTECTING YOUR INFORMATION, IT IS CRITICAL THAT YOU DO NOT SHARE YOUR LOGIN OR PASSWORD WITH ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY.
10. YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits customers of the Company who are California residents to request and obtain from us once a year, free of charge, information about the personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. If applicable, this information would include a list of the categories of personal information that was shared and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared information in the immediately preceding twelve calendar months. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to support@velovita.com.
11. CHANGES TO POLICY
The Company reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time in accordance with this provision. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post the revised policy here. As we may make changes at any time without notifying you, we suggest that you periodically consult this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Sites and Services after the changes are posted constitutes your agreement to the changes, both with regard to information we have previously collected from you and with regard to information we collect from you in the future. If you do not agree to the changes, please discontinue your use of the Sites and Services.