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Privacy Policy

 

Effective Date: 4 July 2023 

 

GETSLOCAL ("GETSLOCAL ", "we", "our") is firmly committed to respecting the privacy of our users and members in our dealings with you. GETSLOCAL’s Privacy Policy will inform you about how we may gather, use, share, and store information about you. We would also advise by using our website, mobile applications and any other online services you give your consent to our use of cookies.

 

Information That GETSLOCAL Collects:

We collect information about you when you use or services, including:

  • information that you provide to us;

  • information about how you use our services, websites, mobile applications, and other online services;

  • information about the computers and any devices that you use to access our services;

  • information about your personal interests and online activities with GETSLOCAL;

  • information about how you respond to communications from GETSLOCAL;

  • information on the location of your mobile device based on the location of any nearby Wi-Fi networks or, subject to your permission, information accessed via the location functionality of your device; and

  • Information about you from publicly or commercially available sources.

 

How GETSLOCAL Use Collected Information:

We use this information:

  • to respond to your requests, provide you with information on goods and services, and special offers;

  • to communicate with you about your account; learn about you; send you or provide you with deals, offers, or other content based on your interests;

  • to personalize the content on our services;

  • for research purposes;

  • to resolve any questions or disputes; and

  • to improve and maintain, GETSLOCAL services.

 

Sharing Information:

We share information:

  • with certain third parties, including service providers that process information on GETSLOCAL ’s behalf, to facilitate transactions, payments and provide you with services;

  • with our affiliates and partners;

  • to facilitate advertising; and

  • in connection with the handover of a business or related assets; when there is a legal responsibility to disclose your information; or to protect our legal rights, the public, or others.

 

Updating Your Details and Information

You can update your account details, profile and information you provide us for our services in the relevant sections on our websites relating to GETSLOCAL Market or GETSLOCAL Rewards.  

Specifically, you can update your account details, communication preferences and information you provide us for any of our services in the GETSLOCAL Market in the My Account section.

Other Information

GETSLOCAL services are not available for children under 18 years of age.

GETSLOCAL use all reasonable security measures to protect your information.

GETSLOCAL is not responsible for any third-party products or services you may access via our services.

GETSLOCAL will post a notice of any updates to this Privacy Policy. We may also notify you via means of electronic communications. Please note that your continued use of our services after any such notices constitutes your acceptance of the Privacy Policy.

 

GETSLOCAL PRIVACY POLICY

Please take some time to read our Privacy Policy carefully. You understand and agree that, by visiting or using any website, mobile application, or online service governed by this Privacy Policy, you are consenting to the processing of information as outlined in this Privacy Policy. GETSLOCAL recommends that you review the Privacy Policy from time to time. If you disagree with any section of this Privacy Policy, as is, or as may be amended by us, you should discontinue using our services and not use the websites, mobile applications, or online services governed by it. Please note that this Privacy Policy is subject to change, and we will update the Effective Date accordingly.

 

CONTENTS IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY?

  • What Information Does This Privacy Policy Cover?

  • What Information Do We Collect?

  • How We Use the Information We Collect

  • How We Share the Information We Collect

  • Third-Party Links and Content

  • Children's Privacy

  • Security

  • Your Choices

  • International Transfers of Information

  • Changes to Our Privacy Policy

  • Contact Information

 

WHAT INFORMATION IS COVERED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY?

This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through our websites, mobile applications, and online services. This Privacy Policy does not otherwise apply to information that we or any of our affiliates and Members in direct dealings with your collect through other means (e.g. at any events, via telephone, or direct mail).

 

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT: 
          Information that you provide to us:

GETSLOCAL and our service providers collect information that you provide when you use our services. For example, to obtain our services, you will have to apply and register for an account. During registration, we may request and collect your name, address, username, password, cell phone number and email address. You may also supply us with information when you send a message on our services; sign up to receive communications from GETSLOCAL; register for favorites and deals; participate in customer surveys; or make direct contact with a question or request. This information may include but is not limited to:

  • Name

  • Business name

  • Any unique identifiers, company registration

  • TIN Taxpayer Identification Number 

  • Mailing address

  • Email address

  • Date of birth

  • Telephone and Cell Phone numbers

  • Username

  • Password

  • Payment information, including account or card number

 

When you use social media platforms, ‘plugins’ which are applications or tools that enable features like audio or video content, or other features that are operated or offered by other ‘third parties’ and are integrated into our services or allow you to connect to our services, we may collect information from those third parties. This may include payment services, and login services.  Please refer to the privacy settings of the social media platforms or third-party features you use to manage how your information is shared.
If you wish to forward information to a friend using our services, we will ask you to provide your friend’s name, business name and email address. We may collect statistics on the information you forward. We do not sell or rent information about the friends to whom you forward articles or information, and we use your friends’ names and email addresses only for purposes of forwarding information subject to your request.


PASSIVE DATA COLLECTION:

Like most web-based services that offer services online, GETSLOCAL and our service providers may automatically collect on our logs
certain technical information from your devices when you use our services.

 

The information we may collect includes:

  • Your IP address

  • Name and location of your Internet Service Provider

  • Operating system

  • Device type

  • Device manufacturer

  • Device identifier

  • Browser type

  • Content viewed on our services

  • Features of our services that you use

  • Pages viewed immediately before and after you access our websites

  • Which deals or content from us or our affiliates and merchants you click on, view, or access

  • Your activities over time and across websites and apps within the GETSLOCAL network and within the network of websites and apps serviced by the ad networks, advertisers, service providers, and other companies with which we do business, following your use of one of our websites or apps

  • Whether you open our electronic communications and where you click within them

  • Amount of time spent on our website, pages and how many pages you viewed during your visit

See Use Cookies and Other Technologies for more information about how we collect this information.

GETSLOCAL, our service providers, and other third parties with whom we do business may collect information about you from publicly available sources, such as social media platforms, and commercially available resources. We may combine that information with the information described above and will handle the combined information as described in this Privacy Policy.

 

Location Information - Our mobile applications may collect precise information about the location of your mobile device via your device’s GPS or cellular connectivity, but only with your express consent. Once you have consented to the collection of such precise location information via your mobile device, you may adjust this consent by managing your Location Services preferences through the settings of your mobile device. We may also be able to infer your location from other information that you provide or information that we collect passively, such as the known locations of nearby WiFi networks.

 

HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

GETSLOCAL may use the information we collect for several purposes, including, but not limited to:

  • providing you with and communicating with you about our products, services, or information you request;

  • providing you with information and important updates about your account and our products and services;

  • using your location information to provide location-based services that you request or location-based offers that may be of interest to you;

  • supplying information or offers for goods or services from our members or third parties that may be of interest to you;

  • to provide you with a personalized experience when using our services;

  • allowing you to share content and information from our online services via social media, electronic communications, and other means;

  • improving our services;

  • determining whether you are eligible for special deals or promotions;

  • analyzing and creating statistics about how you communicate with us and how you use our services;

  • linking your activities across the devices you use to access the services so that we can learn about how you use the services and the devices you use, contact you across devices, and provide you with a consistent experience across devices;

  • creating compiled, aggregate, and anonymous information about the users of our services and how our users interact with our services;

  • protection of your information;

  • helping our affiliates and Members better understand our users; and

  • preventing violations of our terms and conditions, identifying, avoiding and dealing with potential fraud, intellectual property infringement, legal violations and any other misuse of our services.

 

GETSLOCAL may combine or aggregate any of the information we collect from our services and elsewhere for any of these purposes.

 

HOW DO WE SHARE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We may disclose the following information about you:

  • to service providers and third parties that process payments, provide credit checking, provide technical support, provide marketing communications and customer surveys, or perform any other services for GETSLOCAL ;

  • to Participating Members when you have elected to receive communications from them;

  • as required by law, such as to comply with a summons or other legal process;

  • as required to process transactions and provide you with the services, products, or information you request;

  • when we believe that disclosure is essential to protect the rights or property of our affiliates, Members or us, or to protect the security of you or others;

  • to detect, prevent, or respond to potential fraud, intellectual property infringement, violations of our terms and condition, violations of law, or another misuse of our services;

  • to progress with the negotiation or completion of a merger, acquisition, sale, or other transfer of all or part of our assets; or

  • if all or part of the GETSLOCAL services are taken over by another organization, your personal information may move to that other organization;

  • subject to your consent.

 

GETSLOCAL do not share any credit card information or other financial information with third parties for their marketing purposes or other independent use. When we do share information with third parties for processing credit cards or other payments, we require those third parties to comply with applicable Payment Card Industry standards.

We may use aggregated information with third parties that provide services for us. We may also use aggregated information with others so that they can better understand our users, providing for example, gender, age, or geographical analysis of our users.

GETSLOCAL does not sell, rent, barter, or give away user lists, users' names, email addresses, or mailing addresses so that advertisers or other third parties may send you ads or other solicitations. Unless you have agreed otherwise,

 

Please note that when you voluntarily disclose personal information publicly on our services that information may be collected and used by other parties and you may receive unsolicited communications from others. When you share information from features offered on our services by other companies, known as ‘third-party plugins’, the privacy settings of the other companies for those govern how they share this information. When you are logged into our services, your registration details may be displayed, and contact information may be viewed. For your security be sure to log out of your account and take steps to ensure that others cannot view your information without your knowledge and consent.

 

THIRD-PARTY LINKS AND CONTENT

GETSLOCAL services and communications may contain links to or content from websites or other online services provided by third parties. We expect our partners and third-party providers to respect your privacy; however, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the collection and use of your information by other services and websites that are not under our control. The privacy practices of third parties are governed by their privacy policies, and we recommend that you review the privacy policies of all websites and online services that you use, view, or visit.

 

USE OF COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES

GETSLOCAL may use cookies, and other technologies to collect information when you use our services. These technologies allow us to remember you, your devices and your preferences when you visit our services.  A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website stores on your computer or device in the cookie file associated with the browser that you use to access the website. Most major websites use cookies. Cookies alone generally cannot be used to identify you. But if you choose the "Remember Me" feature or similar features, a cookie will store information that helps remember you yourself, such as your username.

 

Cookies help us recognize you when you return to our websites and hold information from one visit to the next for your ease of use. Cookies also help us better understand how people use our services We may also share information that we collect with third parties, such as service providers, advertisers, and advertising companies as described in this Privacy Policy.

 

Currently, we cannot react to do not track being set in the browser, if you wish to opt out of tracking; we suggest downloading an ad-blocking technology.

 

Certain third-party content providers may also place cookies on your computer or mobile device. Please note that these cookies are controlled by third parties and are not governed by this Privacy Policy.

 

 

CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

GETSLOCAL services are not directed to, nor do we knowingly collect information from, children under the age of 18, nor will we knowingly allow children under 18 to register for or become users of our services. If we discover that we have received any information from a child under 18, we will take all practical steps to promptly remove that information. If you believe we have collected or processed information from anyone under 18 without parental consent, please contact us via any of the channels listed below.

 

YOUR CHOICES

In general, if you register to use any of our services, you may update the information you have provided to us for any of our services by visiting the account notification page of that service.

When you register for our services, you may be able to indicate your preferences regarding marketing communications in the account notification page of our services, you may be able to amend your preferences and select the categories of communications that interest you. When we or our affiliates send you emails containing offers that may be of interest to you, those emails may contain links via which you may opt out of receiving those communications.

Please note that you will not be able to opt-out of receiving certain services or transactional communications relating to your account unless you cancel your registration or account.

Furthermore, although your account is canceled, we may retain your information for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy.

 

SECURITY

GETSLOCAL uses industry-standard security measures to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of personal information under our control, however, no information system can be 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information. Additionally, we cannot be responsible for information you transmit over networks that we have no control or information you choose to share or disclose publicly. You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of any passwords or other account information. GETSLOCAL make reasonable efforts to secure the account information pages and other registration locations for our services, and as such, they can only be accessed by you with your user details or by our authorized personnel.

 

NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS - YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS:

If you are a California resident, you have the right to receive: a) information identifying all third-party companies to which we may have disclosed, within the past year, personal information about you and your family for those companies’ direct marketing purposes; and b) a description of the categories of personal information disclosed. To obtain such information, please email your request to privacy@getslocal.uk

 

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS OF INFORMATION

If you use our services, you are agreeing that we may collect, use and transfer your personal information as described in this privacy policy, including transfers outside the country where you reside.

 

AMENDMENTS TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

GETSLOCAL reserves the right to amend and update this Privacy Policy by posting a new Privacy Policy on this site. We recommend that you review this Privacy Policy often for any changes, as your continued use of our services after any amendments have been made constitutes acceptance of those amendments. If you are a registered user of our services and we make any revisions that substantially change how we use or share the information previously collected from you through our services, we will notify you of those amendments we will post a notice of any substantial change to this policy by posting a notice on our website.

 

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, we may be reached at privacy@getslocal.uk