THE CANDIDLY Privacy Policy
Effective Date: April 1, 2024
Acceptance of the Privacy Policy
The Candidly (“Company” or “We”) respects your privacy and we are committed to protecting the privacy of the visitors and users of the www.thecandidly.com (the “Website”) and has so adopted this “Privacy Policy.”
BY ACCESSING AND/OR USING THE WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO THE PRACTICES AND POLICIES OUTLINED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND YOU HEREBY CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION, USE, AND SHARING OF YOUR INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY, YOU CANNOT USE THE SERVICES. IF YOU USE THE SERVICES ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE (SUCH AS YOUR CHILD) OR AN ENTITY (SUCH AS YOUR EMPLOYER), YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU ARE AUTHORIZED BY SUCH INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO ACCEPT THIS PRIVACY POLICY ON SUCH INDIVIDUAL’S OR ENTITY’S BEHALF.
Your use and/or access of the Website is governed by this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use (as such term is defined in our Terms of Use). Any capitalized term used but not defined in this Privacy Policy shall have the meaning in the Terms of Use.
Introduction
This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide and how we collect, maintain, use, disclose and protect the same. This Privacy Policy is only applicable to the Website.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to any other applications or digital service that you may be able to access through the Website or any other applications or digital services of the Website’s providers and partners, each of which may have data collection, storage and use practices and policies that may materially differ from this Privacy Policy.
Children Under the Age of 18
Our Website is not intended for children under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on this Website or through any of its features, register on the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us at info@thecandidly.
Information We Collect
Personal Information
When you access the Website, we may ask you to voluntarily provide us with certain information that identifies you or could be used to identify you (“Personal Information”) such as your name, residential address, e-mail address and phone number, your gender, date of birth and similar information personal to you that you voluntarily choose to provide to us.
We may also collect additional information, which may be Personal Information, to which you consent.
Traffic Data
We also may automatically collect the following types of data when you use the Website: (1) IP address; (2) domain server; (3) type of device(s) used to access the Services; (4) web browser(s) used to access the Services; (5) referring webpage or other source through which you accessed the Services; (6) geographic information; and (7) other statistics and information associated with the interaction between your browser or device and the Services (collectively “Traffic Data”). Depending on applicable law, some Traffic Data may be Personal Information.
How We Collect Information
Collection of Information
We collect information when you access, use and interact with the Website, and in some cases from third party sources. Such information includes:
The Website’s interactive components;
Information you supply through the Website;
Answers to surveys or questionnaires;
Information received from downloads from the Website;
Your mobile device location;
Through cookies, web beacons, web application analytics services and other tracking technology (collectively, “Tracking Tools”), as described below; and
When you use the “Contact Us” function on the Website, send us an email or otherwise contact us.
Tracking Tools
We may use tools outlined below in order to better understand users.
Cookies: “Cookies” are small computer files transferred to your computing device that contain information such as user ID, user preferences, lists of pages and activities conducted while using the Website. We use Cookies to help the Company improve or personalize the Website by tracking habits, storing authentication status, customization features in an effort to limit fraud, and other analytic benefits.
We may use interest-based or online behavioral advertising. So, our providers and partners may use Cookies to display Company ads on other applications and services based on information about your access and/or use of the Website and your interests (inferred from your online activity). Other Cookies used by our providers and partners may collect information when you use and/or access the Website. These Cookies help the Company and its providers and partners learn more about users’ demographics and internet behaviors.
For more information on cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
Web Beacons: “Web Beacons” (a.k.a. clear GIFs or pixel tags) are tiny graphic image files imbedded in a web page or email that may be used to collect anonymous information about your use of the Website, the applications of selected advertisers and the emails, special promotions or newsletters that we send you. The information collected by Web Beacons allows us to analyze how many people are using the Website, using the selected advertisers’ applications or opening our emails, and for what purpose, and also allows us to enhance our interest-based advertising.
Mobile Device Identifiers: “Mobile device identifiers” are data stored on your mobile device that may track mobile device and data and activities occurring on and through it, as well as the applications installed on it. Mobile device identifiers enable collection of Personal Information (such as media access control, address and location) and Traffic Data.
Advertising
This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive ("Raptive") for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive's data usage, click here https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement/.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
Third-Party Use of Cookies or Tracking Tools
Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website may be served by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers and application providers. These third parties may use cookies, web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use the Website. The information they collect may be associated with your Personal Information or they may collect personally identifiable information about your online activities over time and across different applications and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based advertising or other targeted content on other applications.
We do not control third parties’ tracking technologies or use. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.
Options for Opting out of Cookies and Mobile Device Identifiers
Some web browsers (including some mobile web browsers) allow you to reject Cookies or to alert you when a Cookie is placed on your computer, tablet or mobile device. You may be able to reject mobile device identifiers by activating a setting on your mobile device. Although you are not required to accept the Company’s Cookies or mobile device identifiers, if you block or reject them, you may not have access to all features available through the Website.
You may opt out of receiving certain Cookies and certain trackers by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) opt out page or the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) consumer opt-out page. When you use these opt-out features, an “opt-out” Cookie will be placed on your computer or tablet indicating that you do not want to receive interest-based advertising from NAI or DAA member companies. If you delete Cookies on your computer or tablet, you may need to opt out again. Information about how to opt out of interest-based advertising on mobile device identifiers can be found at http://www.APPlicationprivacy.org/expressing-your-behavioral-advertising-choices-on-a-mobile-device.
Please note that even after opting out of interest-based advertising, you may still see Company advertisements that are not interest-based or targeted specifically toward you. If you opt out of interest-based advertisements, the Company may still collect information about your use of the Website and may still serve advertisements based on information it collects through the Website.
Browser “Do Not Track” Signals
Some web browsers incorporate a “Do Not Track” (“DNT”) or similar feature that signals to applications that a visitor does not want to have his/her online activity and behavior tracked. If an applications operator elects to respond to a particular DNT signal, the application operator may refrain from collecting certain Personal Information about the browser’s user. The Company does not respond to DNT signals. For more information about DNT signals, visit http://allaboutdnt.com.
Use of Information
We use your Personal Information to provide the Website to you and to help improve it, including to:
Provide you with information you request and to respond to correspondence that we receive from you;
Provide, maintain, administer or expand the Website, perform analyses, or to support, improve or enhance the Website;
Send you information about the Company and the Website;
Customize and tailor your experience of the Website, which may include sending customized messages based on information collected in accordance with our Privacy Policy;
Send communications that display content that we think will interest you and according to your preferences;
We may use the information we have collected from you to enable us to display advertisements to our advertisers’ target audiences. Even though we do not disclose your Personal Information for these purposes without your consent, if you click on or otherwise interact with an advertisement, the advertiser may assume that you meet its target criteria;
Combine information received from third parties with the information that we have from or about you and use the combined information for any of the purposes described in this Privacy Policy;
Use information that we collect in any way permitted by law, including with third parties in connection with their commercial and marketing efforts; and
Prevent, detect and investigate security breaches and potentially illegal or prohibited activities.
We may use information to better understand who uses the Website and how we can deliver a better information.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.
We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:
· To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
· To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business.
· To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Company's assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by the Company about our Website users is among the assets transferred.
· To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
· For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
· With your consent.
We may also disclose your personal information:
· To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
· To enforce or apply our terms of use.
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company our customers, or others.
Storage and Security of Information
We store and process your information on our servers in the United States with industry standard backup and archival systems.
Although we make good faith efforts to store Personal Information in a secure operating environment that is not open to the public, we do not and cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information. If we become aware that your Personal Information has been disclosed in a manner not in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we will use reasonable efforts to notify you of the nature and extent of the disclosure (to the extent we know that information) as soon as reasonably possible and as permitted or required by law.
Closing or Modifying Your Account
If you wish to close your account, please email us at info@thecandidly.com. We will delete your account and all of your Personal Information at your request as soon as reasonably possible. Please know that the Company does reserve the right to retain certain information from closed accounts in order to comply with law, prevent fraud, resolve disputes, enforce the Terms of Use and take other actions permitted by law. You may review and modify the information you entered into your profile by accessing the settings for your account.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
The Company reserves the right to change the terms of this Privacy Policy at any time. The process for changes to this Privacy Policy are described in our Terms of Use. If we change the terms of this Privacy Policy, the new terms will apply to all Personal Information the Company maintains, including information that was created or received before such changes were made.
Contact Information
To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at: info@thecandidly.com or 1610 W. Whispering Wind Dr Phoenix, AZ 85085.
Acceptable Use Policy
Effective Date: April 1, 2024
Acceptance of the Acceptable Use Policy
This Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) is incorporated by reference into our Terms of Use and, along with the other Terms of Use, governs your use and/or access of the Website. Any capitalized term used but not defined in this AUP shall have the meaning assigned in the Terms of Use.
BY VISITING, USING, SUBSCRIBING TO, OR OTHERWISE ACCESSING THE WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF USE (INCLUDING THIS AUP); IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT USE AND/OR ACCESS THE WEBSITE.
Introduction
The Website is public. Therefore, consider your comments carefully and do not include anything in a comment that you would like to keep private. By uploading or otherwise making available any information and/or content in the form of user generated comments or otherwise, including the information contained therein (collectively, “Comments”), you grant the Company the unlimited, perpetual right to distribute, display, publish, reproduce, reuse and copy the Comments.
Responsibility for Content
You are responsible for the Comments you post. You may not impersonate any other person through the Website. You may not post Comments that are obscene, defamatory, threatening, fraudulent, invasive of another person’s privacy rights, or is otherwise unlawful. You may not post Comments that infringes the intellectual property rights of any other person or entity. You may not post any Comments that contain any computer viruses or any other code designed to disrupt, damage, or limit the functioning of any computer software or hardware.
You grant the Company the right to remove any Comments that, in our sole judgment, does not comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement or is otherwise objectionable. You also grant the Company the right to modify, adapt, and edit any Comments.
Your Grant of Limited License
We do not claim ownership in your Comments, however by posting Comments on the Website you grant the Company, our assigns, agents and licensees and other users a worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid license under all copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, privacy and publicity rights and other intellectual property rights you own or control to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such Comments (in whole or part), including any information, suggestions, ideas, drawings or concepts contained in such Comments, worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed. You will remain responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, decency, or any other aspect of such Comments, including any contribution or part thereof, or other communication to the Company. You understand that you will not receive any fees, sums, consideration, or remuneration for any of the rights granted in this Section. You agree to pay all royalties, fees and other monies owing to any person or entity by reason of the Comments that you post on the Website.
Acceptable Use
The Company determines acceptable behavior with respect to the Website as set forth in this AUP and elsewhere in the Terms of Use. As part of your access to and/or use of the Website, you agree that you will not:
access and/or use the Website in any unlawful manner;
fraudulently or intentionally misuse the Website;
use and/or access the Website in any manner that is harmful, hateful, harassing, abusive, or otherwise offensive to any third-party in the Company’s sole discretion;
interfere with or inhibit any other user from using the Website;
use and/or access the Website as a means to distribute unsolicited or unauthorized communications, advertisements, or spam;
access or search Website by any means other than the authorized public interface;
collect or use any Content that violates any third-party right (whether a privacy right, an intellectual property right, or otherwise);
create a false identity, impersonate another person or entity, otherwise misrepresent yourself, or create user accounts, or submit user-generated content by automated means or under false or fraudulent pretenses;
breach or otherwise circumvent any security measures incorporated into the Website; or
use and/or access the Website in any manner that is considered unacceptable by the Company.
Without limiting the foregoing, you also agree you will not, and will not attempt to:
interfere with or disrupt the functioning of the Website in any manner, including the functioning of any software, hardware, network or server connected to the Website;
attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage or disrupt any parts of the Website, the server on which the Website is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to the Website;
distribute or transfer in any manner the Website or any part thereof to any third party;
modify, reformat, adapt, or translate the Website, any Content, or any part thereof for any purpose;
use any robot, spider, search/retrieval application, or other automated device, process or means to access, retrieve, index, monitor, or copy any of the Website and/or the Content;
introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful;
attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack;
use any means, including software means, to conduct web scraping of any portion of the the Website and/or the Content;
incorporate by any means any of the Content into another application or service;
reverse-engineer or create derivative works based on any part of the Website for any purpose, commercial or otherwise;
visit the Website in any manner other than for your personal use;
collect or store personal data about other users in connection with the prohibited activities described in this AUP; or
access and/or use the Website in any manner that is inconsistent with the Terms of Use.
Our policy is to block access to or remove material that we believe in good faith to be copyrighted material that has been illegally copied and distributed by any of our advertisers, affiliates, Content providers, members or other users. We may deny access to the Website to those who violate this AUP.
