Mobile App and Website Privacy Policy
Last modified: March 24, 2018
Introduction
VOHTE LLC ("Company" or "We") respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This policy describes:
The types of information we may collect or that you may provide when you access the Company's website located at vohte.com (the "Website") and/or when you download, install, register with, access, or use the VOHTE mobile application (the "App") (collectively "VOHTE Properties").
- Our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
This policy applies only to information we collect in this App and, in email, text, and other electronic communications sent through or in connection with the App and the Website.
This policy DOES NOT apply to information that:
- We collect offline.
- You provide to or is collected by any third party.
Third parties may have their own privacy policies, which we encourage you to read before providing information on or through them.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, do not download, register with, or use the App, or access the Website. By downloading, registering with, or using the App, or accessing the Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of this App after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
Children Under the Age of 13
The App and the Website are not intended for children under 13 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at privacy@vohte.com.
Information We Collect and How We Collect It
We collect information from and about users of our App and Website:
- Directly from you when you provide it to us.
- Automatically when you use the App.
Information You Provide to Us
When you download, register with, or use the App, or access the Website we may ask you provide information:
- By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, email address, telephone number, or ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE APP COLLECTS THAT IS
DEFINED AS PERSONAL OR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION UNDER AN APPLICABLE LAW/any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline ("personal information").
- That is about you but individually does not identify you, such as information about your devices and how you use them.
This information includes:
- Information that you provide by filling in forms in the App. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use the App, accessing the information contained in the App or on the Website, and requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with the App or the Website.
- Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses and phone numbers), if you contact us.
- Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.
- Your search queries on the App or the Website.
- Interactions you have with the contents on the App or the Website.
- Sharing any of the content on the App or the Website on social media.
You may provide information to be published or displayed ("Posted") on public areas of websites you access through the App or the Website (collectively, "User Contributions"). Your User Contributions are Posted and transmitted to others at your own risk. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of third parties with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.
Automatic Information Collection and Tracking
When you download, access, and use the App or the Website, it may use technology to automatically collect:
- Usage Details. When you access and use the App or the Website, we may automatically collect certain details of your access to and use of the App or the Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on or through the App or the Website.
- Device Information. We may collect information about your mobile and computing device and internet connection, including the device's unique device identifier, IP address, operating system, browser type, mobile network information, and the device's telephone number.
- Stored Information and Files. The App and the Website also may access metadata and other information associated with other files stored on your device. This may include, for example, photographs, audio and video clips, personal contacts, and address book information.
- Location Information. This App and the Website collects real-time information about the location of your device.
If you do not want us to collect this information, do not download the App or delete it from your device and do not access the Website. Due to the location-based natural of our services, the App and the Website cannot function properly without location information.
Information Collection [and Tracking] Technologies
The technologies we use for automatic information collection may include:
- Cookies (or mobile cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on your smartphone. It may be possible to refuse to accept mobile cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your smartphone. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our App or the Website.
- Web Beacons. Pages of the App or the Website, and our emails, may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related app statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain app or website content and verifying system and server integrity).
Third-Party Information Collection
When you use the App or the Website to access their content, certain third parties may use automatic information collection technologies to collect information about you or your device. These third parties may include:
- Analytics companies.
- Your mobile service provider.
These third parties may use tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use the App or the Website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites, apps, and other online services websites. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.
We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.
How We Use Your Information
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information, to:
- Provide you with the App and its contents, and any other information, products or services that you request from us.
- Fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
- Give you notices about your account.
- Notify you when App and Website updates are available, and of changes to any products or services we offer or provide though it.
- Any uses you have opted-in or authorized us.
The usage information we collect helps us to improve our App or Website and to deliver a better and more personalized experience by enabling us to:
- Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
- Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our App according to your individual interests.
- Speed up your searches.
- Recognize you when you use the App and the Website.
- Retrieve information you have saved.
We use location information we collect to provide you with content that is relevant to you.
We may also use your information to contact you about our own and third parties' goods and services that may be of interest to you. We will only do so if you opt-in by checking the relevant box on the form on which we collect your data.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual or device, without restriction.
In addition, we may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide:
- To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
- To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal
information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
- 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 Vohte LLC's assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Vohte LLC about our App users is among the assets transferred.
- To third parties to market their products or services to you if you have not opted out of these disclosures. To opt out or inquire about any concerns regarding possible disclosures, please contact privacy@vohte.com.
- To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
- For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
- With your consent.
- To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
- To enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including the App EULA and the Website's Term of Use.
- If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Vohte LLC, our customers or others.
Your Choices About Our Collection, Use, and Disclosure of Your Information
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. This section describes mechanisms we provide for you to control certain uses and disclosures of over your information.
- Tracking Technologies. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies or block the use of other tracking technologies, some or all parts of the App and the Website may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
- Location Information. You can choose whether or not to allow the App to collect and use real-time information about your device's location through the device's privacy settings. If you block the use of location information, some or all parts of the App may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
We do not control third parties' collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative ("NAI") on the NAI's website.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may update our privacy policy from time to time. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will post the new privacy policy on this page.
The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting this privacy policy to check for any changes.
Contact Information
To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at: privacy@vohte.com