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Our goal is to provide personal curation and help people Discover, Share, and Shop Different. To do that, we may show you personalized content and ads we think you’ll be interested in based on information we collect from you and third parties. We only use that information where we have a proper legal basis for doing so.

This policy helps you understand what information we may collect, how we use it, and what choices you have about it. 

We collect information in a few different ways

1. When you give it to us or give us permission to obtain it

When you sign up for or use Shopavize you voluntarily share certain information including your name, email address, phone number, photos, posts, moods, palettes, or collections and comments, and any other information you give us. You can also choose to share your precise location using your device settings or through photos and posts. We will still use your IP address, which is used to approximate your location, even if you don't choose to share your precise location. You will also have the option to share other information about yourself such as your gender identity, age and preferred language.
   
If you connect your Facebook, Apple, Google (opens in a new window) or other third-party accounts to Shopavize, we use information from those accounts (such as your friends or contacts) to improve your Shopavize experience. This is dependent on the privacy policies or settings for those accounts.

2. We also get technical information when you use Shopavize

When you use a website, mobile application or other internet service, certain internet and electronic network activity information gets created and logged automatically. This is also true when you use Shopavize. Here are some of the types of information we collect:

• Log data. When you use Shopavize, our servers record information (“log data”), including information that your browser automatically sends whenever you visit a website, or that your mobile app automatically sends when you’re using it. This log data includes your Internet Protocol (IP) address (which we use to infer your approximate location), the address of and activity on websites you visit that may incorporate Shopavize features, searches, browser type and settings, the date and time of your request, how you used Shopavize, cookie data and device data. 
• Cookie data. We also use “cookies” (small text files sent by your computer each time you visit our website, unique to your Shopavize account or your browser) or similar technologies to get log data. When we use cookies or other similar technologies, we use session cookies (that last until you close your browser) or persistent cookies (that last until you or your browser delete them). For example, we use cookies to store your language preferences or other settings so you don‘t have to set them up every time you visit Shopavize. Some of the cookies we use are associated with your Shopavize account (including information about you, such as the email address you gave us) and other cookies are not. For more detailed information about how we use cookies, please review our Cookies Policy.
• Device information. In addition to log data, we collect information about the device you’re using to access Shopavize, including the type of device, operating system, settings, unique device identifiers and crash data that helps us understand when something breaks.
• Clickstream data and inferences. When you’re on Shopavize, we use your activity—such as which posts, lifestyles, moods, palettes, or collections you click on, posts, moods, palettes, and  collections you create, and any text that you add in a comment or description—along with information you provided when you first signed up and information from our partners and advertisers to make inferences about you and your preferences. For example, if you create a post, mood, palettes, and collection about travel, we may infer you are a travel enthusiast. We may also infer information about your education or professional experience based on your activity when you link your account to accounts you have with third parties like Facebook or Google.

3. Our partners and advertisers share information with us

We also get information about you and your activity outside Shopavize from our affiliates, advertisers, partners and other third parties we work with. For example:

• Online advertisers or third parties share information with us to measure, report on or improve the performance of content on Shopavize, or to figure out what kinds of content to show you on or off of Shopavize. This includes information about your visits to an advertiser's site or purchases you made from them, or information about your interests from a third-party service, which we might use to help show you particular posts, lifestyles, moods, palettes, or collections.

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What we do with the info we collect

We’re committed to showing you content that’s relevant, interesting and sometimes personal to you. To do that, we use your information to provide and improve your experience, including:

• Identify you when you use Shopavize.
• Recommend posts, lifestyle categories, brands, or other Shopavize users you might like based on your activity on Shopavize. For example, if we see you’re into high fashion, we may suggest high fashion-related posts, lifestyle categories, brands, or other Shopavize users that we think you might like.
• Respond to your questions or comments.

We have a legitimate interest for using your info in these ways. It's necessary in order to make Shopavize and its features relevant and personalized to you.

We want to make Shopavize safe and also improve our product features so that we can continue to help you Design Your Lifestyle. We all benefit when we use your information to:

• Suggest other people who have similar interests. For example, if you comment or share a post about an outdoor lifestyle, we may suggest other outdoor lifestyle content that you may like.
• Help your friends and contacts find you on Shopavize, if you agree to this in your settings. For example, if you sign up using a Facebook account, we can help your Facebook friends find you on Shopavize when they first sign up for Shopavize. Or people can search for your account on Shopavize using your email.
• Review your messages on Shopavize to detect activity that poses a risk to the safety of you, our community and/or members of the public.
• Conduct analytics and research on who is using Shopavize and what they are doing to help us understand which features are important to our users and/or how we can make them better. 
• Improve Shopavize and offer new features.
• Advertise Shopavize products and services to you on other sites. You can choose for us not to share your information with other sites to personalize those ads as described in the “How you can control your info” section below.
• Send you updates (such as when certain activity, like saves or comments, happens on Shopavize) and news by email or push notification, depending on your settings. For example, we may send weekly updates that include posts, lifestyles, moods, palettes, or collections you may like. You can decide to stop getting these notifications by updating your settings.
  

We have a legitimate interest in delivering ads that are relevant, interesting and personal to you in order to generate revenue. To further these interests we use the information we collect to:

• Decide which ads to show you. For example, if you show an interest in camping tents on Shopavize, we may show you ads for other outdoor products. We customize the ad content we show you by identifying your interests based on your onsite and offsite activities, as well as by using information we receive from ad partners or other third parties. Where we use cookies to identify your offsite interests, we’ll get your consent where we need to. Where ad partners or other third parties share information with us about you, we rely on the consent they already obtained.
• Tell our ad partners how their Shopavize ads are doing, and how to make them better. Some of this information is aggregated. For example, we would report to an advertiser that a certain percentage of people who viewed a promoted posts, moods, palettes, or collections went on to visit that advertiser's site. In other instances, this information isn’t aggregated. For example, we would let a brand partner know that a particular promoted post, mood, collection, or palette has been saved by certain people.
  

We use information we collect to customize your Shopavize experience based on your offsite behavior. For example, if you visit websites that sell pianos, we may suggest piano posts to you. When we identify your interests based on your offsite behavior with cookies, we will obtain any consent that we may need. To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our Cookie Policy.

In addition to the specific circumstances above, we’ll only use your information with your consent in order to:

• Send you marketing materials by email, text, push notification or phone call depending on your account or operating system settings. Each time we send you marketing materials, we will give you the option to unsubscribe.
• Identify your precise location and customize the content we show you. For example, if we know that you’re near a retailer we may show you that retailer’s posts that may be of interest to you. You can opt in to this in your device operating system settings.
• Tell our brand partners how their content is doing on Shopavize.
  

We’ll also rely on your consent where we use cookies to:

• Identify you across different browser sessions. This means if you log into Shopavize from your phone (or any device), we'll remember that you're you and then you won't need to enter your login details each time you visit Shopavize.
• Show you posts you might be interested in. We use cookies to identify your interests based on your offsite activity.

To find out more about how we use cookies, and your choices about how we use them, please see our Cookie Policy.

Transferring your information

At this time, Shopavize is not a worldwide service but we may store your information outside of your home country when our services expand to a global offering. By using our products or services, you authorize us to transfer and store your information outside your home country, including in the United States, for the purposes described in this policy. The privacy protections and the rights of authorities to access your personal information in such countries may not be equivalent to those of your home country.

See the section for EEA Residents to learn more about data transfers to and from that region.

How you can control your info

Our goal is to give you control of your information. If you have a Shopavize account, many of these controls are built directly into Shopavize or your settings. For example, you can:

• Edit information in your profile at any time, decide whether your profile is available to search engines, or choose whether others can find your Shopavize account using your email address.
• Link or unlink your Shopavize account from other services (like Facebook, Apple, Google or Twitter). For some services (like Facebook), you can also decide whether or not to publish your Shopavize activity to that service.
• Choose whether Shopavize will be customized for you using information from other websites or apps. If you have a Shopavize account and want to control how your offsite data is used to tailor your experience, you can visit your settings and update your “Personalization” preferences.
• Choose whether Shopavize ads delivered to you on other platforms, sites or apps are customized using information about your account activities. You can control this by visiting your settings and updating your “Personalization” preferences.
• Choose whether Shopavize shares information about your activity on Shopavize for ads performance reporting. You can control this by visiting your settings and updating your “Personalization” preferences.
• Close your account at any time. When you close your account, we’ll deactivate it, remove your posts, moods, or palettes, or collections from Shopavize and delete your account data.
  

We also support settings such as Limit Ad Tracking in iOS, Ads Personalization in Android devices as well as Do Not Track in browsers.

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You also have choices available to you through the device or software you use to access Shopavize. For example:

• The browser you use lets you control cookies or other types of local data storage.
• Your mobile device lets you choose how and whether your precise location, photos, contacts and other data is shared with us.

To learn more about these choices, please see the information provided by your device or software provider.

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How and when we share information

Anyone can see the public posts, moods, palettes, or collections you create and profile information you give us. We also make this public information available through what are called APIs (basically a technical way to share information quickly). For example, a partner can study what their most popular posts, moods, palettes, or collections are or how their posts, moods, palettes, or  collections are being shared on Shopavize by using a Shopavize API. We also share your information with:

• Other services, to enable you to sign up for or log in to Shopavize, or when you decide to link your Shopavize account to those services, like Facebook, Apple, or Google, or when you publish your content on Shopavize to them. For example, if you choose to publish your posts, moods, palettes, or collections to Facebook or Twitter, then information about that content will be shared with Facebook or Twitter.
• Services we use to market Shopavize to you on sites and apps other than Shopavize, such as Facebook Ads, Google Marketing Platform, Microsoft Advertising, LinkedIn Advertising, TikTok, Spotify, The Trade Desk and others from time to time. You can opt-out of sharing with such advertising services in your settings.
• Online advertisers and third-party companies that we or they use to audit or improve the delivery and performance of  content on websites and apps (for example, through Google Analytics). This includes us sharing the posts and content you were shown on Shopavize and how you engaged with that information, or other information about your activity on Shopavize.
• Third-party companies, service providers or individuals that we employ to process information on our behalf based on our instructions and for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. Some information we acquire may be collected by third-party providers on our behalf.
• Law enforcement agencies or government agencies. We only share information if we believe that disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation or legal request; to protect the safety, rights, or property of the public, any person, or Shopavize; or to detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues.
• Our wholly-owned subsidiaries and affiliates. If we were to engage in a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, dissolution, reorganization, or similar transaction or proceeding that involves the transfer of the information described in this Policy, we would share your information with a party involved in such a process (for example, a potential purchaser).

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How long we keep your information

We keep your information only so long as we need it to provide Shopavize to you and fulfill the purposes described in this policy. This is also the case for anyone that we share your information with and who carries out services on our behalf. When we no longer need to use your information and there is no need for us to keep it to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations, we’ll either remove it from our systems or depersonalize it so that we can't identify you.

Our policy on children’s information

Children under 13 are not allowed to use Shopavize. If you are a parent and you learn that your child is using Shopavize and you don't want them to, please contact us via email at privacy@shopavize.com.

Your options

You have options in relation to the information that we have about you. To exercise these options, please visit your account settings and, if you still need help, our Help Center.

• Request access to the information we collect and hold about you. We'll usually share this with you within 30 days of you asking us for it through our Help Center.
• Have your information corrected or deleted. You can update your information in your profile or delete your data by closing your account.
• Object to us processing your information. You can ask us to stop using your information, including when we use your information to send you marketing emails or push notifications. If you opt out of receiving marketing messages from us, we may still send you updates about your account, such as when someone comments on one of your posts, moods, palettes, or collections.
• Have the information you provided to us sent to another organization, where we hold this information with your consent or for the performance of a contract with you, and, where it's technically feasible for us to do so.
• Request more details about the information we collect and how and why we use and share it.

We will not discriminate against you if you choose to exercise your options related to your personal information. We work to be clear with you about your options and the consequences of exercising certain options. If you have questions, please contact us.

Residents of the EEA

At this time, Shopavize is restricting specific access to our mobile app such as creating a profile for users outside of the United States.

California residents

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires us to disclose categories of Personal Information we collect and how we use it, the categories of sources from whom we collect Personal Information, and the third parties with whom we share it, which we have explained above.

In the preceding twelve months, we have collected Personal Information from you, your devices, our partners, third parties, and from categories of sources otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.

We are also required to communicate information about rights California residents have under California law. You may exercise the following rights:

• Right to Know and Access. You may submit a verifiable request for information regarding the: (1) categories of Personal Information we collect, use, or share; (2) purposes for which categories of Personal Information are collected or used by us; (3) categories of sources from which we collect Personal Information; and (4) specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected about you.
• Right to Equal Service. We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights.
• Right to Delete. You may submit a verifiable request to close your account and we will delete Personal Information about you that we have collected.

We do not sell the Personal Information of our users.

For more information about these rights, please see “Choices you have about your info” above, and to exercise them, please visit our contact us at privacy@Shopavize.com. In order to verify any request, you may need to log in to your account or respond to an email verification request.

We collect the following categories of Personal Information and in the preceding 12 months, we have disclosed these categories of Personal Information for a business purpose to affiliates, service providers and third parties:

• Identifiers, such as your name, username, email address, phone number, unique device identifiers, and your IP address
• Personal characteristics protected by law, such as your gender and age
• Commercial information, such as purchases made, and payment information
• Internet or electronic network activity information, such as information about your device and your use of our Services
• Geo-location data, when shared through your device settings or photos
• Electronic, visual, or similar information, such as your profile picture or photos
• Professional or employment information, when you link your account to other accounts
• Inferences we draw or derive about users, such as your interests or preferences
• Other information you provide, such as your bio, posts, moods, palettes, or collections, and comments

We use and disclose this information for the business purposes described in this policy, including to: audit our Service, detect security incidents and prevent fraud, debug and repair errors, maintain your account, provide customer service, process or fulfill orders, conduct research and development and other activities to improve our Service, show advertising, market our Services, and understand how users interact with our Services.

How we make changes to this policy

We may change this policy from time to time and if we do, we’ll post any changes on this page. If you continue to use Shopavize after those changes are in effect, you agree to the new policy. If the changes are significant, we may provide a ƒmore prominent notice or get your consent, as required by law.

Contact us

The best way to get in touch with us or to exercise your options described above is to email us at privacy@shopavize.com If you live in the United States, Shopavize, Inc. is responsible for your information. You can contact Shopavize, Inc. at 3050 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 510, Houston, TX 77056, USA.
   
Effective Date December 23, 2019
Last updated August 15, 2021