Last updated: April 17, 2019
GEEK-IT! ("us", "we", or "our") operates the geekit.app website and the GEEK-IT! mobile application (the "Service").
This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.
We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions.
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.
Information that is necessary for the use of the GEEK-IT! Platform.
We ask for and collect the following personal information about you when you use the GEEK-IT! Platform. 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.
Account Information. When you sign up for an GEEK-IT! Account, we require certain information such as your first name, last name, email address and phone number.
Profile and Listing Information. To use certain features of the GEEK-IT! Platform (such as purchasing an item or creating a Shop), we may ask you to provide additional information, which may include your address, phone number, and stripe account info.
Payment Information. To use certain features of the GEEK-IT! Platform (such as purchasing an item or creating a Shop), we may require you to provide certain financial information (like your stripe account or credit card information) in order to facilitate the processing of payments (via Stripe Payments). For more information regarding Stripe policies, you can visit their privacy page here: https://stripe.com/en-CA/privacy
Communications with GEEK-IT! and other Members. When you communicate with GEEK-IT! or use the GEEK-IT! Platform to communicate with other Members, we collect information about your communication and any information you choose to provide.
We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service or when you access the Service by or through a mobile device ("Usage Data").
This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When you access the Service by or through a mobile device, this Usage Data may include information such as the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.
Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
Examples of Cookies we use:
Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
Security
Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
Use
of Data
GEEK-IT!
uses the collected data for various purposes:
To provide and maintain the Service
To notify you about changes to our Service
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
To provide customer care and support
To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service
To monitor the usage of the Service
To detect, prevent and address technical issues
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.
If you are located outside Canada and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Canada and process it there.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
GEEK-IT! will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
GEEK-IT! may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
To comply with a legal obligation
To protect and defend the rights or property of GEEK-IT!
To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
To protect against legal liability
The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
When you make an account, we will maintain your Information for our records unless or until you ask us to delete this Information.
If you wish to delete your account, please email us at support@geekit.app. We will make sure your orders are processed before deleting your data. Then, your account data will be deleted permanently.
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.
These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
For
more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit
the Google Privacy & Terms web page:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
Links
To Other Sites
Our
Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us.
If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that
third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy
Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume
no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of
any third party sites or services.
Children's
Privacy
Our
Service does not address anyone under the age of 16 ("Children").
We
do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from
anyone under the age of 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you
are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data,
please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal
Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take
steps to remove that information from our servers.
Changes
To This Privacy Policy
We
may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you
of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We
will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service,
prior to the change becoming effective and update the "effective
date" at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to
review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to
this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this
page.
Contact
Us
If
you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us
by email: support@geekit.app