Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy outlines the guidelines we have established with respect to the information MyPoi World collects any time you interact with MyPoi World including when you visit our website (“Website”), when you use our products, when make use of the services offered by MyPoi World, when you subscribe to our newsletter and/or when you call our helpdesk. Please take a moment to read this privacy policy to learn more about the way MyPoi World uses information.
If you have questions about this policy your can mail MyPoi World at legal@mypoiworld.com.
1. Definitions
“Personal Information” is information about you that is personally identifiable to you like your name, address, e-mail address, and/or phone number, as well as other non-public information that is associated with the foregoing.
“Anonymous Information” means information that is not associated with or linked to your Personal Information; Anonymous Information does not permit the identification of individual persons.
In accessing the Website you accept all the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. You also agree that MyPoi World may amend and/or revise this Privacy Policy at its discretion and you agree to be bound by these revisions and amendments. Your Personal Information may be processed in the country where it was collected as well as in third countries (including the United States) where laws regarding processing of Personal Information may be less stringent than the laws in your country.
If you do not agree with the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy we request that you immediately cease using and accessing the Website as well as the products and services for which you need to provide Personal Information.
2. Collecting of information
- The Personal Information we gather from you helps us learn about our visitors and customers. We use this information to provide you with information about our products and services and the products and services of selected partners, to develop new products and services, to better tailor product features, performance and support of our products and services, and to offer you additional information and opportunities.
- We collect Personal Information that you submit to us voluntarily through our Website and your use of our products and services. The types of Personal Information we collect are:
- If you register on our Website and set up a “MyPoi World” account, we will collect your contact details such as name, address, gender, email address and country as well as the information you provide us with in order to receive the MyPoi World newsletter.
- If you buy products from our webshop, we will collect your full name, the name of your company (if applicable), your postal address (each for shipping and billing purposes), email address, phone number, and all the information we need to process your payment of the purchase amount.
- If you request support via our helpdesk for MyPoi World products and/or services, we will collect Personal Information to enable us to provide such customer support services to you, including your name, mailing address, phone number, email address, and contact preferences. We will also collect other information about the MyPoi World products you own, such as the activation code(s), date of purchase and information related to a support or service issue, some of which might be Personal Information.
- You may also be requested to provide Personal Information about a person other than yourself (for example if you want to purchase a gift for someone and this Personal Information is required for the fulfillment of the delivery of your purchase), such as name, address, email address etc. This Personal Information is used only for the purpose for which you provide it to MyPoi World.
- If you send us an email to apply for a position with MyPoi World, we will collect your email address and the full content of your email, included attached files, such as resumes, and other information necessary to process your application.
Any Personal Information which you supply to MyPoi World shall be true, complete and accurate in all respects.
3. Cookies
A “Cookie” is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web server and is used by our Website to identify your computer whenever you visit our Website. This Website uses Cookies to allow MyPoi World to collect data about the visitors of the Website and users of our services and to customize and personalize our Website..MyPoi World uses Cookies to store your preferences and other related information. MyPoi World does not use Cookies to gather other information from your personal computer. Cookies can be removed by following Internet browser help file directions. If you choose to disable Cookies, some areas of the Website or our webshop may not work properly.
4. Other information
As you navigate our Website certain Anonymous Information may also be collected passively, including your Internet protocol address, browser type, and operating system. We also use Cookies and other data to gather information regarding the date and time of your visit and the information for which you searched and viewed. We use this Anonymous Information to measure the traffic on our Website and to help us make our Website more useful.
5. How does MyPoi World process Personal and Anonymous Information?
- Personal Information will be collected, processed, and used by MyPoi World for the purposes as mentioned in this Privacy Policy.
- Your Personal Information is used by MyPoi World to perform its obligations resulting from the delivery of the MyPoi World products and/or services to you, under the License Agreement or any other agreement and terms that may apply. MyPoi World uses your Personal Information to respond to your questions and to fulfill your requests. MyPoi World is entitled to contract third parties for its fulfillment of its obligations hereunder, however, MyPoi World will not provide your Personal Information to a third party without your permission, except as necessary to process your order, fulfill your requests or manage the interactive customer programs or if compelled by law. These third parties may help MyPoi World to i.e. process information, fulfill customer orders, deliver products to you, manage and enhance customer data, provide customer service, assess your interest in our products and services or to conduct customer research or satisfaction surveys. These third parties are also obligated to protect your Personal Information in accordance with this policy. MyPoi World is and will remain responsible for the use of your Personal Information.
- MyPoi World also uses Personal Information to contact you, always on an “opt-in” basis, via mail, via e-mail or phone to inform you of our (new) products and/or services and the products and services of our carefully selected partners, promotions we may offer, to submit a customer survey and any other marketing activity. MyPoi World is entitled to contract third parties to perform its direct marketing activities. MyPoi World may use your Personal Information to conduct market research, to improve our products and/or services, to provide more responsive customer service and to improve our Website, products and services.
- MyPoi World may provide, distribute or disclose your Personal Information to third parties where MyPoi World reasonably believes that it is required to do so to conform to legal requirements or litigation, to protect and defend the rights or property of MyPoi World or other third parties, to enforce this Privacy Policy or act to protect the interests of its users. MyPoi World is also entitled to disclose your Personal Information for the purposes of national security or other issues of public importance, at MyPoi World's discretion.
- Your Personal Information and Anonymous Information are stored by MyPoi World in a database. This database might be shared by all MyPoi World entities that will use this information on a “need to know” basis in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
- MyPoi World may create Anonymous Information records from Personal Information by excluding information (such as your name) that make the information personally identifiable to you. We may use this Anonymous Information to analyse usage patterns, to improve our products and services and reserve the right to use and disclose Anonymous Information to third parties in its discretion.
- If our company or our assets are acquired by another company, that company will possess the Personal Information collected by us and it will assume the rights and obligations regarding your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.
6. Opt out
We offer you choices regarding the collection, use and sharing of your Personal Information. When you receive newsletters or promotional communications from us, you may indicate a preference to stop receiving further communications from us and you will have the opportunity to “opt-out” by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the e-mail you receive or by contacting us directly (please see contact information below).
Despite your indicated e-mail preferences, we may send you service e-mails regarding our products and services or notices of any updates to the terms and conditions or Privacy Policy.
You may change any of the Personal Information in your account by editing your account information.
7. Feedback
If you provide feedback to us, we may use such feedback for any purpose, provided we do not associate such feedback with your Personal Information. MyPoi World will collect any information contained in such communication and will treat the Personal Information in such communication in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
8. Links to other websites
Our provision of links to other websites or locations is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such other websites or location or its contents. We have no control over, do not review, and cannot be responsible for these outside websites or their content. Please be aware that the terms of our Privacy Policy do not apply to these outside websites.
9. Children
MyPoi World does not intentionally gather Personal Information about visitors who are under the age of 18 and has no desire to do so. Any such information collected would be purely accidental and unintentional. Children under the age of 18 need to be under parental guidance when using this website.
10. Protection of information
We recognize our responsibility to protect the Personal Information you share with us. We take precautions to safeguard your Personal Information. However, no company, including MyPoi World, can fully eliminate security risks associated with Personal Information and MyPoi World can not be held liable for any unauthorised access or use of the data you have supplied to MyPoi World.
You can also take precautions to protect your Personal Information when you are on the Internet. Change your passwords often using a combination of letters and numbers, and make sure you use a secure Internet browser.
11. Privacy questions
If you think that the use of your Personal Information is not in alignment with the purpose for which you have provided it to MyPoi World, as described in this Privacy Policy, or if you have any questions or suggestions regarding this Privacy Policy, please send a mail to legal@mypoiworld.com. We will duly respond to your questions, requests and suggestions.
12. Updates of our Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is subject to occasional revision, and if we make any substantial changes in the way we use your Personal Information, we will post an alert on this page. If you object to any such changes, you must cease using our Website and our products and services for which Personal Information is collected. Continued use of our Website and our products and services following notice of any such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes.
13. Disclaimer
MyPoi World respect your personal information but no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure and MyPoi World cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information that you transmit to MyPoi World over the internet. Sharing this information over the internet is at your own risk.
This Policy was last updated in May 2008.
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