Like most businesses, IndieAbbey.com holds and processes a wide range of information about its customers and other persons who may be interested in IndieAbbey.com's services. This privacy notice applies to all IndieAbbey.com operations, and explains the type of information that we process, why we are processing it and how that processing may affect you. The privacy notice is split into the sections listed below. This page explains what we mean by “personal data”, “processing”, and other terms used in this notice. We may update this privacy notice from time to time, and will post any revised notice on this web page. Where appropriate we may notify you by email or by a notice on our website that our privacy notice has changed but we recommend that you check this page regularly. Any changes will be immediately effective on posting. We believe privacy is a right, and you have a right to keep it private. Our goal is to be transparent about how we collect and use information about you, to keep such informationsecure, and to provide you with meaningful choices.
What information we collect and why we collect it.
How we use that information.
The choices we offer, including how to access and update information about you.
To help you understand what personal information we collect about you, here is a summary of the primary information we collect:
- If you log in, we collect your email address to create a IndieAbbey.com ID.
- We collect information on the advertising identifier to provide you targeted advertising.
- If you use the IndieAbbey.com website, we collect information through cookies to provide you targeted advertising, and your IP address to help control email spam and abuse management.
- We collect anonymized data for analytics purposes such as hardware and operating system information, performance statistics, and data about how you use your devices and applications.
- Location data in non-European Economic Area countries.
For details and specifics on how we collect, use and share information about you, please read our entire Privacy Policy below.
BY USING THE SERVICE, YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND, OR DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS PRIVACY POLICY, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY STOP USING THE SERVICE.
IndieAbbey.com (“we”, “our”, or “us”) is a New York corporation located in the United States of America. We are an aggregator of websites and communications platforms (“Service”). IndieAbbey.com operates the Service at https://IndieAbbey.com/Pages/Privacy.
The Service is hosted in the United States and is available through the Website and is not directed to individuals under the age of sixteen (16). IndieAbbey.com does not knowingly collect information from individuals under sixteen (16) years of age without prior parental consent or consistent with applicable law.
The Service may be available worldwide. If you use the Service from outside the United States, your data may be transferred to, stored and processed by us and our corporate affiliates in other countries, and by those third parties with whom we may share information about you as described in this Privacy Policy. You authorize us to use the information collected in connection with your use of the Service as explained below, which may involve transferring and storing such information across and outside your country to a country (such as a country outside of the European Economic Area) that may provide a different level of protection for such information.
People have different privacy concerns. We believe you should have tools to control information about you and manage your experience with us. For example, you can find controls to manage or review your account information, marketing preferences, and collection of location data by going to your Profile Settings on the App or Website. If you opt out of receiving targeted ads, you will continue to see ads, but they may not be as relevant or useful to you. For more information on ads and how to opt out, see the section below headed “Advertisements; Ad Networks; Other Third Parties”.
We collect information to better provide the Services to our users - from tailoring your experience with the Application and Websites such as showing you content we think you might be interested in, making recommendations of Sites to follow, to advertising, measuring advertising performance, and related research.
We may collect and combine information when you interact with the Service, including:
Information you give us. We collect the information that you voluntarily give us. For example, when you register for a IndieAbbey.com ID, we ask for your email address and may request other registration information required by a Site to register as a member.
Information from your use of the Service. We collect information about how you use a Website and Application like which Sites or Users you follow, and the content you view. This information includes:
- Device information: such as your IP address and an anonymous device identifier. In addition, the Application collects certain information automatically, such as content viewed, and information that allows us to periodically determine mobile device and usage information, which may include (i) information about the way you use the Application, (ii) information specific to your mobile device (such as make, model, operating system and version, Internet browser, device IP address, cookies, anonymous device and/or advertising identifier and similar information), (iii) information about your use of features, functions, or notifications on the device, and (iv) signal strength relating to WiFi or Bluetooth functionality, temperature, battery level, and similar technical data. We may collect the foregoing information even if you are not logged in to the Application;
- Browser information: such as information automatically provided by browsers like user agent and IP addresses accessing a Website; and
- Location information: for users outside the European Economic Area, such as information that allows us to periodically determine your actual location. We may collect the foregoing information even if you are not logged in to the Application. For iOS users, you should be able to adjust the settings on iOS device to prevent collection of location information by disabling the location services feature on your device. For Android users, you should be able to adjust your settings on your Android device to prevent collection of location information by disabling Bluetooth and location service features on your device.
Information from others: If you use Facebook or Google + to log in to the Application or a Website, we collect your email address and profile picture. These services will authenticate your identity and provide you the option to share (or not share) certain information with us to create a IndieAbbey.com ID. Services like Facebook give you the option to post information about your activities using the Service to your Facebook profile page to share with others within your Facebook network.
We do not any “sensitive” or “special categories of personal data” as defined under European data protection laws.
We use cookies and other standard web technologies to collect information automatically from your device, including:
- Cookies: are data files that often include a unique identifier, and are placed on a user’s device or computer. We use cookies to deliver content and/or advertising specific to your interests, to enable you to log in to the Service without having to reenter all of your information, and for Service analytics. In addition, we may use third party companies to display ads on the Websites or Application, and these ads may contain cookies. You can learn more about how to delete, decline, or control cookies at www.aboutcookies.org, and can also control cookies by clicking your profile settings for the Website. If you choose to delete or decline cookies, certain features of the Service may not function properly or not at all.
- Web beacon; tags; pixels: are blocks of code that can read and place cookies, recognize certain types of information on your device, such as which websites or apps you use, and your browsing behavior, as well as provide Service analytics; and
- Mobile device identifiers: are standard device identifiers, for example the “IDFA” advertising identifier used on Apple’s iOS devices and the “Google Advertising ID” advertising identifier used on Android devices, to analyze your use of mobile applications.
