Privacy Policy
Pakira, Inc.Effective September 7, 2021. Last Revised: September 7, 2021. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using Our Service. This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.
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 Privacy Policy.
1. Interpretation and Definitions
Interpretation
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.Definitions
For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions:-
Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
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Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where “control” means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
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Application means the software program provided by the Company downloaded by You on any electronic device, named Pakira.
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Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to Pakira, Inc., 695 Atlantic Ave 9th Floor Boston MA 02111.
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Content refers to content such as text, images, or other information that can be posted, uploaded, linked to or otherwise made available by You, regardless of the form of that content.
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Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
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Country refers to United States of America.
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Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
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ID means unique identifier that may identify Account, User, Company, or Device.
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Service, Services or Our Service refers to the Website, App, and all Company links within in.
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Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
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Third-party Social Media Service means any services or content (including data, information, products or services) provided by a third-party that may be displayed, included or made available by the Service.
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Website refers to Pakira, accessible from pakira.com
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Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
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Your Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable business, organization, or employee of the business.
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You (and Your) means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
2. Collecting Your Data
Your Data
While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personal- or business- identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Such identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address
- First name and last name
- Picture
- Phone number
- Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
- User Account Settings and Preferences
- Bio
- Usage Data
Your Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (IP ad- dress), 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, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, 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 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.
Information Through Contact With You
We may collect information about you when You contact our customer support team, respond to a survey, or interact with Company staff or representatives. In addition, for quality and training purposes, Company may monitor and record its telephone conversations with You or anyone acting on Your behalf. By communicating with Company, you acknowledge that your communication may be overheard, monitored, or recorded without further notice or warning.Information From Other Sources
* We may receive information about you from other sources, including from other users and third parties, and combine that information with the other information we have about you.-
Identity Verification Services. We may receive business information about you from third party identity verification services, in order to verify your identity, detect fraudulent use of the Services, and complete background checks.
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Other Users. Other Pakira users may have the opportunity to provide information about you after interactions with you through use of the Services, including through ratings and reviews.
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Demographic or interest information: We may receive demographic or interest information about You from third parties, including advertisers (such as the fact that an advertiser is interested in showing you an ad), and combine it with Our own data using a common account identifier such as a hash of an email address or a mobile-device ID.
Information from Third-Party Social Media Services
The Company allows You to create an account and log in to use the Service through the following Third-party Social Media Services:If You decide to register through or otherwise grant Us access to a Third-Party Social Media Service, We may collect Your Data that is already associated with Your Third-Party Social Media Service’s account, such as Your name, Your email address, Your activities or Your contact list associated with that account.
You may also have the option of sharing additional information with the Company through Your Third-Party Social Media Service’s account. If You choose to provide such information and Your Data, during registration or otherwise, You are giving the Company permission to use, share, and store it in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Information Collected While Using the Application
We collect information about the actions You take when using the Services. This includes your interactions with content and other users.-
Content You Submit
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We collect the content you submit to the Services. This includes your posts and comments including your messages with other users (e.g. chats), and your reports and other communications with moderators and with Us. Your content may include text, links, im- ages, gifs, and videos.
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Company collects data when you use Forums that Company hosts, whether you use the Forum using a web browser on your own computer, or use Pakira’s apps for mobile devices.
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Content you submit to the Pakira Forum may be tagged with your ID to announce authorship.
We collect information about the actions you take when using the Services. This includes
your interactions with content, like voting, saving, hiding, and reporting. It also includes
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Transactions
- We collect information about transactions completed through the Services, including when and where an order is created, the type of order, the product details, shipping details and addresses.
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Location
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While using Our Application, in order to provide features of Our Application, We may collect, with Your prior permission information regarding your location.
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We use this information to provide features of Our Service, to improve and customize Our Service. The information may be uploaded to the Company’s servers and/or a Service Provider’s server or it may be simply stored on Your device.
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You can enable or disable access to this information at any time, through Your Device settings.
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3. Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:-
Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can in- struct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. How- ever, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some or parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
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Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Service may use local stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and store information about Your preferences or Your activity on our Service. Flash Cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those used for Browser Cookies. For more information on how You can delete Flash Cookies, please read “Where can I change the settings for disabling or deleting local shared objects?”
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Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service 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 website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. Learn more about cookies.
We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
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Necessary / Essential Cookies
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Type: Session Cookies
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Administered by: Us
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Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the Services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those Services.
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Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
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Type: Persistent Cookies
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Administered by: Us
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Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
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Functionality Cookies
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Type: Persistent Cookies Administered by: Us
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Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to reenter your preferences every time You use the Website.
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4. Use of Your Data
The Company may use Your Data for the following purposes.
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To provide and maintain our Service: including to monitor the usage of our Service.
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To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Your Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
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For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
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To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
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To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
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To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
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For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Your Data held by Us about our Service users is among the as- sets transferred.
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For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and Your experience.
We may share Your business information in the following situations.
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With Service Providers: We may share Your business information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.
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For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your business information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
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With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
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With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
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With other users: When You share business information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside Our Services. If You interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, Your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see Your name, profile, pictures and description of Your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of Your activity, communicate with You and view Your profile.
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With Your consent: We may disclose Your business information for any other purpose with Your consent.
Much of the information on the Services is public and accessible to everyone, even without an account. By using the Services, You are directing Us to share this information publicly and freely.
5. Retention of Your Data
The Company will retain Your Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (e.g. if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
6. Transfer of Your Data
Your information, including Your Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information 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.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.
The Company 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 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 business information.
7. Disclosure of Your Data
Business Transactions
If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.Law enforcement
Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).Other legal requirements
The Company may disclose Your Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:- Comply with a legal obligation
- Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
- Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
- Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
- Protect against legal liability
8. Security of Your Data
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 Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.9. Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites 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.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
Company reserves the right, at Our sole discretion, to modify or replace this Privacy Policy at any time. If a revision is material, Company will make reasonable efforts to provide at least 30 days' notice prior to any new Privacy Policy taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at the sole discretion of Company.We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" 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.