Privacy Policy
A. Overall Privacy
At Retailer App, we value your privacy. Rest
assured that the information you provide when you use our websites and related
applications will be collected and used in the manner stated in this Policy.
B. What Information We Collect
The information we collect depends on whether you
are a visitor or a member.
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If you are
a visitor, you provide us with information of what service you use and how you
use it. Technically speaking, this includes:
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Log
information, such as information on how you use our service (e.g. time or
duration of your use), browser cookies, web beacons;
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information,
such as IP address, operating system version, device settings, hardware
model, device identifiers, and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) number for
some mobile devices, if available; and,
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Other
information.
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If you are
a member, aside from the information above, you also provide us with your
name, mobile number, and email address. These pieces information serve as our
point of contact with our members. Our registration forms and profile update
forms also ask for other information, such as birthday, gender and location.
You have the option to provide us with these pieces of information or not
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Racist,
hateful, inflammatory or flaming comments;3. To maintain the accuracy of
members’ personal information, they may access this at any time and change any
inaccuracies they may find by updating their profile. Members also have the
option to delete their information from our database by updating their profile
or sending us a support ticket to deactivate their account.
C. How we Use Your Personal
Information
All information that you provide us, including
information you post in the site, may be collected and processed. Also, by
using our services, you consent to the collection, transfer, processing and
storage of information we collect whether done within or outside of the
Philippines. We assure you that our actions concerning your personal information
will be guided by this Privacy Policy.
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The
information you provide us may be used in any of the following manner:
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To
provide better and customized service to you.
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We
are able to do this with your help. By using your cookies, we are able to
track usage patterns and deliver customized content to all users. A cookie
is a small text file that our Web server places on a user’s computer hard
drive as a unique identifier. Our cookies have an expiration date.
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We
also provide communications services to our members. Our members receive
e-mails, SMS and Push Notifications (in mobile apps) regarding items
posted in our system. We also send additional announcements about
products, services, special deals and newsletters. Members may opt not to
receive these types of communications.
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We may
also use the information we collect from you to improve our products and
services and to develop new ones.
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For
information sharing. Subject to applicable law, we may share,
transfer, and disclose the information we collect, to the
following:
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Companies
that form part of our group of companies, to enable them to offer or improve
their respective services or products;
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Service
providers that help us provide our services, to the extent needed to perform
their duties and their functions;
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Government
authorities, at their request and only when legally required to do so;
and,
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Purchasers
or potential purchasers of our rights and obligations relating to the
services we provide. In this case, all information collected is deemed
assets that may be transferred to such third parties.
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Necessary to
Protect Legitimate Interests. The information we collect may also be
shared, transferred and disclosed when this is necessary:
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To
protect the rights and interests of Retailer App, business partners,
customers or third parties, as may be required and permitted by law;
and
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To
pursue your legitimate interests, as may be required or permitted by
law.
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Advertisement
in different media. Images and information uploaded or posted may be used to
advertise Retailer App and its services in different media (i.e.,
Above-the-line, Below-the-line, SEM, Social Media advertising). Information
may be used for the conduct of promotions and advertisements through
e-mails, SMS and Push Notifications.
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Location
identification. Through information provided by the device you use to access
our Apps and services, we are provided with IP addresses and other
locational information. An IP Address is a unique identifier that identifies
your computer or device in the Internet. These information are used to
identify the location of the device (i.e., town, city and country), and
these are added to all data that are submitted to the system.
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Market
analysis. The information we collect may be used for assessment, record
keeping, market analysis and generation of reports.
D. How We Secure your Personal
Information.
We endeavour to protect your information by using
secure servers. Sufficient physical and technical methods and procedures are
employed to safeguard and secure the information from unauthorized or unlawful
processing. We have no control, however, over any information you provide when
you leave our Apps. Our Apps offers listings, chats, forums and/or message
boards, as well as links to third-party websites. When you click on these links,
you effectively leave our Apps.
To ensure your protection, we encourage you to
read their privacy policies. We also have no control over third-party
advertising companies that serve ads when you visit our Apps. They may use
information about your visits to our Apps and other websites in order to provide
advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you. While we
will not provide them your name, address, email address, or telephone number, we
do not control their collection of information.
List of
Possible Violation of our Policies :
| AD SPAMMING |
Posting of multiple similar advertisements with the intention of
flooding particular site’s categories and search results.
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| COPY/PASTE OTHER MEMBER'S ADS |
Copying any/all of other member's advertisement item details and using
them for their own-posted ads.
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| DUPLICATE/MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS |
Members creating a number of accounts with the intention of spamming
the APP by posting the same set of ads over and over again on all member
accounts.
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| DUPLICATE |
Posting 2 or more of the same active advertisement/offer/profile
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| ADS/OFFERS/PROFILE |
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| IDENTITY THEFT |
Creating a member account using another individual's personal info for
the purpose of gaining trust and/or obtaining material and
non-material things from others for their own benefit.
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| KEYWORD STUFFING |
Loading/using repetitive, excessive, and unrelated keywords and/or
meta tags in advertisements.
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| MISLEADING INFORMATION IN ADS |
This violation includes, but are not limited to, incorrect pricing,
incorrect condition and images unrelated to the advertisement including
thumbnails.
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| PRIVATE MESSAGE SPAM |
Sending unsolicited messages to registered members thru PM with the
intention of advertising or promoting products, services, businesses.
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| RUDE/INSULTING POSTS AND MESSAGES |
Ad posts and messages which can be considered offensive or out of
line, such as making threats as well as using inappropriate and profane
languages.
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| SCAM OR ILLEGAL ADS |
Advertisements posted to defraud/scam other registered members.
Posting pirated ads and other illegal items and services are also
included.
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| STEALING IMAGES |
Using images from other advertisements in their own posted ads. |
| UNDELETED SOLD ITEMS |
Sold, or depleted, items should be declared as sold/unavailable item
by clicking the Deactivate button right after a successful transaction.
Alternatively, advertisements for discontinued or unavailable
services/businesses should also be deactivated.Sold, or depleted, items
should be declared as sold/unavailable item by clicking the Deactivate
button right after a successful transaction. Alternatively, advertisements
for discontinued or unavailable services/businesses should also be
deactivated.
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| WRONG CATEGORY ADS |
Advertisements that are posted under incorrect or unrelated categories
other than where they should be posted.
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