This Privacy Policy statement sets forth the policies and practices with respect to information or data that is received or gathered regarding visitors to and users of Vidy Inc.’s websites such as the site located at vidy.com, apps, products, software, and services, (collectively referred to herein as the “Site”, “App”, or “Services”) and related services, features, content or applications offered by VIDY, INC., 461 2nd street, Ste 320, San Francisco, CA 94107, Phone: +1-617-938-8861 (collectively, the "Services").
CAREFULLY READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY STATEMENT BECAUSE BY YOUR USE
OF THE SERVICES YOU WILL BE EXPRESSLY SIGNIFYING THAT YOU AGREE TO
THIS PRIVACY POLICY STATEMENT AND THAT YOU ASSENT TO THE USE OF
ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU SUPPLY OR THAT IS COLLECTED
ABOUT YOU AS DETAILED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY STATEMENT.
IF
YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY
STATEMENT YOU SHOULD NOT USE THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY VIDY.
If you visit or use the Services (“Visitor” or “User”) or
communicate with us via email, we will collect and store in our
database electronic information obtained from you or your
browser or other software making a connection with the Services
and via cookie files including, for example: your IP address and
domain name; the date and time you access the Services; your
clickstream, and the Internet address of the Website from which
you were referred to the Services.We use this information to
measure the number of visitors to and users of the Services, to
help us make them more useful to visitors and users, for
security and to help enforce our policies and agreements, and to
measure the amount of traffic generated.Personally-identifying
information we collect and store about you is the information
you voluntarily choose to provide to us, such as your username,
e-mail address, street address, zip code, IP address, email
header information, etc.If any visitor or user sends any
personal communication or correspondence, by any means, to Vidy
or any of its employees, agents or representatives, Vidy may
collect any information regarding that communication and include
that information in its database.Any content provided by a
visitor or user may be retained by Vidy indefinitely. Even after
termination, Vidy may retain and continue to disclose such
content to third parties in a manner that does not reveal
personal information.
Vidy uses cookies to store and sometimes track information to
make your online experience easier and more personalized.
Cookies are small pieces of data that are stored by a
user's Web browser on the user's hard drive. Cookies
can remember what information a user accesses on one Web page to
simplify subsequent interactions with that Web site by the same
user or to use the information to streamline the user's
transactions on related Web pages. This makes it easier for a
user to move from Web page to Web page and to complete
commercial transactions over the Internet. Most major Web
browsers are set up so that they will initially accept cookies,
but you may modify your computers preferences to issue you an
alert when a cookie is downloaded, or to disable the ability of
third parties to download a cookie to you. If you choose to
reject all cookies, there may be areas of Vidy.com and other
websites that may not function properly.
By the use of Services, the Visitor or User expressly agrees
that Vidy may use any information that it gathers or collects
about the Visitor or User, including personal information that
has been provided by the Visitor or User for technical,
administration, research and development, customer
administration, age verification, legal compliance, marketing,
promotional and advertising use and for the transmission of
email communications, the sending of products or the fulfilling
of any terms and conditions; and furthermore that Vidy may
disclose or provide such personal information to its parent
companies, affiliated and related companies, affiliates, agents
and service providers that provide goods and services, for
purposes of providing or promoting such goods and services.Vidy
is not responsible or liable for the use of any information that
a Visitor or User may provide, or that is gathered by
third-party websites that have banner ads, forms, or links on
Vidy.com. Vidy does not control, monitor or endorse the
information gathering practices or Privacy Policies of any of
those third-party websites, and those third-party websites may
have different privacy policies than this Site. Whenever
applicable, each Visitor or User should seek to read the Privacy
Policy of any third-party website provider that has an
advertising banner, advertises or has a link or form on the
Site.By your acts of signing up as a User of the Services,
accepting the Terms and Conditions of the Site and affirmatively
consenting to accept emails from Vidy, you are agreeing to all
of the following: (1) that Vidy has your permission to collect
your email address and all personal information you supply
relating to that email address; (2) that Vidy has your
permission to disclose and transfer your email address and all
other personal information you supply to its parent companies,
affiliated and related companies, affiliates, agents and service
providers to promote and/or provide goods and services.
Vidy offers all Users a procedure for "Opting-Out" if
the User subsequently chooses to revoke or withdraw any consent
to receive correspondence by sending an e-mail from the email
address you wish to opt out to
[email protected]
clearly stating the email address in the body of the email and
that the User has revoked or withdrawn consent to receive any
future correspondence from Site to such email address.
Vidy.com will not disclose or use any of your personally
identifiable information except to the extent set forth in this
Privacy Policy, or if acquired to the acquiring entity and its
related companies or under special circumstances, such as when
we believe in good faith that the law requires it, or when we
have reason to believe that disclosing this information is
necessary to enforce any of our rights and terms and conditions
or to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone
who may be violating the Vidy.com Terms and Conditions or to
comply with applicable law or subpoenas or document productions
in litigation.
Users can access and delete cookies through their web browser
settings.California residents may, pursuant to the California
Privacy Rights: Under California Civil Code sections
1798.83-1798.84, request a notice identifying the categories of
personal customer information shared with Vidy affiliates and/or
third parties for marketing purposes, and their contact
information. Please submit a written request to the Privacy
Officer identified below.
Vidy and certain participates in the EU-US Privacy Shield
Framework regarding the collection, use, and retention of
personal information from European Union member countries. We
have certified with the Department of Commerce that we adhere to
the Privacy Shield Principles. Information regarding the Privacy
Shield Principles are available at
https://www.commerce.gov/tags/eu-us-privacy-shield.Questions or
complaints about Vidy’s handling of your personal data under
Privacy Shield, should be directed to the Privacy Officer
identified below. In the event Vidy is unable to timely resolve
a Privacy Shield complaint, you may submit your complaint to the
independent third-party dispute resolution service, TRUSTe, at
no cost to you. Informaiton regarding TRUSTe's dispute
resolution services is available at
https://www.truste.com/consumer-resources/. If your complaint
remains unresolved, you may pursue binding arbitration through
the Privacy Shield Panel. Information regarding the Privacy
Shield Panel,
https://www.commerce.gov/tags/eu-us-privacy-shieldIf Vidy
transfers personal information received under the Privacy Shield
to a third party, the third party's access, use, and
disclosure of the personal data must also be in compliance with
our Privacy Shield obligations, and Vidy will remain liable
under the Privacy Shield for any failure to do so by the third
party unless Vidy proves it is not responsible for the event
giving rise to the damage.Vidy’s Privacy Shield registration is
available at [Privacy Shield Reg URL]. Vidy is subject to the
investigatory and enforcement powers of the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC). Vidy may be required to disclose personal
information handled under the Privacy Shield in response to
lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet
national security or law enforcement requirements.
For any issues you may have regarding Vidy.com’s privacy policy
and the collection, use and retention of information from the EU
or to request access to your personal data, you may contact
Vidy.com at:
Privacy Officer
VIDY, INC.
461 2nd Street, Ste 320
San
Francisco, CA 94107
Email:
[email protected]
Vidy reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to
revise, amend, modify or revoke this Privacy Policy at any time
and in any manner to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Changes to this Policy will be effective by posting revisions on
Vidy.com or other notice as required by applicable law.