Privacy Policy
GDPR Privacy Notice
Effective Date: April 17, 2023
Last Updated Date: April 25, 2024
THIS PRIVACY NOTICE APPLIES ONLY TO SITUATIONS WHERE THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR) AND RELATED EUROPEAN DATA PROTECTION LAWS GOVERN THE WAY ADVANTIVE HANDLES, OR “PROCESSES”, YOUR PERSONAL DATA. THESE LAWS ARE MOST LIKELY TO APPLY WHENEVER A COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED IN EUROPE OR HANDLES THE PERSONAL DATA OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LOCATED IN EUROPE.
THIS NOTICE DOES NOT APPLY TO OUR HANDLING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES CONTEXT. A SEPARATE PRIVACY NOTICE APPLIES TO THESE SITUATIONS AND IS AVAILABLE FROM ADVANTIVE LLC’S HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
IF THIS NOTICE DOES APPLY TO HOW ADVANTIVE LLC HANDLES YOUR PERSONAL DATA, PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND EXPLAINS YOUR RIGHTS. IF THIS NOTICE DOES NOT APPLY TO HOW WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA AND YOU HAVE RELATED QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, WE INVITE YOU TO CONTACT US BY ANY OF THE METHODS LISTED IN THIS DOCUMENT.
OUR COMMITMENT
Your privacy is important to us. This privacy policy explains what personal data Advantive LLC and our affiliates (collectively Advantive) collects from you through our interactions with you, through our website, customer portal, community pages, and promotional activities, and how Advantive uses that data. Advantive reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time and the Last Updated date noted above will reflect the effective date of such revised Privacy Policy. Your continued use of our websites after that date shall constitute your consent to be bound by such revised Privacy Policy.
Advantive makes purpose-built software for specialty manufacturing and distribution that streamline complex processes, optimize operations visibility and throughput, and drive improved quality, profitability, and revenue growth.
WHAT DOES THIS PRIVACY NOTICE COVER?
Advantive takes your privacy seriously. This notice:
- sets out the types of Personal Information that Advantive collects about you;
- explains where we collect Personal Information about you from;
- explains how and why we collect and use your Personal Information;
- explains when, why and with who we will share your Personal Information;
- explains the different rights and choices you have when it comes to your Personal Information; and
- explains how you can contact us.
PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND SHARE
WHY? Advantive collects data to operate effectively and provide you the best experiences with our products and services. You provide some of this data directly, such as when you create an account in one or more of our products, administer your organization’s account, interact with our website Advantivesoftware.com, our other affiliated websites, or contact us for support. We get some of it by recording how you interact with our products by, for example, using technologies like cookies or usage data from software running on your device such as your internet browser. We regard your nonpublic personal information to be private and confidential.
WHAT? The types of information Advantive collects and shares is consistent to that information required to provide our products and services. This information can include any of the following:
- Name and contact data. We may collect personally identifiable information or personal information such as your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data.
- Credentials. We collect passwords and similar security information used for authentication and account access. We collect information using cookies, which allow us to enable you to sign-in; combat fraud; and analyze how our websites and online services are performing. You have a variety of tools to control cookies, including settings in your browser, to block and delete cookies. Your browser settings may impact your experiences with our products and/or services.
- Device and Usage data. We collect data about your device and how you and your device interact with Advantive and our products. For example, we collect:
- Device, connectivity and configuration data. We collect data about your device and the network you use in the event if you need to connect to our products. It includes data about the browser installed on your device. It may also include IP address, device identifiers (such as the IMEI number for phones), regional and language settings.
- Operational data. We collect operational logs of your interactions with our products in order to monitor our websites, user interactions with our websites, product performance and also to improve our ability to troubleshoot potential issues.
- Troubleshooting and Help Data. When you engage Advantive for troubleshooting and help, we collect data about you and your hardware, software, and other details related to the incident. Such data includes contact or authentication data, the content of your chats and other communications with Advantive, data about the condition of the machine and the application when the fault occurred and during diagnostics, and other data about software installations and hardware configurations.
- Location data. We may collect location data based on your device’s location settings and/or IP address.
- Content. We collect the content of your files and communications when necessary. If you send an email to Advantive, we need to collect the content of that email to enable our reply to you. Other data we collect to provide communication services to you include the:
- subject line, body and attachments of an email,
- text or other content of an instant message,
- video and audio recording of an internet-based meeting,
- audio recording of a voice message
We also collect messages you send to us, such as feedback and product reviews, or questions and information you provide for customer support. When you contact us, such as for customer support, phone conversations or chat sessions with our representatives may be monitored and recorded.
We host our products using several third party cloud service providers, including:
For our internal Customer Relationship Management platform, we use Salesforce. For additional information please visit Salesforce.
HOW WE USE PERSONAL DATA
HOW? We strongly believe that the foundation of all of our user relationships is based on a trust that we provide information required to provide our products or services in a responsible manner. Advantive uses the data we collect to operate our business and provide you with access to our websites, and the products and services we offer, which includes using data to improve our products and personalize your experiences. We also may use the data to communicate with you, for example, informing you about your account, security updates and product information.
Our users trust us to comply with our privacy terms to protect confidential and private information, accordingly, we do not share nonpublic personal information about our users unless required for the provision of services or products or as required or permitted by law. We do not use what you say in email, chat, video or voice mail, or your documents, photos or other files for any purpose other than to provide our products and services to you.
We may use the information you provide or we collect in the following ways:
- Respond to any questions you ask or to respond to the reason you contacted us. We do not share your personal information with any unaffiliated third party, unless necessary to respond to your request.
- Enhance, improve and develop new services and products and for overall customer support.
- Perform data analytics for our internal business purposes.
- Communicate with you (via email, text, phone or mail) either directly or indirectly through our service provider to send you special offers, or marketing information related to our products/services.
- Communicate with you to notify you of changes to our Privacy Policy.
- Assess our products/services.
- You have the right at any time to unsubscribe to any marketing communication from us and we will promptly honor such request.
- We use the Usage Information to perform data analytics, analyze and evaluate the features and functionality of our products and services. We may also use Usage Information to process automatic crash reporting which collects reports of crashes, other technical issues, and information relating to how our websites and/or products are functioning.
- We may share information with our affiliates as necessary to provide our products and services subject to a confidentiality obligation on the part of our affiliates.
- This information may also be provided to certain third party service providers as necessary to provide our websites, and our products and services, and related functionality and offer other services and products. Third party service providers may include software development, application and data hosting, wireless network services providers, and any digital marketing services (collectively “Third-Party Providers”). We are responsible for assuring that these Third-Party Providers comply with the terms of this Privacy Notice.
- Except for our Third-Party Providers, we will not share Personal Information or Usage Information with an unaffiliated third party without your prior authorization, unless doing so is necessary (1) to enforce this Privacy Policy, to comply with law, regulation or other legal processes or to protect the rights, property or safety of us or others, (2) to comply with a valid order or process from a public authority, (3) to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our websites or the user accounts, (4) to detect or prevent criminal activity or fraud, or (5) in the event that we or substantially all of our assets are acquired by one or more third parties as a result of an acquisition, merger, sale, reorganization, consolidation or liquidation, in which case such information may be one of the transferred assets.
- While we may also use user behaviors, preferences or even personal information provided through a user account, this information will only be provided as expressly permitted under the separate agreement between us and the user’s company.
- SMS Communications – Consent
- By providing your mobile number you are expressly consenting to receive SMS text messages from Advantive LLC. Advantive LLC may communicate with you via text message regarding your support services.
Your privacy is important to us. We do not share, sell, rent, or otherwise disclose your mobile phone number, or any other personal information, to third parties for their marketing purposes. Your information will only be used for the purposes of sending SMS communications as described in this policy, and as necessary to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
- Opt-In or Opt-Out
- To receive SMS communications from Advantive LLC, you must opt-in by marking the check-box on the Contact Us page.
You may opt-out of receiving SMS communications at any time. To opt-out, simply reply “STOP” to any SMS message you receive from us. You may also opt-out by contacting us and requesting that we remove you from future SMS communications. After opting out, you will no longer receive SMS communications from Advantive LLC.
REASONS WE SHARE PERSONAL DATA
We share your personal data as necessary to complete any transaction or provide any product or service you have requested or authorized. We also share data with vendors working on our behalf; when required by law or to respond to a legal process; to protect our customers; to protect lives; to maintain the security of our products; and to protect the rights or property of Advantive.
Reasons we can share your personal information |
Do We share? |
Can You limit? |
For our everyday business purposes – payment processing, maintaining our users accounts, and as necessary for identity verification, collections, or reports to credit bureaus. |
YES |
NO |
For our marketing purposes – To offer our services to you. |
YES |
NO |
For our news updates – To send our news updates to you. |
YES |
YES |
For joint marketing with other companies |
YES |
YES |
For our agents’ everyday business purposes on our behalf |
YES |
NO |
For our agents’ everyday business purposes not on our behalf |
NO |
N/A |
For third parties to market to you using nonpublic information |
NO |
N/A |
OUR SHARING PRACTICES
How often do we notify you about our practices? We provide this information through a link on our website and our application. This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time without direct notice.
How do we protect your personal information? We use commercially reasonable standard security measures, including computer safeguards, secured user accounts and confidentiality obligations with our agents.
How do we collect your personal information? We may collect user’s non-public, personal information, for example, when they:
- Open a user account
- Pay for products or services
- Communicate with us regarding services
Why can’t I limit all sharing? We are permitted and in some instances required under state, federal or country law to use such information for our business needs; as noted above we have elected to not share such nonpublic personal information with third parties. You have the right to opt-in or opt-out to any public communication we offer such as a newsletter and/or providing comments on any public blog. You may opt-out of such public communications at any time.
DEFINITIONS
Everyday business purposes The actions necessary by us to provide our products and services, including without limitation sales of products, payment processing, collections if required, and as necessary to comply with our credit card processing obligations (if applicable). At your option, you may also participate in our public communications such as a blog and/or newsletter.
Agents Companies under contract with us to provide services on our behalf (e.g. our designated service providers).
Third Parties Companies not related by common ownership or control, and not under contract with us.
Joint marketing A formal agreement between third parties outside of the Company to market products or services to you.
Restricted Parties Our products and services are intended for adults ages 18 or older. Our products and services are not intended or designed to attract the attention of minors.
Children’s Privacy Our websites, products, and services are not intended for use by children under the age of thirteen (13). We will not knowingly collect any personal information from users under the age of thirteen (13) online through our websites or products. If you think that we have collected personal information from a visitor under the age of thirteen (13), please by sending an email to [email protected].
Onward Transfer Advantive will not disclose your information to unaffiliated third parties without first obtaining your permission, unless of course it’s to meet national security or law enforcement requirements. In cases of onward transfer to third parties of data of EU individuals received pursuant to the EU-US Privacy Shield, we are liable for appropriate onward transfers of personal data to third parties.
HOW TO ACCESS & CONTROL YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Advantive offers choices to individuals for limiting the use and disclosure of personal data. You may fill out the “Contact Us” form at advantive.com to request more information about Advantive. You will be required to fill out this form before downloading certain documents. Some of the data fields on this form are required. The data collected through this form is saved to a secure database where it is used to respond to your inquiries about Advantive. The data collected may be used to provide you information via email, telephone, or direct mail. You may opt-out of emails sent by Advantive at any time. You may fill out the “Contact Us” form at advantive.com to request that we remove your submitted data from our database.
Advantive acts as a “data processor” as defined in the European Union regulations, including applicable data protections regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). As a natural person residing within the European Economic Area, you can request that the “data controller” provide you with a copy of your personal data in an electronic computer readable format. In the event that the data controller does not provide you with such personal data, we will assist you in acquiring such personal data. You may fill out the “Contact Us” form at advantive.com.
As a natural person residing within the European Economic Area, you have rights, including the right to request a copy of your personal data and also the right to request to have your personal data removed from the “data controllers’” systems. In the event that the data controller does not assist you with the removal of such personal data, we will assist you for such personal data held in our systems. You may fill out the “Contact Us” form at advantive.com or email us at [email protected].
If you are employed by an organization that uses Advantive products (e.g. as a data controller), please understand and follow any guidance provided by your employer related to accessing and controlling personal data, including your own.
NOTICE TO END USERS
Advantive products are intended for use by organizations and are made available to you by your organization. Your use of Advantive products may be subject to your organization’s policies, if any. If your organization is administering your use of Advantive products and services, please direct your privacy inquiries to your organization’s administrator. Advantive is not responsible for the privacy or security practices of our clients, which may differ from those set forth in this privacy statement.
If you use an email address provided by an organization you are affiliated with, such as your employer, to access Advantive online services, the owner of the domain (e.g., your employer) associated with your email address may: (i) control and administer your Advantive online services account and (ii) access and process your data, including the contents of your communications and files.
SECURITY OF PERSONAL DATA
Advantive is committed to protecting the security of your personal data. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal data from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example, we store the personal data you provide on computer systems that have limited access and are in controlled facilities. When we transmit confidential data (such as personal data or a password) over the Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption.
WHERE WE STORE AND PROCESS PERSONAL DATA
Personal data collected by Advantive may be stored and processed in your region, in the United States or in any other country where Advantive or its service providers maintain facilities. Generally, the primary storage location is in the customer’s region, often with a backup to a data center in another region. Unless otherwise requested by our clients, backups made from locations within the European Economic Area remain within the European Economic Area. The storage location(s) are chosen in order to operate efficiently, to improve performance, and to create redundancies in order to protect the data in the event of an outage or other problem. We take steps to ensure that the data we collect while providing our products and services conforms to this Privacy Policy and the requirements of applicable law wherever the data is located.
We may transfer personal data from the European Economic Area and Switzerland to other countries, some of which have not been determined by the European Commission to have an adequate level of data protection. In that event, we will comply with applicable laws and requirements, and shall ensure such compliancy through the use a variety of legal mechanisms such as contracts, or entering into standard contractual clauses mandated under the GDPR, to help ensure your rights and protections travel with your data.
WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS?
You may have certain rights by law and regulation in the event that we have any personally identifiable information about you. You may contact us at any time with regards to your rights. Under applicable law, you may have the right to:
Rights |
What does this mean? |
1. The right to be informed |
You have the right to be provided with clear, transparent and easily understandable information about how we use your information and your rights. This is why we’re providing you with the information in this Privacy Notice. |
2. The right of access |
You have the right to obtain access to your information (if we’re processing it), and certain other information (similar to that provided in this Privacy Notice).
This is so you’re aware and can check that we’re using your information in accordance with data protection law. |
3. The right to rectification |
You are entitled to have your information corrected if it’s inaccurate, not up to date or incomplete. |
4. The right to erasure |
In simple terms, enables you to request the deletion of excessive or unnecessary or incorrectly processed data or deletion of data that has been processed with your consent. This is not a general right to erasure; there are exceptions. |
5. The right to block processing |
You have rights to ‘block’ or suppress further use of your information. When processing is blocked, we can still store your information, but we will stop using temporarily. We keep lists of people who have asked for further use of their information to be ‘blocked’ to make sure the restriction is respected in future. |
6. The right to data portability |
You have rights to obtain and reuse your personal data for your own purposes across different services. For example, if you decide to switch to a new provider, this enables you to move, copy or transfer your information easily between our IT systems and theirs safely and securely, without affecting its usability. |
7. The right to oppose to processing |
You have the right to oppose to processing of your data if you believe it has not been processed in compliance with the LGPD. This is different from withdrawing consent as includes processing based on our legitimate interests. |
8. The right to lodge a complaint |
You have the right to lodge a complaint about the way we handle or process your personal data with the National Authority of Data Protection (ANPD) or Consumer Protection Unit (PROCON). |
9. The right to withdraw consent |
If you have given your consent for processing of personal data, it can be withdrawn at any time (although if you do so, it does not mean that anything we have done with your personal data with your consent up to that point is unlawful). This includes your right to withdraw consent to us using your personal data for marketing purposes. |
10. The right to request anonymization |
You have the right to request your data to be anonymized by technical means. You may do this, for example, if your data is part of a market study. |
11. The right to request information of third-party public and private entities with whom we have shared data |
You have the right to request information of the public and private entities with whom we have shared your personal data and the purpose for which we have shared it, for example with processors we have listed in this notice. |
You can make these requests by contacting us via email at [email protected].
You may also easily manage your marketing preferences by not providing information to us. However, to the extent that you choose to provide your personal information to us, you can opt out of having your personal information used for certain purposes.
- You may opt out of receiving email communications by following the method stated in this Privacy Policy, or by utilizing the opt-out mechanism found in each email sent by us or a verified third-party sending emails on our behalf to you. This will remove you from the email list or the website registration list and/or the sponsor of the communication.
- In addition, you may remove the email pixels that may track you and communicate information to us so long as they appear in the image cache of your Internet browser. You may remove the pixels simply by deleting the cache in which the pixel is stored.
- You may delete cookies by opening your browser’s “Internet Options” folder and making the appropriate selections.
- If you are unsure of how to clean your cache or delete cookies, locate the “Help” function in the browser menu. Entering in the search bar “clean cache” and “delete browser cookies” will return instructions specific to your browser.
PRIVACY SHIELD
While invalidated by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Advantive complies with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework (Privacy Shield) as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union and the United Kingdom, as applicable to the United States in reliance on Privacy Shield. Advantive has certified to the Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles with respect to such information. If there is any conflict between the terms in this privacy policy and the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, and to view our certification, please visit https://www.privacyshield.gov/.
If you have a question or complaint related to Advantive’s participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, we encourage you to contact us via email at [email protected]. As further explained in the Privacy Shield Principles, binding arbitration is available to address residual complaints not resolved by other means.
In compliance with the Privacy Shield Principles, Advantive commits to resolve complaints about our collection or use of your personal information. EU individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding our Privacy Shield policy should first contact Advantive using our via email at [email protected].
Advantive has further committed to refer unresolved Privacy Shield complaints to JAMS, an alternative dispute resolution provider located in the United States. If you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your complaint from us, or if we have not addressed your complaint to your satisfaction, please visit https://www.jamsadr.com/eu-us-privacy-shield for more information or to file a complaint. The services of JAMS are provided at no cost to you.
Advantive is subject to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We will update this Privacy Policy when necessary to reflect customer feedback and changes in our products and services. When we post changes to this Privacy Policy, we will revise the “last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. If there are material changes to the Privacy Policy or in how Advantive will use your personal data, we will notify you either by posting a notice of such changes before they take effect or by directly sending you a notification. You should periodically review this Privacy Policy for any changes.
HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have a technical question or a support question, you may fill out the “Contact Us” form at advantive.com, or email [email protected]. If you have a privacy or security concern or a question for the Information Security Officer/Data Protection Officer of Advantive, please contact us via email at [email protected].
CCPA PRIVACY NOTICE
Effective Date: June 28, 2022
Last Updated Date: April 25, 2024
This Privacy Notice applies to the collection and use of California Residents’ Personal Information by Advantive, particularly where such use or collection is governed by the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and relates to consumer transactions. Although the CCPA applies to Personal Information of individuals that are residents of California, Advantive may as a courtesy extend some of the CCPA’s requirements to the Personal Information of residents of the United States of America more broadly.
OUR COMMITMENT TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
Your privacy is important to us. This privacy policy explains what personal data Advantive and our affiliates (collectively Advantive) collects from you through our interactions with you, through our website and promotional activities, and how we use that data. Advantive reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time and the Last Updated date noted above will reflect the effective date of such revised Privacy Policy. Your continued use of our websites after that date shall constitute your consent to be bound by such revised Privacy Policy.
We make purpose-built software for specialty manufacturing and distribution that streamline complex processes, optimize operations visibility and throughput, and drive improved quality, profitability, and revenue growth.
WHAT DOES THIS PRIVACY NOTICE COVER?
We take your privacy seriously. This notice:
- sets out the types of Personal Information that we collect about you;
- explains where we collect Personal Information about you from;
- explains how and why we collect and use your Personal Information;
- explains when, why and with who we will share your Personal Information;
- explains the different rights and choices you have when it comes to your Personal Information; and
- explains how you can contact us.
PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND SHARE
WHY? Advantive collects data to operate effectively and provide you the best experiences with our products and services. You provide some of this data directly, such as when you create an account in one or more of our products, administer your organization’s account, interact with our website Advantivesoftware.com, or contact us for support. We get some of it by recording how you interact with our products by, for example, using technologies like cookies or usage data from software running on your device such as your internet browser. We regard your nonpublic personal information to be private and confidential.
WHAT? The types of information we collect and share is consistent to that information required to provide our products and services. This information can include any of the following:
- Name and contact data. We may collect personally identifiable information or personal information such as your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data.
- Credentials. We collect passwords and similar security information used for authentication and account access. We collect information using cookies, which allow us to enable you to sign-in; combat fraud; and analyze how our websites and online services are performing. You have a variety of tools to control cookies, including settings in your browser, to block and delete cookies. Your browser settings may impact your experiences with our products and/or services.
- Device and Usage data. We collect data about your device and how you and your device interact with Advantive and our products. For example, we collect:
- Device, connectivity and configuration data. We collect data about your device and the network you use to connect to our products. It includes data about the browser installed on your device. It may also include IP address, device identifiers (such as the IMEI number for phones), regional and language settings.
- Operational data. We collect operational logs of your interactions with our products in order to monitor our websites, user interactions with our websites, product performance and also to improve our ability to troubleshoot potential issues.
- Troubleshooting and Help Data. When you engage Advantive for troubleshooting and help, we collect data about you and your hardware, software, and other details related to the incident. Such data includes contact or authentication data, the content of your chats and other communications with Advantive, data about the condition of the machine and the application when the fault occurred and during diagnostics, and other data about software installations and hardware configurations.
- Location data. We may collect location data based on your device’s location settings and/or IP address.
- Content. We collect the content of your files and communications when necessary. If you send an email to Advantive, we need to collect the content of that email to enable our reply to you. Other data we collect to provide communication services to you include the:
- subject line, body and attachments of an email,
- text or other content of an instant message,
- video and audio recording of an internet-based meeting,
- audio recording of a voice message
We also collect messages you send to us, such as feedback and product reviews, or questions and information you provide for customer support. When you contact us, such as for customer support, phone conversations or chat sessions with our representatives may be monitored and recorded.
We host our products using several third party cloud service providers, including:
For our internal Customer Relationship Management platform, we use Salesforce. For additional information please visit Salesforce.
WHAT CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WILL YOU COLLECT IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS AND WHY?
We will continue to collect the same categories of Personal Information listed in the chart above, for the same purposes. If this should change, we will issue an updated Privacy Notice.
WE DO NOT KNOWINGLY COLLECT THE PERSONAL INFORMATION OF MINORS
Our products and services are not directed to minors under the age of 18 and we do not knowingly collect or sell the Personal Information of minors.
HOW WE USE PERSONAL DATA
HOW? We strongly believe that the foundation of all of our user relationships is based on a trust that we provide information required to provide our products or services in a responsible manner. Advantive uses the data we collect to operate our business and provide you with access to our websites, and the products and services we offer, which includes using data to improve our products and personalize your experiences. We also may use the data to communicate with you, for example, informing you about your account, security updates and product information.
Our users trust us to comply with our privacy terms to protect confidential and private information, accordingly, we do not share nonpublic personal information about our users unless required for the provision of services or products or as required or permitted by law. We do not use what you say in email, chat, video or voice mail, or your documents, photos or other files for any purpose other than to provide our products and services to you.
We may use the information you provide or we collect in the following ways:
- Respond to any questions you ask or to respond to the reason you contacted us. We do not share your personal information with any unaffiliated third party, unless necessary to respond to your request.
- Enhance, improve and develop new services and products and for overall customer support.
- Perform data analytics for our internal business purposes.
- Communicate with you (via email, text, phone or mail) either directly or indirectly through our service provider to send you special offers, or marketing information related to our products/services.
- Communicate with you to notify you of changes to our Privacy Policy.
- Assess our products/services.
- You have the right at any time to unsubscribe to any marketing communication from us and we will promptly honor such request.
- We use the Usage Information to perform data analytics, analyze and evaluate the features and functionality of our products and services. We may also use Usage Information to process automatic crash reporting which collects reports of crashes, other technical issues, and information relating to how our websites and/or products are functioning.
- We may share information with our affiliates as necessary to provide our products and services subject to a confidentiality obligation on the part of our affiliates.
- This information may also be provided to certain third party service providers as necessary to provide our websites, and our products and services, and related functionality and offer other services and products. Third party service providers may include software development, application and data hosting, wireless network services providers, and any digital marketing services (collectively “Third-Party Providers”). We are responsible for assuring that these Third-Party Providers comply with the terms of this Privacy Notice.
- Except for our Third-Party Providers, we will not share Personal Information or Usage Information with an unaffiliated third party without your prior authorization, unless doing so is necessary (1) to enforce this Privacy Policy, to comply with law, regulation or other legal processes or to protect the rights, property or safety of us or others, (2) to comply with a valid order or process from a public authority, (3) to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our websites or the user accounts, (4) to detect or prevent criminal activity or fraud, or (5) in the event that we or substantially all of our assets are acquired by one or more third parties as a result of an acquisition, merger, sale, reorganization, consolidation or liquidation, in which case such information may be one of the transferred assets.
- SMS Communications – Consent
- By providing your mobile number you are expressly consenting to receive SMS text messages from Advantive LLC. Advantive LLC may communicate with you via text message regarding your support services.
Your privacy is important to us. We do not share, sell, rent, or otherwise disclose your mobile phone number, or any other personal information, to third parties for their marketing purposes. Your information will only be used for the purposes of sending SMS communications as described in this policy, and as necessary to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
- Opt-In or Opt-Out
- To receive SMS communications from Advantive LLC, you must opt-in by marking the check-box on the Contact Us page.
You may opt-out of receiving SMS communications at any time. To opt-out, simply reply “STOP” to any SMS message you receive from us. You may also opt-out by contacting us and requesting that we remove you from future SMS communications. After opting out, you will no longer receive SMS communications from Advantive LLC.
While we may also use user behaviors, preferences or even personal information provided through a user account, this information will only be provided as expressly permitted under the separate agreement between us and the user’s company
YOUR RIGHT TO REQUEST DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND SHARE ABOUT YOU
We are committed to ensuring that you know what information we collect about you. You can submit a request to us for the following information:
- The categories of Personal Information we’ve collected about you.
- The categories of sources from which we collected the Personal Information.
- The business or commercial purposes for which we collected or sold the Personal Information.
- The third parties with whom we shared the information.
- The specific pieces of information we collected.
We are also committed to ensuring that you know what information we share about you. You can submit a request to us for the following further information:
- The categories of Personal Information (if any) that we have sold about you, the third parties to whom we sold that Information, and the category or categories of Personal Information sold to each third party.
- The categories of Personal Information that we have shared with Service Providers who provide services to us.
YOUR RIGHT TO REQUEST THE DELETION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE HAVE COLLECTED FROM YOU
Upon your request, we will delete the Personal Information we have collected about you, except for situations where specific information is necessary for us to: provide you with a good or service that you requested; perform a contract we entered into with you; maintain the functionality or security of our systems; or comply with or exercise rights provided by the law. The law also permits us to retain specific information for our exclusively internal use, but only in ways that are compatible with the context in which you provided the information to us or that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We will update this Privacy Policy when necessary to reflect customer feedback and changes in our products and services. When we post changes to this Privacy Policy, we will revise the “last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. If there are material changes to the Privacy Policy or in how Advantive will use your personal data, we will notify you either by posting a notice of such changes before they take effect or by directly sending you a notification. You should periodically review this Privacy Policy for any changes
HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have a technical question or a support question, please submit a request to [email protected]. If you have a privacy or security concern or a question for the Information Security Officer/Data Protection Officer of Advantive, please contact us via email at [email protected].