Village Deal Privacy Policy
Village Deal recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of all information provided to us and to our clients through the use of our services. We created the following policy guidelines with a fundamental respect for your right to privacy to guide our relationship with our users.
This Privacy Policy describes the types of personal and non-personal information we collect when you use our service and how we use such information and to whom and under what circumstances we may disclose it. By using our service, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, PLEASE DO NOT USE OUR SERVICE.
Village Deal uses the personal information we collect to provide service to you. We will not rent, sell or share your personal information with any other company for its own marketing purposes without your consent.
Information Collection
In order to offer you the best possible experience using our service, we collect the following information:
Information you provide.
When you use our service, we may ask you for personal information, such as your first and last name, mailing address which includes your zip code, email address, telephone number and date of birth. When you order products or services, we may also ask you to provide us with your credit card number, expiration date as well as a credit card authentication code. We may also combine the information we collect from you with information about you that we receive from other online and offline sources, such as from our merchant partners, in order to provide you with a better experience and to improve the quality of our service. For certain services, we may give you the opportunity to opt out of our combining such information.
Direct communications with Village Deal.
When you send email or other communications to Village Deal, we may retain those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services.
Information you provide on our Partners' websites.
We offer some of our services in connection with the websites run by our merchant Partners. Personal information that you provide to those sites may be sent to Village Deal, and we will use it in accordance with this Policy. Our Partners' sites may have privacy practices that are different from Village Deal's (and which we do not control), and we encourage you to read their privacy policies.
Information Use
We may use your personal and non-personal information for any of the following purposes: (1) to provide products and services to you, including the display of personalized content, offers and advertising; (2) to help address problems with and the functioning of our service; (3) to monitor and conduct internal reviews of our service; (4) to help us better understand and improve the use of our service, and to develop new services as well; (5) to protect the security and integrity of our service; and (6) to contact you, if necessary or at your request.
Information Sharing
Village Deal may share aggregate, non-personal information with our related companies, consultants, advertising clients, merchant Partners, service providers, advertising agencies and other third parties.
Village Deal may share your personal information with other parties in the following circumstances:
·When we have your consent.
·To our related companies, consultants, advertising clients, merchant Partners, service providers and advertising agencies, if the disclosure will enable them to perform a business, professional or technical support function for us. These companies work with us under confidentiality agreements and are prohibited from making any other use or disclosure of your personal information.
·If we determine that there has been a violation of our service policies.
·If we have reason to believe that such disclosure is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference (either intentionally or unintentionally) with our rights or property, other users of our service or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities.
·To respond to judicial process and provide information to law enforcement agencies or in connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety, as permitted by law, or otherwise as required by law.
·To provide information to a company that acquires, is acquired by or is merged with Village Deal.
Information Security
Village Deal uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to Village Deal and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission of information, Village Deal makes commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the security of our systems. However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.
Special Note to International Users
The Village Deal site is hosted in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States and is intended for and directed to users in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States. If you are a customer accessing this site from the European Union, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure that differ from United States laws, please be advised that through your continued use of the site, which are governed by U.S. law and this Privacy Policy, you are transferring your personal information to the United States and you consent to that transfer.
Effective Date
This Privacy Policy is effective as of February 14, 2010.
Village Deal’s Contact Information
Please contact Village Deal with any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy through our website or by mail at:
Village Deal, Inc.
P. O. Box 15144
Chevy Chase, MD 20825
Village Deal will respond to your inquiry within 30 days of its receipt.
