Key Details
This Privacy Policy describes how TIPINIONS (www.tipinions.com) protects and makes use of the information you give the company. The policy sets out the different areas where privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirements of the subscribers / users, the website and website owners. Furthermore, the way this website processes, stores and protects subscriber / user data and information is also detailed within this policy. This website and its owners take a proactive approach to subscriber / user privacy and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its subscribers / users throughout the website experience.
If you are asked to provide information when using this website, it will only be used in the ways described in this privacy policy.
This policy is updated from time to time. We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time; please check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy. The latest version is published on this page.
This website privacy policy was updated on: 07/23/2021
If you have any questions about this policy, please email support@tipinions.com.
Introduction
We gather and use certain information about subscribers / individuals in order to provide products and services and to enable certain functions on this website.
We also collect information to better understand how subscribers / visitors use this website and to present timely, relevant information to them.
Contact & Communication
Users contacting this website and / or its owners do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use.
What Data We Gather
We may collect the following information:
- Name
- Contact information including email address
- Demographic information, such as city, province / state, and country, for tax purposes, along with preferences and interests
- Financial information such as data related to your payment method that we may collect when you register to become a Tipper.
- Website usage data
- Other information relevant to subscriber / user enquiries
- Other information pertaining to special offers and surveys
How We Use This Data
Collecting this data helps us understand what you are looking for from the company, enabling us to deliver improved products and services.
Specifically, we may use data:
- For our own internal records
- To customize the material specifically for your benefit
- To improve the products and services we provide
- To conduct surveys
- To contact you for audio conversations, if desired
- To contact you in response to a specific enquiry
- To send you promotional emails about products, services, offers and other things we think might be relevant to you
- To send you our newsletter emails to keep you informed of new concepts, new tools or ideas
Controlling Information about You
When you fill in the registration form and provide your personal details on our website, you will see one or more tick boxes allowing you to:
- Opt-in to receive marketing communications from us by email, telephone, text message or post.
- Acknowledging that you have read and understood our Terms & Conditions, Mutual Confidentiality & Non-Disclosure Agreement, Privacy Policy, Disclaimer and any other documents in our Policies section.
We will never lease, distribute or sell your personal information to a third party unless we have your permission or the law requires us to.
Any personal information we hold about you is stored and processed under our data protection policy following the necessary regulations for data protection, taking all into consideration where applicable (PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Document Act), DPA (Data Protection Act 2018), and GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).
Security
We will always hold your information securely.
To prevent unauthorized disclosure or access to your information, we have implemented strong physical and electronic security safeguards.
We also follow stringent procedures to ensure we work with all personal data following the necessary regulations for data protection, taking all into consideration where applicable (PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Document Act), DPA (Data Protection Act 2018), and GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).
We will take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is accurate, complete, up to date and relevant. We request that you let us know if any of the information we hold about you is incorrect or out of date.
Links from Our Site
Our website may contain links to other websites.
Please note that we have no control of websites outside the TIPINIONS (www.tipinions.com) domain. If you provide information to a website to which we link, we are not responsible for its protection and privacy.
The owners of TIPINIONS (www.tipinions.com) cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite our best efforts. Subscribers / users should therefore note that they click on external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
Always be wary when submitting data to websites. Read the site’s data protection and privacy policies fully.
Social Media Platforms
Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that TIPINIONS (www.tipinions.com) and its owners participate on are custom to the Terms & Conditions as well as the Privacy Policies held with each social media platform respectively.
Subscribers / users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate / engage upon them with due care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. Neither this website nor its owners will ever ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them through primary communication channels such as email.
TIPINIONS (www.tipinions.com) may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account.
Shortened Links in Social Media
TIPINIONS (www.tipinions.com) and its owners through their social media platform accounts may share web links to relevant web pages. By default, some social media platforms shorten lengthy urls (web addresses).
Users are advised to take caution and good judgement before clicking any shortened urls published on social media platforms by this website and its owners. Despite the best efforts to ensure only genuine urls are published many social media platforms are prone to spam and hacking and therefore this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any shortened links.
Cookies and How We Use Them
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small file placed on your computer's hard drive. It enables our website to identify your computer as you view different pages on our website.
Cookies allow websites and applications to store your preferences in order to present content, options or functions that are specific to you. They also enable us to see information like how many people use the website and what pages they tend to visit.
How We Use Cookies
We may use cookies to:
- Analyze our web traffic using analytics. Aggregated usage data helps us improve the website structure, design, content and functions.
- Identify whether you are signed in to our website. A cookie allows us to check whether you are signed in to the site.
- Test content on our website. For example, 50% of our subscribers / users might see one piece of content, the other 50% a different piece of content.
- Store information about your preferences. The website can then present you with information you will find more relevant and interesting.
- To recognize when you return to our website. We may show your relevant content, or provide functionality you used previously.
Cookies do not provide us with access to your computer or any information about you, other than that which you choose to share with us.
Controlling Cookies
You can use your web browser’s cookie settings to determine how our website uses cookies. If you do not want our website to store cookies on your computer or device, you should set your web browser to refuse cookies.
However, please note that doing this may affect how our website functions. Some pages and services may become unavailable to you.
Unless you have changed your browser to refuse cookies, our website will issue cookies when you visit it.
International Data Transfers
Information that we collect may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate in order to enable us to use the information in accordance with this policy.
Policy for Children
We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 16. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 16, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at support@tipinions.com.