Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last updated September 30, 2020

- What Is The Purpose Of Our Privacy Policy?

- Changes To Privacy Policy

- What Information Do We Collect?

- Do We Share Your Information?

- How Do We Use Your Information?

- How Can You Verify Your Information?

- Consent to Transfer Information to the United States

- Information You Provide About A Third Party

- Information You Provide About A Third Party

- Security

- Third-Party Advertisements

- Third-Party Content

- Do We Use Cookies?

- Changing Your Information

- Minors

- Your Rights

- Data Retention

- Your Consent

- How Do We Handle “Do Not Track” Requests?

- Questions?

What Is The Purpose Of Our Privacy Policy?

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or, where applicable, make a purchase from Chow420.com (the “Site”), provided by Vliso, Inc., d/b/a Chow420.com (“Chow” or “we”, “our” or “us”).

By submitting information to us through the Site, you expressly consent to the transfer of your personal data to our servers in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. In addition, please review our Terms and Conditions for policy information about your use of our Site.

Changes To Privacy Policy

We may change the terms of this Privacy Policy at any time. When we make a material change, we will post or otherwise make available the revised policy. The effective date of the most recent version of this policy will appear at the top of this page.

What Information Do We Collect?

Usage Information: When you visit our Site or use one of our mobile applications, we may collect your IP address and standard web log information, such as your browser type and the pages you accessed on our website (“Usage Information”). Usage Information may be stored or accessed using a variety of technologies that may be downloaded to your personal computer, laptop, tablet or mobile phone (a "Device") whenever you visit or interact with our Site.

Personal & Demographic Information: Personal and demographic information is collected when you purchase our products, create an account or use our Site. This certain information may come from data you provide directly, such as your name, email address, date of birth, or phone number, etc. (“Personal Information”), and such information as your gender, age, home address, income, etc. ("Demographic Information"), when you purchase a product or register an account with us, subscribe to any of our services or newsletters, respond to survey questions, requests or inquiries you make through our Site, and/or any other information you provide to us or when you otherwise communicate or interact with us.

If you use a credit or debit card for any of your purchases, we collect your credit or debit card-related information for the purposes of processing your payment. If you register for an account, we may collect Personal Information such as your name, mailing address, email address, phone number and birth date. We use this information to communicate with you and provide you with useful services and special benefits.

You do not have to register to use this Site. To take advantage of certain services, you may choose to create an account by providing us with your email address and a password that you select. Personal Information you provide to us while creating or updating an account and at checkout on our website, if applicable (such as name, address, telephone number, email address, billing address, ship-to address and credit card and debit card information) is maintained in electronic files on our web server and our internal systems located in the United States. Your registration information is used solely to provide and otherwise administer the services you requested, unless you otherwise consent.

If we combine demographic or similar information with the Personal Information we collect, we will treat it as Personal Information under this Privacy Policy.

Elements of our Site may allow users to upload photos, media, bios, original content, and to share their experiences, such as reviews and comments. We cannot prevent others from recording or capturing any of your posted photos, videos, or information through various technologies used to capture website content. You should not post text, photos, and videos on our Sites or Services if you do not want others to see or possibly copy the media you post.

We do not collect information related to your race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union memberships, genetic or biometric data, health or mortality, sex life or sexual orientation, unless we are required to do so by law.

Do We Share Your Information?

We do not share your Personal Information with any unrelated third party except as expressly provided in this Privacy Policy. Information is shared within our Site and any information or content that you voluntarily post using our Site will become available to the public. Please be mindful of your own privacy needs as you choose what to share and make public.

We cannot control the privacy or security of information you choose to make public or share with others. We may share information with businesses that are legally part of Chow. We may remove parts of information that identify you and share this anonymous data with other parties. We take reasonable measures to help protect your information from loss, unauthorized access, alteration, and misuse.

The Site may provide options to share certain information in your account with third-party social networking services like Facebook, Google, or Twitter. We are not responsible for the use or re-sharing by others of any of your information once it is made public. If you do not want your information to be made public, you should not use our Site in this manner and/or you should adjust your privacy settings on the applicable social networking service accordingly. We are not responsible for and we do not control these social networking services’ privacy practices. Please review the applicable privacy policy for information about how they use your information.

We may share your Usage Information and user statistics with third parties. We do not share your Personal Information collected directly from you with third parties unless you have consented (either through an opt-in our opt-out opportunity) at the time you provide your Personal Information.

We may share the information we have collected about you, including Personal Information, as disclosed at the time you provide your information and as described below or otherwise in this Privacy Policy:

When You Agree To Receive Information From Third Parties. You may be presented with an opportunity to receive information and/or marketing offers from third party(s). If you do not agree to have your Personal Information shared, your Personal Information will not be shared with such third party(s) for direct marketing purposes. If you do agree to have your Personal Information shared, your Personal Information will be disclosed to such third party(s) and all information you disclose will be subject to the privacy policy and practices of such third party(s). We are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of such third party(s) and, therefore, you should review the privacy policies and practices of such third party(s) prior to agreeing to receive such information from third party(s). If you later decide that you no longer want to receive communication from a third party, you will need to contact that third party directly.

Third Parties Providing Services On Our Behalf. We may use third party vendors to perform certain services on behalf of the Site, such as designing and/or operating the Site's features, analyzing users' interactions with the Site, enabling us to send you e-mail, or performing other administrative services. We may provide these vendors with access to user information, including Personal Information, to carry out the services they are performing for you or for us.

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site -- you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

We use Klaviyo to help us understand how our customers use the Site -- you can read more about how Klaviyo uses your Personal Information here:https://www.klaviyo.com/privacy

We use ShareASale to help us understand how our customers use the Site -- you can read more about how ShareASale uses your Personal Information here:https://www.shareasale.com/PrivacyPolicy.pdf

We use Taboola to help us understand how our customers use the Site -- you can read more about how Taboola uses your Personal Information here:https://policies.taboola.com/en/privacy-policy/

Sweepstakes, Contests And Promotions. We may offer sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions (any, a "Promotion") through the Site that may require registration. By participating in a Promotion, you are agreeing to the terms, conditions or official rules that govern that Promotion, which may contain specific requirements of you, including, except where prohibited by law, allowing the sponsor(s) of the Promotion to use your name, voice and/or likeness in advertising or marketing associated with the Promotion. If you choose to enter a Promotion, Personal Information may be disclosed to third parties or the public in connection with the administration of such Promotion including, without limitation, in connection with winner selection, prize fulfillment, and as required by law or permitted by the Promotion's official rules, such as on a winners list.

Administrative And Legal Reasons. We may also transfer and disclose user information, including Personal Information, to third parties: (i) in the event we are required to respond to subpoenas or other legal process or if in our good faith opinion such disclosure is required by law; (ii) at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation; or (iii) to protect and/or defend the Site's Terms and Conditions or other policies applicable to the Site or to protect the personal safety, rights, property or security of any individual. We may also use device identifiers (e.g., IP addresses) to identify users, and may do so in cooperation with copyright owners, Internet service providers, wireless service providers or law enforcement agencies, in our discretion. Such disclosures may be carried out without notice to you.

Business Transfers. We may share Personal Information with our subsidiaries and affiliates for internal business reasons. We also reserve the right to disclose and transfer all information related to the Site, including Personal Information: (i) to a subsequent owner, co-owner or operator of the Site or component of the Site, such as a database; or (ii) in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, restructuring, the sale of substantially all of our assets or other corporate change, including, without limitation, during the course of any due diligence process.

How Do We Use Your Information?

We may use your Personal Information, Demographic Information or Usage Information for a number of purposes:

• To facilitate the creation of and secure your account on the Site;
• To identify you as a user in our system;
• To provide, personalize, and improve the Site;
• To communicate with you about your use of the Sites and identify your products and services preferences, and to inform you of new or additional products, services and promotions;
• To develop new products and services;
• To customize your experience, the advertising you view and recommend content;
• To fulfill your requests with customer support;
• To send newsletters, surveys, offers, upcoming events, and promotional materials related to the Site;
• To notify you of any online entry sweepstakes, or contests so you may participate in them;
• To protect, investigate, and prevent potentially fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activities;
• To protect our rights and the rights of other users; and
• As otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or in notices we provided to you.

Chow maintains a strict “no-spam” policy. If you register for an account on the Site, you may receive newsletters, notices and/or special offers via email or text message, unless you have requested otherwise at the time of registration.

We may use your Personal Information, Demographic Information or Usage Information to make automated decisions.

How Can You Verify Your Information?

You may check your information to verify, update, or correct it, and to have any obsolete information removed. If you created an account on our Site, you can access and change your online account profile yourself. You can also ask to review any of the information that we have retained, how we have used it, and to whom we have disclosed it at any time by contacting us as indicated below the heading “Questions? Please Contact Us.”

Subject to certain exceptions prescribed by law, and provided we can authenticate your identity, you will be given reasonable access to your personal information, and will be entitled to challenge the accuracy and completeness of the information and to have it amended as appropriate. You may also ask us to change your preferences regarding how we use or disclose your information, or let us know that you do not wish to receive any further communication from us.

Information You Provide About A Third Party

If you send someone else a communication from the Site, such as sending a video to a friend, the information you provide (names, e-mail addresses, etc.) is used on a one-time basis to facilitate the communication and is not used for any other marketing purpose unless we obtain consent from that person.

Security

We take commercially reasonable steps to safeguard your information and keep it confidential and free from any loss, misuse and unauthorized access, or disclosure. For example, when you enter sensitive Personal Information such as your credit card number via the Site, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer (SSL) technology.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. To help protect yourself and your information, choose a unique password for our Site and do not use a password on our Site that you would use on any other website or online service. If you discover inaccuracies or alterations in your Personal Information, or believe it to be at risk for any reason, we urge you to notify us immediately.

We will make any legally required disclosures of any breach of the security, confidentiality, or integrity of your unencrypted electronically stored “personal data” (as defined in applicable state statutes concerning security breach notifications) to you via email or conspicuous posting on the Site as promptly as possible, and without unreasonable delay, taking into account the legitimate needs of law enforcement or any measures necessary to determine the scope of the breach and/or to restore the reasonable integrity of the affected data system.

Third Party Advertisements

We permit advertisements to be delivered to you by third party Internet advertising companies (also known as ad networks or network advertisers), who may use cookies, Web beacons, platform device identifiers, software agents, and other technologies to collect non-personally identifiable information about your visits over time on our Site and across other websites to deliver advertisements to you targeted to your interests, measure their effectiveness and personalize advertising content, and to understand the usage and visitation of the Site and the other applications and websites tracked by these advertising companies.

We do not have access to or control over cookies, Web beacons, platform device identifiers, software agents, or other technologies that they may use. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third party advertisers. If you would like to have more information about the usage and privacy policies of third party Internet advertisers, you should check their policies or contact them directly.

As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt out of targeted advertising by using the links below:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
• Google: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
• Bing:https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads

Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.

Third Party Content

The Site may contain content supplied by a third party, including payment providers, and those third parties may collect information and your device identifiers when you visit pages from the Site. We are not responsible for the data collection and privacy practices employed by any of these third parties or their services. Be sure to review any available policies before submitting any personally identifiable information to a third-party application or otherwise interacting with it and exercise caution in connection with these applications. We also encourage you to note when you leave our Site and to review the third-party privacy policies of all third-party locations and exercise caution in connection with them.

Do We Use Cookies?

Yes. A “cookie” is a small data file that can be placed on your hard drive when you visit certain websites. Our company may use cookies to collect, store, and sometimes track information for statistical purposes to improve the products and services we provide and to manage our telecommunications networks.

If you are a visitor or customer, we may use a cookie to save your settings and to provide customizable and personalized services. These cookies do not enable third parties to access any of your customer information. Additionally, be aware that if you visit other websites where you are prompted to log in or that are customizable, you may be required to accept cookies.

Advertisers and partners may also use their own cookies. We do not control use of these cookies and expressly disclaim responsibility for information collected through them.

Find out more about our Cookie Policy here.

Revisions

We may revise, amend, or modify this Privacy Policy, our Terms and Conditions agreement, and our other policies and agreements at any time and in any manner, by updating this posting.

Changing Your Information

It is your sole responsibility to maintain the accuracy of your Personal Information. The Site may allow you to review, correct or update Personal Information you have provided through forms or otherwise. It is not always possible to completely remove or delete all of your information from our databases and that residual data may remain on backup media or for other reasons. Additionally, any public postings made, such as reviews in forums or blogs, cannot generally be removed.

You may cancel or modify our email marketing communications you receive from us by following the instructions contained within our promotional emails. We reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to your account or use of our Site, such as administrative and service announcements and these transactional account messages may be unaffected if you choose to opt-out from receiving our marketing communications.

Minors

The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 21.

Location Restrictions

This site is only open to the United States. Users outside the United States are not allowed to use this site.

Data Retention

We will retain your Personal Information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by for legal, auditing, or compliance purposes.

Your Consent

By using our Site, you consent to our Privacy Policy.

How Do We Handle “Do Not Track” Requests?

We do not monitor or follow “Do Not Track” (DNT) signals because there is no standard interpretation or practice for DNT signals. Therefore, we handle all user information consistent with this Privacy Policy.

To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honor the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.

Questions? Please Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by e‑mail at [email protected]