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Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 24, 2024

This Privacy Policy outlines Our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service. It also informs You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

Words with the initial letter capitalized have meanings defined under the conditions stated below. These definitions apply equally regardless of whether they appear in singular or plural form.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account: A unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
  • Affiliate: An entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest, or other securities entitled to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority.
  • Business: For the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), this refers to the Company as the legal entity that collects consumers' personal information and determines the purposes and means of processing consumers' personal information.
  • Company: (referred to as "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Land Urchin LLC, Sheridan, WY. For the purpose of the GDPR, the Company is the Data Controller.
  • Consumer: For the purpose of the CCPA, this means a natural person who is a California resident.
  • Cookies: Small files placed on Your computer, mobile device, or any other device by a website, containing details of Your browsing history on that website among other uses.
  • Country: Refers to Wyoming, United States.
  • Data Controller: For the purposes of the GDPR, this refers to the Company as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing Personal Data.
  • Device: Any device that can access the Service such as a computer, cellphone, or digital tablet.
  • Do Not Track (DNT): A concept promoted by US regulatory authorities, in particular the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for the Internet industry to develop and implement a mechanism for allowing internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites.
  • Personal Data: Any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. For the purposes of GDPR, Personal Data means any information relating to You such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier, or one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity. For the purposes of the CCPA, Personal Data means any information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with You.
  • Sale: For the purpose of the CCPA, this means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating a consumer's personal information to another business or third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.
  • Service: Refers to the Website and its associated content.
  • Service Provider: Any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service, or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used. For the purpose of the GDPR, Service Providers are considered Data Processors.
  • Third-party Service: Any website or social network website through which a user can log in or create an Account to use the Service.
  • Usage Data: Data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
  • Website: Refers to the Work in Chicago website, accessible from www.workinchi.com.
  • You: The individual accessing or using the Service, or the Company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable. Under GDPR, You can be referred to as the Data Subject or as the User.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask You to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. This may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. This may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data. Additionally, we log HTTP requests and responses, including payloads, as part of our diagnostic and monitoring processes.

Information from Third-Party Services

The Company allows You to create an Account and log in to use the Service through the following Third-party Services:

  • Google

If You decide to register through or otherwise grant us access to a Third-Party Service, we may collect personal data that is already associated with Your Third-Party Service's account, such as Your name or Your email address.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and store certain information. The tracking technologies we use may include:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies: A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service.
  • Web Beacons: Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email.

Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. We may use both types of Cookies for various purposes.

Types of Cookies We Use

  • Necessary / Essential Cookies: Session Cookies administered by Us, essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features.
  • Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies: Persistent Cookies administered by Us, used to identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
  • Functionality Cookies: Persistent Cookies administered by Us, used to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering Your login details or language preference.
  • Tracking and Performance Cookies: Persistent Cookies administered by Third-Parties, used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website.
  • Targeting and Advertising Cookies: Persistent Cookies administered by Third-Parties, used to track Your browsing habits to enable Us to show advertising which is more likely to be of interest to You.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use personal data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service: Including monitoring the usage of our Service.
  • To manage Your Account: To manage Your registration as a user of the Service.
  • For the performance of a contract: The development, compliance, and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items, or services You have purchased.
  • To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication.
  • To provide You with news and offers: Unless You have opted not to receive such information.
  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
  • To deliver targeted advertising: To develop and display content and advertising tailored to Your interests.
  • For business transfers: To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets.
  • For other purposes: Such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and evaluating and improving our Service.

Sharing Your Personal Data

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: To monitor and analyze the use of our Service.
  • For business transfers: In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger or sale of Company assets.
  • With Your consent: For any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your data to the extent necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements and policies. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when used to improve security or functionality, or when required by law.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside Your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer. The Company will ensure Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Deleting Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request assistance in deleting the personal data we have collected about You. Our Service may allow You to delete certain information from within the Service. You can also contact us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information You have provided.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, Your personal data may be transferred.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your personal data if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your personal data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with legal obligations, protect and defend the rights or property of the Company, prevent wrongdoing, protect the personal safety of users or the public, or protect against legal liability.

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your personal data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

Analytics

We may use third-party service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

We may use third-party service providers to manage our customer relationships and interactions.

Payments

We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we may use third-party services for payment processing. We do not store or collect Your payment card details. This information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of Your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council.

Behavioral Remarketing

The Company uses remarketing services to advertise to You after You accessed or visited our Service. We and our third-party vendors use cookies and non-cookie technologies to help us recognize Your device and understand how You use our Service so that we can improve our Service to reflect Your interests and serve You advertisements that are likely to be of more interest to You.

GDPR Privacy

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

We may process personal data under the following conditions:

  • Consent: You have given Your consent for processing personal data for one or more specific purposes.
  • Performance of a contract: Provision of personal data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with You.
  • Legal obligations: Processing personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation.
  • Vital interests: Processing personal data is necessary to protect Your vital interests or of another natural person.
  • Public interests: Processing personal data is related to a task carried out in the public interest.
  • Legitimate interests: Processing personal data is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by the Company.

Your Rights under the GDPR

You have the right to:

  • Access, update, or delete the information we have on You.
  • Correct any incomplete or inaccurate information.
  • Object to processing of Your personal data.
  • Request erasure of Your personal data.
  • Request the transfer of Your personal data.
  • Withdraw Your consent to using Your personal data.

Exercising Your GDPR Data Protection Rights

You may exercise Your rights by contacting us. We may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests. If You make a request, We will try our best to respond to You as soon as possible. You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data. For more information, if You are in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact Your local data protection authority in the EEA.

CCPA Privacy

Categories of Personal Information Collected

We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, or is capable of being associated with a particular consumer or device. This includes:

  • Identifiers such as a real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, Account name, driver's license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.
  • Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute.
  • Commercial information.
  • Internet or other similar network activity.

Your Rights under the CCPA

California residents have the right to:

  • Be informed about the categories of personal data being collected and the purposes for which the data is used.
  • Request that we disclose information about our collection, use, and sale of personal data.
  • Opt-out of the sale of personal data.
  • Request the deletion of personal data, subject to certain exceptions.
  • Not be discriminated against for exercising their rights.

Exercising Your CCPA Data Protection Rights

To exercise any of Your rights under the CCPA, You can contact us. We will respond to Your request within 45 days.

Do Not Sell My Personal Information

You have the right to opt-out of the sale of Your personal information. To exercise this right, please contact us. The Service Providers we partner with (for example, our analytics or advertising partners) may use technology on the Service that sells personal information as defined by the CCPA law. If You wish to opt out of the use of Your personal information for interest-based advertising purposes and these potential sales as defined under CCPA law, You may do so by following the instructions below. Please note that any opt-out is specific to the browser You use. You may need to opt out on every browser that You use.

  • Website: You can opt-out of receiving ads that are personalized as served by our Service Providers by following our instructions presented on the Service:
  • The NAI's opt-out platform: [NAI Opt-out]
  • The EDAA's opt-out platform: [Your Online Choices]
  • The DAA's opt-out platform: [About Ads]
  • The opt-out will place a cookie on Your computer that is unique to the browser You use to opt out. If You change browsers or delete the cookies saved by Your browser, You will need to opt out again.
  • Mobile Devices: Your mobile device may give You the ability to opt out of the use of information about the apps You use in order to serve You ads that are targeted to Your interests:
  • "Opt out of Interest-Based Ads"
  • "Limit Ad Tracking" on iOS devices
  • You can also stop the collection of location information from Your mobile device by changing the preferences on Your mobile device.

"Do Not Track" Policy as Required by California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)

Our Service does not respond to Do Not Track signals. However, some third-party websites do keep track of Your browsing activities. If You are visiting such websites, You can set Your preferences in Your web browser to inform websites that You do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable DNT by visiting the preferences or settings page of Your web browser.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

Your California Privacy Rights (California's Shine the Light law)

Under California Civil Code Section 1798 (California's Shine the Light law), California residents with an established business relationship with us can request information once a year about sharing their Personal Data with third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes. If You'd like to request more information under the California Shine the Light law, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below.

California Privacy Rights for Minor Users (California Business and Professions Code Section 22581)

California Business and Professions Code Section 22581 allows California residents under the age of 18 who are registered users of online sites, services or applications to request and obtain removal of content or information they have publicly posted. To request removal of such data, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with Your account. Be aware that Your request does not guarantee complete or comprehensive removal of content or information posted online and that the law may not permit or require removal in certain circumstances.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third-party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

Contact Us

If You have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

By email: product@landurchin.com